GRDC Podcast

Farmers and their advisers, naturally, are mostly focused on growing better grain – finding those incremental improvements that can often mean so much to the bottom line of farming businesses.

But there are people also working at the other end of the grain trail – a long way from the farm – focused on improving market access and even developing new and innovative grain products to make Australian grain more valuable to customers.

One such story is the work being undertaken by AEGIC – the Australian Export Grains Innovation Centre – on making changes to the way Australian malting barley can be used by Chinese beer makers.

Contact:

Mark Tucek

08 6168 9900

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The complexity of agriculture would lead some people to label farming as a form of art. Working with the climate, the landscape, the machinery, the crops, the business … the list goes on.

Somehow synthesising all the elements that go into making a modern farm and coming out the other end with a profitable enterprise. And doing it year after year. It’s no wonder farmers need to be resilient.

In the first of two parts agricultural consultant, Chris Minehan, talks about having a resilient business – what that means and how to achieve it.

Contact:

Chris Minehan

0427 213 660

[email protected]

LInks:

https://groundcover.grdc.com.au/story/6262851/plan-to-boost-business-resilience/ https://grdc.com.au/resources-and-publications/grdc-update-papers/tab-content/grdc-update-papers/2019/06/building-a-resilient-business

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The complexity of agriculture would lead some people to label farming as a form of art. Working with the climate, the landscape, the machinery, the crops, the business … the list goes on.

Somehow synthesising all the elements that go into making a modern farm and coming out the other end with a profitable enterprise. And doing it year after year. It’s no wonder farmers need to be resilient.

In Part 2 we look at what it means to be a resilient farmer out in the paddock. The depth of planning that’s required along with the capacity to think and act long term, while being flexible enough to react to the “now”.

Contact:

Chris Minehan

0427 213 660

[email protected]

Links: https://groundcover.grdc.com.au/story/6262851/plan-to-boost-business-resilience/ https://grdc.com.au/resources-and-publications/grdc-update-papers/tab-content/grdc-update-papers/2019/06/building-a-resilient-business

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Trials undertaken on the Riverine Plains testing early sowing times for both spring and winter wheat varieties have produced some interesting results, particularly around moisture requirements at sowing.

At the other end of the season, it’s all about avoiding the frost window during flowering and also spreading out flowering dates.

On this podcast FAR Australia researcher Michael Straight talks about the trials which compared the performance of common winter and spring varieties grown on the Riverine Plains.

Contact: Michael Straight

[email protected]

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A key research question that has an appreciable bearing on our future management of this pest relates to the way in which resistance has evolved in the Redlegged Earth Mite.

Has resistance in RLEM evolved time and time again at a local scale, or has one mutation spread widely to confer resistance to mites in other regions?

In this podcast Professor Ary Hoffman from the University of Melbourne reveals DNA technology has enabled researchers to make great advances in understanding the Redlegged Earth Mite and how resistance to pesticides has evolved.

Contact:

Nick Bell | Research manager to Prof Ary Hoffmann Pest & Environmental Adaptation Research Group

T: +61 3 9035 6780

M: 0466 945 922

E: [email protected]

Resources:

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=8&ved=2ahUKEwi58ZmL8IvmAhWEbisKHfXUBnEQFjAHegQIBRAB&url=https%3A%2F%2Fgrdc.com.au%2Farchive%2Fkey-issues%2Fprevent-redlegged-earth-mite-resistance&usg=AOvVaw2Xu5KY8zZ98PUGZ-d7O1Q1

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=6&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiMl9fQ8IvmAhVOSX0KHU0RAMIQFjAFegQIChAB&url=https%3A%2F%2Fgrdc.com.au%2Fresources-and-publications%2Fall-publications%2Ffactsheets%2F2018%2F06%2Fresistance-management-strategy-for-the-redlegged-earth-mite-in-australian-grains-and-pastures&usg=AOvVaw1Mh37wc7Pnxlr2GXH7lqMM Redlegged earth mite – PestNote: http://www.cesaraustralia.com/sustainable-agriculture/pestnotes/insect/redlegged-earth-mite

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At a meeting of the Esperance Port Zone, Regional Cropping Solutions Network, mid way through 2019 a decision was made to help grain growers better understand weather forecasts and rain deciles. What was wanted was advice on how to interpret this vital information so better on-farm crop management decisions could be made.

For this GRDC podcast Debra Bishop went to the Bureau of Meteorology head office in Western Australia and spoke with the Bureau’s Media and Communications Manager Neil Bennett.

Contact:

Neil Bennett

Media and Communications Manager

Bureau of Meteorology National Forecast Services |

Community Outreach Group Western Australia Regional Office

PO Box 1370 West Perth WA 6872 Level 3, 1 Ord St, West Perth, Western Australia

Tel: +61 8 9263 2279 | [email protected] www.bom.gov.au

Further Information: http://www.bom.gov.au/australia/meteye/

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Oats has a wonderful reputation amongst consumers, especially those in Asia, as a very healthy product. So it makes sense to find more ways to present oats to those consumers. And that is exactly what the Australian Export Grains Innovation Centre is doing developing new products such as oat-based rice and oat-based noodles.

On this podcast we speak to one of the very enthusiastic people behind this research that is adding extra value to the humble oat.

Contact:

Mark Tucek

08 6168 9900

https://www.aegic.org.au/eating-healthy-oats-in-new-ways/

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GRDC’s Pulsecheck program aims to introduce growers who are new to growing pulses to all the challenges and rewards to be had by diversifying into these increasingly popular grains. So, what’s Pulsecheck all about?

This podcast we hope will convince you to check your pulses.

Contact:

Jason Brand

0409 357 076

[email protected]

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Just how quickly, as farmers, we can change the nature of weeds is perfectly spotlighted by how quickly barley grass and brome grass have reacted to our attempts to control them in cropping paddocks. On this podcast Associate Professor Gurjeet Gill explains how these grasses have learned to adapt to control methods and are now lasting longer in the seedbank than they were just 20 years ago.

Contact:

Associate Professor Gurjeet Gill

08 8313 7744

[email protected]

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Field Peas can be problematic for WA growers to grow, but a simple management practice could change that. Dr Sarita Bennet from the Centre for Crop and Disease Management in WA has trialled using cereal stubble as a form of trellis for the field pea plants to climb. While broadacre trials are needed, Dr Bennett says the early results are positive.

Contact:

Sarita Bennet

08 9266 2740

[email protected]

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