WeedSmart Podcast

Dec 11 2024 223 ep. 27 mins 40
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Welcome to the WeedSmart Podcast! Each fortnight we'll whip around the cropping regions, focusing on weed control and issues that have cropped up. Your hosts, Siobhon Eacott and Peter Newman, will deliver you snappy, informative updates on what matters in weed control, from the comfort of your tractor, ute, or wherever you may be on the road or farm. 

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Seed dormancy 101 and a Western region update

Dec 10 2024 44 mins  
Got a question or topic you're interested in? Send us a text!In this episode of the WeedSmart Podcast, we talk about how weed seeds can adapt their dormancy, discussing the selection pressures, interactions with herbicides and the recommended actions from growers to get ahead.We also caught up with Pete for a quick recap of the season in the West, after an explosion of weeds thanks

Header Run – The imi resistance issue: Dealing with broadleaf weeds in 2024 and beyond

Oct 30 2024 39 mins  
Got a question or topic you're interested in? Send us a text!Join WeedSmart Southern Extension Agronomists Jana Freebairn and Chris Davey in discussing the rising resistance to imi’s (imidazolinone) in broadleaf weeds, in 2024 and beyond.Imi resistance is a growing issue within our cropping systems and is becoming ever more important when considering crop rotation, herbicide sele

Regional Update – Ian Pursehouse, Grower, West Wyalong, NSW

Oct 08 2024 20 mins  
Got a question or topic you're interested in? Send us a text!Ian Pursehouse is our guest for this episode of the Regional Update.Located in NSW, in West Wyalong, Ian and his family transitioned from a mixed operation to 100% dryland cropping in the late 2010's, and have been learning from every experience since.Ian has a systems-focused approach, with an emphasis on optimising rota

Regional Update – Stuart Vlahov, Grower, Ellendale, WA

Sep 03 2024 13 mins  
Got a question or topic you're interested in? Send us a text!This Regional Update Podcast episode, we're joined by grower Stuart Vlahov from Western Australia.Stu is a grower in Ellendale, WA, around 35kms south-east of Geraldton near Walkaway, who has recently been using two drones to spray crops within his mixed farming operation spanning 3500ha. With bogged crops and wild radish

Looking forward to WeedSmart Week 2024!

Jul 23 2024 23 mins  
Got a question or topic you're interested in? Send us a text!In this episode of the WeedSmart Podcast, we heard from Josh Hollitt, an Independant Agronomist located in the Eyre Peninsula, who is presenting at the upcoming WeedSmart Week in Port Lincoln. Speaking on summer weed control strategies, Josh has over a decade of experience to share and is looking forward to hearing from o

Regional Update – Vicky French, Grower, Derrinallum, Vic

Jun 18 2024 7 mins  
Got a question or topic you're interested in? Send us a text!This week on the Regional Update, we are joined by former agronomist and grower Vicky French.With nearly 10 years of experience working for Elders as an agronomist, and now a grower with her husband in Derrinallum, Victoria, Vicky French has a wealth of knowledge to share - and will be doing so at WeedSmart Week this July

Deep placement of phosphorus and potassium (P&K)

Jun 11 2024 57 mins  
Got a question or topic you're interested in? Send us a text!Joining us on this extra-long episode of the WeedSmart Podcast was Mike Bell, who shared his extensive experience of soil nutrition and more recent work into P&K deep placement in the northern regions. We also talked with Kurt Mayne, a grower from Rolleston, QLD, who has been implementing a deep placement regime into

Regional Update – Angus Dalgliesh, Agronomist, Cloncurry, QLD

May 21 2024 16 mins  
Got a question or topic you're interested in? Send us a text!This week on the Regional Update, we are joined by agronomist Angus Dalgliesh.Angus is an agronomist with Nutrien Ag Solutions who has recently moved from Dalby to Cloncurry in north-west Queensland, taking on the challenge and opportunity in the burgeoning cropping region. Though weeds aren't a problem at this early stag

Pre-emergent options and a resistance update

May 07 2024 48 mins  
Got a question or topic you're interested in? Send us a text!In this episode, we talk to Bevan Addison of Adama about pre-emergent herbicide options in canola, and getting the best out of products.We also spoke to Senior Research Officer Mechelle Owen, who works within the Australian Herbicide Resistance Initiative (AHRI) to monitor herbicide resistance and development.NEWS and LIN

Regional Update – Cameron Jenkin, Farm Manager, Pindar, WA

Apr 14 2024 11 mins  
Got a question or topic you're interested in? Send us a text!This week on the Regional Update, our new podcast host (and WeedSmart Communications Lead) Siobhon Eacott talked to Farm Manager Cameron Jenkin.Cameron manages the wheat and chemical fallow operations of Mark and John Flannagan near Pindar, 125km east of Geraldton in WA in the low rainfall zone.The Flanagan's have recentl