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Podcasts
Farming with the premise of reducing reliance on chemicals and why you might not need a knockdown
This week on the WeedSmart podcast, Jessica Strauss interviews co-host Peter Newman on why he's telling farmers they might not need a knockdown. We also chat with farmer Ian Taylor, who will be presenting at WeedSmart Week in Horsham about his innovative farming system and how his family is farming with the premise of reducing their reliance on chemicals. Ian aims to keep his farming system going well beyond 100 years and he shares how they plan to do that.
The cost of a bad herbicide mix and innovative farmer Tim Rethus talks about his farming system
On this podcast, we chat with Research Agronomist with Jubilee Consulting, Andrew Somervaille. He explains herbicide mixes in more detail, with a particular emphasis on glyphosate. South Australian Independent Consultant, Craig Davis also talks about herbicide mixes. We also talk to innovative farmer, Tim Rethus, about his farming system and how he makes decisions. He'll be presenting at the upcoming WeedSmart Week in Horsham.
Addressing roadside weeds and previews to WeedSmart Week in Emerald and Horsham
We're excited to officially launch the ticket sales for not one, but two WeedSmart Week events in 2019 in this podcast. Our extension agronomists Paul McIntosh and Greg Condon join us this week to provide overviews of our events in both Emerald and Horsham in August. An event which is just around the corner though is the Australian Local Government Association Conference where one of the topics will be roadside weeds. Andrew Storrie 'Agronomo' joins us on the podcast to explain how roadside weeds can directly impact farmers.
How to address soil compaction
Soil compaction is an issue farmers face in regions across the country, however, there are some unique differences between management approaches in the Western/Southern regions, compared to the Northern region. In this podcast, we chat with Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development WA Agricultural Development Officer, Bindi Isbister, who is based in Geraldton, WA, to get a Western/Southern perspective. Agronomy professional & crop nutrition specialist, Bede O’Mara, gives us the Northern perspective. He works at Incitec Pivot Fertilisers in Toowoomba.
Weather forecast accuracy and crop competition trial results
This week on the podcast, we look into how to utilise weather forecasts and get the latest information on crop competition trials conducted by YP Ag. Agriculture Victoria Seasonal Risk Agronomist Dale Grey provides an excellent overview of what weather forecasts to take seriously and those which you should probably take with a grain of salt. Dale has a real knack for simplifying this complicated topic, so if you want to get a good overview of the weather, he's your man! We're also excited to have Agriservices Agronomist Chris Davey on this podcast talking about crop competition at seeding time.
Chaff dump management and ‘strip and disc’ systems
Did you know you can bale your chaff dumps? South Australian farmer Andrew Ridgway, who is based in Pine Hill, has baled his chaff dumps this year to provide additional stock feed in his area. Andrew tweeted about this novel way of managing chaff dumps, so we followed up with him to find out more about the process.
Vertical iHSD test results and the WEEDit
Technology in agriculture is rapidly evolving and being adopted by farmers in Australia. In this podcast, we catch up with the University of Sydney Associate Professor and Director of Weed Research Dr Michael Walsh to find out what his recent test results were on the vertical iHSD. We also caught up with Dalby Rural Supplies Precision Ag Specialist Jeremy Jones to find out more about the WEEDit.
Our new Diversity Era course ‘Pre-emergent Herbicides 101’ is now live
Our new free course on pre-ems is here! In this podcast, you'll hear from your co-hosts Jessica Strauss and Peter Newman, who are joined by course presenters, Dr Chris Preston and Mark Congreve.WeedSmart Content Creator Cindy Benjamin also provides an update on what's new on the WeedSmart website.
Farmers share their harvest experience with weed seed impact mills and GRDC Updates
In our last podcast we heard from weed seed impact mill company representatives, so this week we're hearing from farmers on the ground and finding out about how they've faired over harvest with both the Seed Terminator and iHSD. Join your co-hosts, Jessica Strauss and Peter Newman to learn more.
How the Seed Terminator & iHSD fared over harvest & the benefits of lime application
In this podcast, we look at how both the Seed Terminator and iHSD fared over harvest. Seed Terminator research and development director Dr Nick Berry gives insights into how the Seed Terminator went and talks about new models which are now available. McIntosh and Son Katanning branch manager Devon Gilmour tells us about how the iHSD.
Crop selection, rotation tips and post-harvest spraying
On the last podcast for 2018, we spoke with Dr Haydn Kuchel, who is CEO & Head of Breeding at AGT Breeding. AGT Breeding develops new field crop varieties. Haydn talks to us about AGT-run crop competition trials and how they influenced their breeding programs. We also learn about crop varieties coming online in the future. Finally, we checked in with AHRI and WeedSmart extension agronomist, Greg Condon. He gives an overview of crop sequencing and rotation, as well as providing some tips on post-harvest spraying.
2,4-D update, spray drift advice and how beneficial fungi works to suppress weeds
Want to know about the 2,4-D regulation changes? Nufarm's André Sabeeney gives an overview and also talks more generally about spray drift. Professor John Thompson also talks to us about beneficial fungi and root-lesion nematodes.