Weedsmart Podcast

This month on the Regional Update, we head to the Northern Region to chat with Peter Galea, who is a grower just north of Emerald. Peter grows both grains and cotton.He joins host Jessica Strauss to run through his farming system and what works for him to control weeds. Upcoming webinarRegister here for our webinar: The fate of herbicide residues in soil – why it matters and what research is telling usHerbicide breakdown is driven by a range of microbial processes. What does this look like in intensive cropping systems?Dr Mick Rose from NSW Department of Primary Industries (now Southern Cross University) and his team have been investigating the breakdown of different herbicides across a range of soil types and rainfall zones.During the fallow or in-crop season, there are often several applications of herbicide, and some residues may still be present on or near the soil surface when it is time to plant the next crop. Particularly in dry years, residues may even carry over from the crop prior to the fallow.Mick