WeedSmart Podcast

On this edition of the podcast, we’re focusing on controlling herbicide resistant ryegrass. 

We’ll hear from grower Murray Scholz, who is based in Culcairn, NSW. Murray and wife Emma are having a real win with grazing to keep ryegrass at bay.  

We’ll also be hearing from University of Adelaide’s Dr Peter Boutsalis. Peter will provide an update on clethodim resistance and share some practical tips on how to keep on top of ryegrass.

Resources 

GRDC Adjuvant Guide (Peter Boutsalis recommended on the podcast)

New WeedSmart Content

Article: Chaff carts were made for feeding livestock
Ask an Expert: How can I set up my summer crops to help manage weeds?
Video: Rod Birch on how the Big 6 is keeping weeds at bay at Catalina Farms

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We’ve had a bit of a break from the Regional Update as we were in Esperance for WeedSmart Week – but we’re back! This week we’re heading to the western region. 

We hear from farmer Daniel Birch who is based near Coorow in Western Australia’s mid-west. Daniel recently took part in a resistance survey conducted by Australian Herbicide Resistance Initiative Researcher, Dr Roberto Busi. I caught up with Dan at the resistance workshop Roberto held in Dalwallinu a few weeks ago. 

Dan explains what prompted him to get involved and how the results influenced his decision making on his farm. 

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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 Content

WeedSmart Week Forum Video Recordings
Throwing a wide net over mobile weeds
Chaff carts were made for feeding livestock

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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.

Webinar

Check out our latest webinar, "What’s next in the North for weed control?" here.

WeedSmart Week

Have you got your tickets for WeedSmart Week in Esperance yet? It's next week! Get them here. 

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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.

News

We’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 a thing of the past in Australia as new weed recognition technologies enable site-specific weed control in-crop. Dr Michael Walsh from University of Sydney provides comment. Read it here. 

You can also check out our latest webinar recording 'What's next in the North for weed control?' 

Peter McKenzie, agronomist with Agricultural Consulting & Extension Services, and Angus Dalgliesh, grower and agronomist with Nutrien Ag Solutions, join WeedSmart Northern Extension agronomist Paul McIntosh to discuss some of the weed challenges their clients have been experiencing in the North, and some of the weed management tactics they’ve been using to deal with these challenges.

WeedSmart Week 

We’ve got a great program lined up for Esperance WeedSmart Week. This event really is about farmers talking to farmers, as we’ve heard from our guests today and at the event, we really get to explore that in more detail.

The 3-day program consists of a Forum Day at the Esperance Civic Centre with day 2 and 3 consisting of farm visits in the Esperance region to see how forward-thinking growers are implementing the WeedSmart Big 6 tactics to minimise the impact of herbicide resistance on their businesses.

You can get your tickets by heading to the WeedSmart website here.

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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.

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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 & Links

We’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 this, so if you’re planning on going, get your tickets sooner rather than later for a discount!

You can get your tickets here. 

Twitter and Facebook

Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter and Facebook. We post seasonally relevant information on weed control & promote good discussion. 

You can also sign-up for our monthly blog, the WeedSmart Whip Around. Our content from the last month is featured, so it’s easy to get to all the latest news in one spot. 

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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. 

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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 podcast

The 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 Guy Coleman on Twitter here.

WeedSmart website - new content! 

Make sure you check out our article explainer on what to expect for WeedSmart Week in Esperance. We’ve now released the program for you to view as well.  Check it out here.

We’ve also got a new article which is looking at what the benefit is of a double paraquat knockdown. James Jess who is a research and technical services manager at Western AG in Ballarat provides the answers. Take a read here.

Webinar Recording

For those of you who couldn’t attend our webinar on ryegrass management in the High Rainfall Zone, the recording is now available on our website, and I’ll provide the link in the show notes.

Dr Chris Preston and Southern Farming Systems’ James Manson provided information, with our HRZ Extension Agronomist as host. 

Watch the recording in full 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 this, so if you’re planning on going, get your tickets sooner rather than later for a discount!

You can get your tickets here. 

Twitter and Facebook

Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter and Facebook.

You can also sign-up for our monthly blog, the WeedSmart Whip Around. All of our content from the last month is featured, so it’s easy to get to all the latest news. 

Learn more about WeedSmart by visiting our website. Don't forget you can follow us on Twitter too.

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 content

Our 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 for June on Elton and Pam Petersen from Moonie in Queensland.

A SwarmFarm robot, ‘Oscar’, has added another dimension to their integrated weed management program, which features the majority of the WeedSmart Big 6 tactics.

In two summer fallows the Petersens have regained control of glyphosate resistant feathertop Rhodes grass and awnless barnyard grass that was threatening their 2000 ha dryland cropping operation. Be sure to check it out.

Webinar 

Join us to and hear how the WeedSmart’s Big 6 strategies are best utilised to combat annual ryegrass in the High Rainfall Zones of South Eastern Australia. Presented by University of Adelaide’s Chris Preston, followed by a Q&A with James Manson from Southern Farming Systems. Register here.

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.

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 Week

WeedSmart 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 content

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?”

Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter and Facebook and also sign-up for our monthly blog. You can also subscribe to the WeedSmart Whip Around, so you never miss any of our content. 

Related content

We mentioned on the podcast that Tyson Schutz's Dad, Mick Schutz, featured in a GRDC publication entitled "Investigating the harvest weed seed control tools chaff lining and chafftramlining (chaffdeck) in the Esperance area". Check that out here. 

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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.

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 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.

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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 Project

Learn more about the project described in the podcast here.

Weed Seed Wizard

Check 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.

Learn more about WeedSmart by visiting our website. Don't forget you can follow us on Twitter too.

Learn more about WeedSmart by visiting our website. Don't forget you can follow us on Twitter too.