WeedSmart Podcast

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WeedSmart Podcast episodes

May 10, 2020 BONUS: Regional Update with Michael Chilvers
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On this episode, we catch up with Tasmanian grower and GRDC southern panel member, Michael Chilvers. Michael gives us a regional update and also tells us a bit more about our upcoming webinar on Friday on ryegrass control in the high rainfall zone. Michael is keen to encourage growers to take a more integrated approach to weed control. You can register for our webinar on Friday here: https://t.co/AgW35xGwBl?amp=1
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7 min
May 06, 2020 Taking a closer look at Overwatch and post-em spraying tips
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This week, we're catching up with University of Adelaide weeds researcher, Dr Peter Boutsalis, to talk about the latest resistance testing results he’s collated, tips on post-em weed control and FMC’s new product, Overwatch. We're also going to hear from FMC Australasia R&D Manager, Geoff Robertson, to get the rundown their new product, Overwatch. Overwatch has now received full registration in Australia and will be available for the 2021 winter crop season. This pre-emergent herbicide has shown to be effective at killing annual ryegrass, as well as other weeds such as silvergrass, sowthistle and more.
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31 min
May 03, 2020 BONUS: Regional Update with Ross Pomroy
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On this episode, we’re catching up with Nutrien Ag Solutions Agronomist, Ross Pomroy. He’s based in Dalby and is going to give us a regional update on the Darling Downs. Ross works in cotton and all broadacre crops, both summer and winter, as well as irrigation scheduling.
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5 min
April 26, 2020 BONUS: Regional Update with Matt Bissett
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On this episode, we catch up with Agrivision Agronomy Consultant Matt Bissett. He’s based in Swan Hill in the Victorian Mallee. He’s going to give a regional update on the Central and Southern Mallee and Northern Wimmera.
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7 min
April 22, 2020 Companion and intercropping piquing interest of Aussie farmers
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Today on the podcast we’re doing a special on intercropping and companion cropping.Before we get into it, here's what both intercrops and companion crops are:Intercrop: where two or more species are sown and harvested together with the objective to harvest the grain of both species. Companion crop: Where two or more species are sown together with the objective to harvest the grain of a single species. The other species are either grazed out or terminated using herbicidesWe hear from CSIRO Farming Systems Scientist, Dr Andrew Fletcher. He tells us about the potential role of companion and intercropping in Australian grain farming systems. Andrew also recently presented this topic at the Perth GRDC Updates, which has sparked interest in this space in Australia. We also hear from farmer Murray Scholz, who has a mixed farming operation in the Southern Region in Culcairn NSW, which is halfway between Wagga Wagga and Albury. Murray has been on the podcast before, talking about his use of disc seeding. So, thanks to him for coming back! And finally, we hear from WeedSmart Southern Extension Agronomist, Greg Condon. He gives a detailed overview of companion and intercropping in his region and explains some of the quirks to how it all works.
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49 min
April 19, 2020 BONUS: Regional Update with Craig White
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Bayer Market Development Agronomy and Leader of Integrated Weed Management Australia, Craig White, joins us for a Regional Update for the South West of Western Australia.
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9 min
April 12, 2020 BONUS: Regional Update with Jana Dixon
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Today on the Regional Update Podcast, we chat with Rural Directions Graduate Agribusiness Consultant, Jana Dixon.Jana is based in Clare, South Australia and provides a great regional update for what growers and advisors should be considering at the moment, with a particular focus on knockdown herbicides. We also provide an update on what is happening with WeedSmart Week in Clare.
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11 min
April 08, 2020 Knockdown update & crop comp course is live!
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We're very excited to announce on the podcast that our new Crop Competition 101 course is now live! On the podcast, we chat with Dr Michael Widderick and Dr Gurjeet Gill about their contributions to the course. You can register for this free online course here: https://www.diversityera.com/courses/crop-competition-101We also hear from agronomist Andrew Johnson from Dalby Rural supplies to get an update on using knockdowns.And on the podcast, we mention our webinar 'What’s next in broadacre weed control – is green on green a reality?' from last week with Greg Condon. If you missed it, catch up here: https://weedsmart.org.au/webinars/whats-next-in-broadacre-weed-control-is-green-on-green-a-reality-with-greg-condon/
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37 min
April 06, 2020 BONUS: Regional Update with Tony Lockrey
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We’re doing a new podcast in these crazy times as in-person events can no longer go ahead for the time being due to COVID-19. Each Monday we’ll have an expert from a different cropping region to provide a regional weeds-focused update.This week we’re catching up with Moree-based Amps Senior Consulting Agronomist, Tony Lockrey.
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10 min
March 25, 2020 Weed seed impact mill technology - where it's at
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It's been almost two years to the day that we released our first podcast on weed seed impact mill technology. Back then, we caught up with WA (Cuballing) farmer, Roger Newman about his experience with the HSD and Andrew Todd (Dowerin, WA) about his experience with the Seed Terminator (check out the 2018 podcast here).

Well, as you would know, there's been lots of developments in the mill space, with Redekop and now TecFarm coming onto the scene with their own mills.In this podcast, Jessica Strauss is joined by guest co-host, agricultural engineer and Manager of Research and Development for the Kondinin Group, Ben White.

Ben gives a comprehensive overview of where mill technology is at. We have interviews from farmers who are running different weed seed impact mills, including an update from Roger Newman, mentioned above; Dave Trewick from Elmore, Victoria, who has an HSD and Seed Terminator; Lyndon Bird from Goomalling, WA, who has a Redekop SCU; and Tom Lewis from Tecfarm who talks about the most recently released mill, the WeedHOG.Thanks to everyone for making this podcast possible!
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1 hr 7 min