Wild mustard

So, it is raining here in York county, PA. I just got back inside from my annual mustard pulling walk about. We have about 20 acres alfalfa grass hay and every year I hand pull the mustard. I've kept the fields fairly clean. Fill about 1 feed bag full per year. Other hay fields I pass will look like a yellow carpet after 2-3 years established. Nasty stuff.
 
The yellow in my hay is buttercup. Back when FIL was farming the place (70's) the problem weeds were quackgrass and mustard. I only get a few now and hand pull along with the hemp-dogbane. The real problem is the reed-canary grass.
 
I think you are right, too. Not sure what brand the others plant. I planted barrenburg and seemed to only have a few over the years.
 
When I was working at a dairy farm out in Western Oklahoma was the first time I ever saw alfalfa combined for seed. The day before they mowed the field me, the Jr. hired man, had to go out in the field and cut off all the Johnson grass seed heads and dump them in the fence row. As it was explained to me the Johnson Grass seed was about the same size and weight as the alfalfa so the combine couldn't separate it from the alfalfa. Although they did say the person buying the seed would examine it and reject it or dock us if we had much Johnson grass seeds in it.
 

Milk weed can be very bad here. I have gone out after first cut with a 2.5 gal. sprayer many years and sprayed it with Round-up. I have pretty much eradicated it from my hay ground. You have to get it when it first starts to show.
 
We had milk week problems until my dad switched from Hereford to Angus cattle. The Angus ate all of them.
 

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