In this podcast WA Department of Primary Industries & Regional Development research officer and Frost specialist, Dr Ben Biddulph, discusses salvage and harvest options for frost-affected cereal crops as well as what to consider if you intend holding onto seed from a frost affected crop. On the day Ben Biddulph was at DPIRD’s Frost evaluation trial site at Dale about 100k’s east of Perth.

Further Information

Dr Ben Biddulph

DPIRD Grains Directorate

3 Baron-Hay Court, South Perth, WA 6151

0428 920 654 [email protected]

A range of resources to help growers identify and manage frosted crops are available on the GRDC website:

Frost Identification Guide, produced by DPIRD with co-investment from GRDC, available at https://grdc.com.au/CerealFrostIDGuide?utm_source=soundcloud&utm_medium=track_description&utm_campaign=podcast&utm_content=resources

Frost - Frequently Asked Questions, a DPIRD publication produced in collaboration with GRDC at https://grdc.com.au/frost-faq?utm_source=soundcloud&utm_medium=track_description&utm_campaign=podcast&utm_content=resources

The GRDC YouTube frost playlist which includes segments about the emotional cost of frost and managing the effects of frost https://www.grdc.com.au/GRDC-Video-NationalFrostInitiativePlaylist?utm_source=soundcloud&utm_medium=track_description&utm_campaign=podcast&utm_content=resources GRDC Managing Frost Risk

Tips and Tactics at https://grdc.com.au/ManagingFrostRisk?utm_source=soundcloud&utm_medium=track_description&utm_campaign=podcast&utm_content=resources

More information on frost management can be found via the GRDC’s suite of GrowNotes™ publications available at https://grdc.com.au/grownotes?utm_source=soundcloud&utm_medium=track_description&utm_campaign=podcast&utm_content=resources

Frost resources are also available on the DPIRD website at https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/frost/frost-tools-and-support?utm_source=grdc_soundcloud&utm_medium=track_description&utm_campaign=podcast&utm_content=resources

and https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/frost/management-options-frosted-crop?utm_source=grdc_soundcloud&utm_medium=track_description&utm_campaign=podcast&utm_content=resources

GRDC Project code: DAW00244; DWA00243; DWA00242; DWA00236

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