Anyone spraying it yet? Mid June is usually when I start.

I have cleared my property of it by mowing and it hasnt come back

Timely mowing can help

With wild parsnip season around the corner, be careful out there folks

I still think everyone is confusing HOG WEED https://www.dec.ny.gov/animals/39809.html , with wild parsnip .
I grow parsnips in my garden and love them fried in butter after parboiling the roots.
I've let them go to seed to replant the next year, and never had a problem with them.

Hog weed has white blooms and parsnips have a yellow bloom.
I've had people tell me queens lace is hog weed too.


For outdoors people , it seems some have heard stories and never knew what was what.
Hog weed will grow 14 feet high , parsnips only 5 or so feet tall.

https://www.dec.ny.gov/animals/39809.html

Wild parsnips can cause a rash , but like bee stings or poison ivy , some people are immune to it.
Guess I am immune to it.

https://foragerchef.com/wild-parsnip-harvesting-cooking-and-safety/

Luckily I've never gotten a rash from it, but I still try to eradicate it (w/ yellow cap Roundup).

I was talking to 1 of our local electrical linemen this week. He said they really have to watch out for wild parsnip & that it's been a topic at many of their safety meetings.

Mowing too late in the season can spread seed causing more damage than good. Neighbor hired someone to mow his CRP last year and now it's worse than ever. Seemed the guy never cleaned off his mower before coming by and spread seed from the last cutting all over. Now he has a real mess on his hands!

Link doesn't work.

I can believe that. Some folks don't understand the importance of a clean mower.

The other night I presented at our local towns association meeting. I was impressed/surprised by the number of local governments that are taking steps to try to eradicate wild parsnip from R.O.W. There's also proposed state legislation to help fight the nuisance.