WeedSmart Podcast
Welcome to the WeedSmart Podcast Channel! Each fortnight we'll bring you updates and in-depth interviews with farmers, agronomists and weed researchers from around our north, south and west cropping regions. #AusAg #Broadacre #Grains #Cotton #WeedManagement Our regional update will talk to our industry leaders focusing on managing weeds, emerging regional issues and practical science-based solutions for use on-farm by you. #RegionalUpdate Our technical update will speak with leading experts to bring the latest application of science to paddock supply chain of diverse weed management to mitigate herbicide resistance and maximise crop gross margins. #BeyondResistance Our current podcaster, Shannon Beattie, will bring the conversation to you in your paddock, ute or tractor, so you can stay connected and plan ahead for future diverse weed management on your farm. Shannon will be joined by our team of WeedSmart Extension Agronomists Pete Newman, Chris Davey, Jana Freebairn, Greg Condon and Paul McIntosh. Listen in to the latest podcast or scroll our back catalogue for progressive weed management over the years in Australian broadacre agriculture. Our previous podcasters Siobhon Eacott and Jessica Strauss provide a range of great interviews with farmers and agronomists for a local updates or technical experts bringing the science to you. Stay connected. Stay informed. Stay WeedSmart. #weedsmartau
Episodes
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The regional update from the southern growing region with WeedSmart Extension Agronomist Chris Davey, providing you with a dry seeding update for 2025, soil moisture observations and challenges for crop health.
With negative moisture levels in the soil and limited rainfall over the last 12 months, looking over the spray records will be the key to success to plot the ...
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Welcome to 2025!
The first Regional Update of 2025 takes us to Lock Valley Farms in South Australia, with Henry Coleman, a mixed operations grower and Youtuber.
Documenting his life on the farm alongside his family, he filled us in on the season just been - though dry, he's remaining optimistic this coming year is going to be a ripper, and has been tackling the rye...
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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 to an especially wet winter.
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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 selection and yearly environmental pressures.
Jana and...
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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 rotations to not only cont...
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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 flourishing, Stu is e...
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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 other growers and agronomists in the r...
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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!
Vicky will be speaking ab...
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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 his operations, and heard about his r...
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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 stage, growers are finding...
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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.
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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 recently employed the service...
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In this episode, we look at management strategies for glyphosate resistant weeds.
We're joined by University of Adelaide researcher Chris Preston, who recently presented on the topic at the GRDC Crop Updates in Dubbo.
We're also joined by Delta Ag agronomist David Strahorn who speaks about the current state of glyphosate resistance in his p...
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This week on the Regional Update, we are joined by grower and agronomist James Kearines.
James is an agronomist with Elders near Lake Cargelligo in central NSW, where he specialises in broadacre dryland agronomy, mainly dealing with the major crops of wheat, barley, canola, oats and pulses.
His family also manages a number of farms in the area and al...
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In this episode, we delve into the world of spot spray technology.
Rob Price, from South Australia, and Jake Hamilton, from Queensland, use Bilberry and John Deere See and Spray tech respectively.
They explain their motivations for using the tech, and discuss the opportunities and challenges they have faced when incorporating the latest camera/optic...
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Welcome back to the WeedSmart Podcast for 2024.
This week on the Regional Update, we are joined by grower and agronomist Matt Elliott.
Matt farms with his family near Nandaly in the Mallee region of Victoria, and is also an agronomist with Dodgshun Medlin.
They crop mainly wheat barley, lentils, and export hay, and run their operation on a &...
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In this episode, we wrap up the 2023 season by talking with our WeedSmart Extension Agronomists.
Together, Northern Extension Agronomist Paul McIntosh, Southern Extension Agronomists Greg Condon and Chris Davey, and Western Extension Agronomist Peter Newman take us through the year that was in their various parts of the country.
The talk about the se...
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This week on the Regional Update, we are joined by grower Katrina (Treen) Swift.
Treen farms with her family near Parkes, NSW, where they grow summer and winter crops in incredibly variable conditions.
They have 13 different crops in their toolbox, including but not limited to, sorghum, mungbeans, cotton, lentils, chickpeas, lupins, vetch, canola, wh...
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In this episode, we talk about crop rotations with two researchers from CSIRO.
CSIRO senior experimental scientist, Tony Swan, discusses the importance of diverse crop rotations, the benefits of a double break, and how well-planned crop rotations can help nitrogen management.
CSIRO farming systems scientist, Lindsay Bell, talks about rotations from...
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This week on the Regional Update, we are joined by grower and Nutrien agronomist Dan Skerman.
Dan farms with his family near Dalby, Qld, on 2000 ha. They grow cotton, sorghum and mungbean in summer and wheat, barley and chickpeas in winter.
He gives us an update on how the season played out for him, considering the region went from one of the wettes...
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