Weedsmart Podcast

WeedSmart Week Esperance was a great success, so in this episode we provide recap on how it went. We  hear from growers on the day and also our machinery day host, Ben White from Kondinin Group.We also be hear from Sean Roberts from Syngenta on their new sorghum seed safener Epivio C. New ContentWeedSmart Week Forum Video RecordingsThrowing a wide net over mobile weedsChaff carts were made for feeding livestockLearn more about WeedSmart by visiting our website. Don't forget you can follow us on Twitter too.

Our Northern Extension Agronomist, Paul McIntosh joins us for this Regional Update for the north. He gives a good wrap on what to be thinking about in the region. He also gives an overview of the important weed control topics covered in our latest webinar. WebinarCheck out our latest webinar, "What’s next in the North for weed control?" here. WeedSmart WeekHave you got your tickets for WeedSmart Week in Esperance yet? It's next week! Get them here. Learn more about WeedSmart by visiting our website. Don't forget you can follow us on Twitter too.

On this edition of the podcast, we’re providing a preview on our WeedSmart Week in Esperance event, which is now only two weeks away!We hear from Beaumont farmers, Phil Longmire, and son Tom. Tom will be presenting at WeedSmart Week, providing a farmer experience on the forum day. Phil, Bindy and Tom Longmire run a family farming business based in Beaumont, 110 km ENE of Esperance in a 425-450mm rainfall zone. Soil amelioration and boundary mapping are just some of the approaches which have really helped them win the war against weeds.We also  catch up with Andrew Messina. Late last year we caught up with Andrew about the trials for Bilberry’s spot spraying technology which took place on his farm. He is going to give us an update and a preview of what he's going to share on the Innovation Panel at WeedSmart Week Esperance. NewsWe’ve got a new article on advances made in weed recognition technologies. In this article we look at how blanket spraying of herbicides in low weed density situations could become

In this edition of the Regional Update, we're catching up with Farm and General Agronomist, Greg Warren.Greg will be presenting at WeedSmart Week next month, so gives us a bit of a snapshot of what he'll be focusing on. You can find out more and get your tickets here. We also get an overview of what growers should be thinking about at the moment in terms of weed control in the region.Learn more about WeedSmart by visiting our website. Don't forget you can follow us on Twitter too.

On this edition of the podcast, we’re going to chat to the Northern Grower Alliance CEO, Richard Daniel about the results they got from survey they recently did on optical spraying. Some of the results were quite surprising, especially when it came to how farmers were using the sprayers.We also hear from Cotton Australia Chair, Hamish McIntyre. He explains why the Round-Up Ready Xtend Cropping System from Bayer is so important for cotton growers. Hamish also provides some context around why ensuring the stewardship of this product is so essential. News & LinksWe’ve got a new article on kicking the herbicide habit. We look at how random weed surveys are continuing to identify an increasing trend in herbicide resistance across broadacre cropping regions in Australia. Dr Peter Boutsalis & Dr John Broster provide comment here. WeedSmart Week Just a reminder that tickets are now able to be purchased for Esperance WeedSmart Week. The early bird price of $190 ends on July 31 and then goes up to $250 after th

In this episode of the Regional Update, we catch up with our Southern Extension Agronomist, Chris Davey.Chris has been traveling across the Mallee region in the last week, catching up Matt Witney from Dodgshun Medlin and meeting growers across the region to talk all things WeedSmart.We get an overview from Chris on his trip, as well as a regional update on the growing areas in South Australia. Learn more about WeedSmart by visiting our website. Don't forget you can follow us on Twitter too.

On this edition of the podcast, we're looking at how farmers can now actively become citizen scientists by improving weed recognition for machine learning.  University of Sydney Precision Weed Control PhD student, Guy Coleman earlier this year, along with Dr Michael Walsh hosted a workshop on weed recognition and machine learning in Wagga Wagga. Guy walks us through the key learnings presented at this workshop and also reveals details about a new open source weed locator his team is releasing.We'll also be hearing from West Wimmera Farmer, Sam  Eastwood, who is particularly keen on managing weeds in non-cropped and unproductive areas of the farm. He shares with us he how he keeps on top of them and why it’s a priority for him.Links mentioned in the podcastThe Machine Learning for Weed Recognition Workshop Guy spoke about in the podcast is available to watch online. Follow the links below. Day 1 of the workshop. Day 2 of the workshop.You can check out the Weed AI Sydney website here.You can follow Gu

On this edition of the Regional Update, we’re heading to the Northern region and catching up with Darling Downs & Western Downs Farmer, Andrew Ruhle.Andrew is growing cereal grains using 12 metre controlled traffic, has cattle and a no-till approach.We’re going to learn about how Andrew set-up a custom spreader for chaff tram lining on his Claas header and what impact it’s had on his weed control.WeedSmart Week Just a reminder that tickets are now able to be purchased for Esperance WeedSmart Week. It’s the first time in 5 years the event will be back in WA. It’s happening from the 17th to the 19th of August 2021. WeedSmart Week is designed to engage growers and advisors on WeedSmart’s Big 6 messages. You can get your tickets here.  Learn more about WeedSmart by visiting our website. Don't forget you can follow us on Twitter too.

You've heard from us before that soil amelioration can be a game changer - it can bury up to 90% of weed seeds!  this edition of the podcast, we’re getting a snapshot into how soil amelioration saved the day for Warakirri's Condingup farm manager, Con Murphy, as well as getting an overview of what other Big 6 principles they're using.We'll be visiting Con at Warakirri for WeedSmart Week in Esperance, so this interview gives a great snapshot into what to expect!New contentOur next Regional Update will come out next Monday and we’ll be heading to the Northern Region. Make sure you're subscribed on your podcast app of choice so you don't miss it! You can find us by searching "WeedSmart Podcast" on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Castbox and any other podcast platform. Make sure you check out our latest Ask an Expert. This month Dr Chris Preston answers the question How does ryegrass adapt so readily to farming practices and environmental changes?We’ve also got a new Case Study fo

In this edition of the Regional Update we’re heading to the Western Region and catching up with farmer, Adrian Perks. Adrian is based in Condingup in WA, which is 70 kilometres north east of Esperance. We’ll be visiting Adrian’s farm as part of Esperance WeedSmart Week, so we’ll find out more about that and get a weed focused update for his region.WeedSmart WeekWeedSmart Week Esperance is 17-19 of August. To find out more about this event and to buy tickets, click here.Learn more about WeedSmart by visiting our website. Don't forget you can follow us on Twitter too.

On this edition of the podcast, we’re doing our annual overview of how weed seed impact mills performed over harvest.We feature farmer case studies from each of our mill partners, including HSD, Redekop and Seed Terminator. The farmers we hear from are Steve Lord (Goomalling, WA - Redekop); Tyson Schutz (Grass Patch, WA - Seed Terminator); and Jon Beasley (Franklin River, WA - HSD). We also be hearing from Kondinin Group’s Ben White who provides us with a technical overview and details the latest updates on this technology. WeedSmart Week This year, our annual flagship event will be held in Esperance, WA from the 17th to the 19th of August 2021. WeedSmart Week is designed to engage growers and advisors on WeedSmart’s Big 6 messages. You can get your tickets here. New contentMake sure you check out our latest Ask an Expert. This month Dr Chris Preston answers the question “How does ryegrass adapt so readily to farming practices and environmental changes?”Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter and Facebook and al

In this edition of the Regional Update, we’re heading to the Southern Region and catching up with Nutrien Agronomist, James Challis. James is based in Echuca in Victoria.Learn more about WeedSmart by visiting our website. Don't forget you can follow us on Twitter too.

On this edition of the podcast, we’re looking at mixing partners for Group Gs, UAN (urea and ammonium nitrate placement effect on weed growth, and fence line weed control by planting lucerne. WeedSmart Southern Extension Agronomist, Chris Davey has great practical tips on Group Gs in this podcast. We also hear from AHRI’s Dr Mike Ashworth.  He talks to us about GRDC invested research he’s been leading in the agronomy space, with some practical information on post-em liquid nitrogen recommendations. And finally, the problem of fence line weeds isn’t going away, so in the spirit of the WeedSmart Big 6, our Northern Extension Agronomist Paul McIntosh has a novel solution to plant lucerne to compete with weeds in non-cropped areas.Learn more about WeedSmart by visiting our website. Don't forget you can follow us on Twitter too.

On this episode of the Regional Update, we catch up with Tim Bartimote. Tim is a Senior Land Services Officer in the Cropping division for NSW Central West Local Land Services. Over the last two years, Tim has been working on a chaff decking paddock demonstration project which has GRDC investment. Tim provides us with an overview of what this project is all about and gives us a regional update for his region.ResourcesVideo on chaff deck project: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqdJQkkIHb0GRDC IWM handbook: https://www.lls.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/1218158/IWM2019-handbook-V4-AP.pdfWeed management options during harvest article: https://www.lls.nsw.gov.au/regions/central-west/articles-and-publications/crop-production/extra-weed-management-options-during-harvestLearn more about WeedSmart by visiting our website. Don't forget you can follow us on Twitter too.

On this edition of the podcast, we’re taking a closer look at chaff decks! Chaff decks have been a mainstay in the harvest weed seed control space for a number of years, but with weed seed impact mills starting to increase in market share in this space, where will the chaff deck fit?WeedSmart Southern Extension Agronomist, Greg Condon, who is a big advocate of chaff decks, joins us to give us some answers!We also hear from Northern Region grower, Chris Berry. He has had a chaff deck for a number of years and while he likes the concept of the mill, is sticking with the chaff deck for now.Learn more about WeedSmart by visiting our website. Don't forget you can follow us on Twitter too.

Our latest Regional Update looks at a three-year Barley Grass Project which is an investment by GRDC being delivered by the University of Adelaide and DPIRD alongside regional partners. WA Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development research officer Catherine Borger and project participant, Ben Whisson from Consult Ag have some interesting preliminary results to share with us.Barley ProjectLearn more about the project described in the podcast here. Weed Seed WizardCheck out the Weed Seed Wizard tool here. Learn more about WeedSmart by visiting our website. Don't forget you can follow us on Twitter too.

On this podcast we’re looking at good spraying practice with WA farmer Tim Critch and getting an explainer on Nufarm's new Group G herbicide, Terrad'or.Back in February and March of 2020 Tim had some summer rain and decided to look at the weeds not the temperature. If the weeds weren’t moisture stressed he kept spraying all day even when it was hot. He had some great results which we’ll get into in this podcast. We’ll also be hearing from Nufarm’s André Sabeeney and Mitch Allen about their new product Terrad’or. Terrad’or is a new Group G herbicide from Nufarm. This product is best partnered with glyphosate as a knockdown spike or mixed with paraquat for double knock application.SPRAY APPLICATION MANUALThe GRDC has published an excellent spraying manual you can access.This Spray Application GrowNotes™ manual provides information on how various spraying systems and components work, along with those factors that the operator should consider to ensure the sprayer is operating to its full potential.This

With many parts of South Australia experiencing a dry start, independent Agronomist, Craig Davis talks to us about the challenges with controlling weeds and volunteer crops in his patch.Learn more about WeedSmart by visiting our website. Don't forget you can follow us on Twitter too.

In this podcast we focus on the stewardship of the new Syngenta herbicide, Reflex. With so many new products hitting the market and plenty more in the pipeline, it’s beneficial to find out the details about these new products and how they might fit into farming systems. Syngenta’s Technical Services Lead James Considine joins us to give an overview Reflex.Planfarm Agronomist, Nick McKenna is also our guest. Nick has been speaking with growers who have just received their first allocation of Reflex. He provides some insights on how it's being received and what it could mean for the future of lupins and other pulses.Learn more about WeedSmart by visiting our website. Don't forget you can follow us on Twitter too.

In this podcast we’re focusing on getting spraying right and new green-on-green autonomous spray technology! We’ve been following the innovative developments in the green-on-green space at WeedSmart quite closely, so we were excited to see Bilberry, SwarmFarm and Goldacres had teamed up to deliver some new autonomous spraying technology. So, in light of this, we caught up with Goldacres technical guru, David Tuppen who recently commissioned a fully autonomous sprayer with green-on-green weed detection using a SwarmBot robot and Goldacres Prairie Special trailing sprayer. We also hear from grower Broden Holland, who is based in Thuddungra, near Young in NSW. Broden is a keen precision ag farmer who has just updated to a G6 Crop Cruiser SP. We’re going to find out about his decision-making process behind this upgrade and his approach to spraying and spray drift prevention.RELATED CONTENTAsk an Expert with FMC's Stephen Pettenon on How can I ensure my complex tank mix is compatible and will spray out. Learn