Grains Research and Development

Driving Agronomy Podcasts

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Driving Agronomy podcasts are released weekly and discuss various agronomic issues to assist and inform those in the Australian grain industry.

Driving Agronomy is now available as a podcast via iTunes and other podcast players.

To subscribe via iTunes, simply search for "Driving Agronomy" in the iTunes Store and click the "Subscribe" link. Alternately, you can click here to open the Driving Agronomy podcast in iTunes Preview in your browser.

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To listen to Driving Agronomy online without subscribing to the podcast, click the links below to listen to individual episodes.

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About Driving Agronomy Podcasts

Driving Agronomy podcasts are short audio files available in MP3 format. These files can be downloaded directly from the GRDC Website or listeners can subscribe to Driving Agronomy through podcast subscription services such as iTunes or Zune.

Podcasts can be refined in several ways using the Filter Module. Filtering by location allows listeners to find podcasts recorded in their local area. Filtering by category allows listeners to filter by Region, by Research and Development Area or by publication date. If a listener knows the title of the podcast, the A-Z Filter enables filtering by the first letter of the podcast title.

  • East-West Sowing

    Audio

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    Publish Date
    20.05.2013
    Region
    National, North, South, West
    R&D Area
    Crop Monitoring, Crop Establishment
    Contact
    Abul Hasham, Department of Agriculture Western Austra;oa
    Phone
    08 9690 2136
    Email
    abul.hashem@agric.wa.gov.au
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    East-West Sowing

    Ongoing research funded by GRDC has found some merit in sowing cereal crops in an east west direction with fewer weeds, greater yield and increased moisture conservation reported. More information on this edition of GRDC Driving Agronomy.

  • Roundup Overspray

    Audio

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    Publish Date
    13.05.2013
    Region
    National, North, Overseas, South, West
    R&D Area
    Crop Establishment, Crop Protection
    Contact
    Ford Baldwin, Soil Scientist
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    Roundup Overspray

    US weed scientist and media personality, Ford Baldwin once famously told his farmer readers to spray Roundup every Monday. Why would he say that? Well at the time it sounded like a good idea!

  • Growing Resistance

    Audio

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    Publish Date
    06.05.2013
    Region
    National, North, South, West
    R&D Area
    Crop Protection, Pre breeding research, Rotation and Planning
    Contact
    Grant Hollaway, DPI Victoria
    Email
    grant.hollaway@dpi.vic.gov.au
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    Growing Resistance

    The key to managing foliar disease is to only grow varieties that are resistant to the disease. Grant Hollaway from DPI in Victoria reminds us how this strategy has worked in the past and why growing susceptible varieties is a recipe for future trouble.

  • Save Sakura

    Audio

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    Publish Date
    29.04.2013
    Region
    National, North, South, West
    R&D Area
    Crop Establishment, Crop Protection
    Contact
    Dr Roberto Busi, Australian Herbicide Resistance Initiative
    Phone
    08 6488 1423
    Email
    roberto.busi@uwa.edu.au
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    Save Sakura

    Growers planning to control ryegrass populations in their paddocks with Sakura are being urged to only use full label rates to stave off any resistance emerging to this new and powerful herbicide.

  • Feeding Your Soil

    Audio

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    Publish Date
    22.04.2013
    Region
    National, North, South, West
    R&D Area
    Crop Establishment, Environment / Climate / Land Mgt
    Contact
    Clive Kirkby, CSIRO
    Phone
    02 6246 5102
    Email
    clive.kirkby@csiro.au
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    Feeding Your Soil

    Soil scientists are urging farmers to incorporate their stubble with additional nutrients – where and when it is possible to do so - as a way of increasing soil organic matter. CSIRO soil scientist, Clive Kirby explains in this edition of GRDC Driving Agronomy.

  • Slugging Slugs

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    Publish Date
    15.04.2013
    Region
    National, North, South, West
    R&D Area
    Crop Protection, Crop Monitoring
    Contact
    Michael Nash, University of Melbourne
    Email
    manash@unimelb.edu.au
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    Slugging Slugs

    The timing of a slug baiting program is more important than the number of times baits are laid out. Leading slug researcher, Michael Nash from the University of Melbourne outlines the most effective slug control program and warns that spraying slugs is probably not the answer when it comes to emergency control methods.

  • Herbicide Resistance - the Global View

    Audio

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    Publish Date
    08.04.2013
    Region
    National, North, Overseas, South, West
    R&D Area
    Crop Protection
    Contact
    Ian Heap, Director, International Survey of Herbicide Resistant Weeds
    Phone
    Herbicide Resistance - the Global View
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    Herbicide Resistance - the Global View

    The first case of an herbicide resistant weed was uncovered in 1970 and since then the number of resistant weeds has blown out to nearly 400. Ian Heap gives us some hard data and some hard facts on how people around the world are managing, with fewer chemical options, to control weeds.

  • Glyphosate Resistance - a Grower's Story

    Audio

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    Publish Date
    03.04.2013
    Region
    National, North, Overseas, South, West
    R&D Area
    Agronomy/Farming Systems, Crop Protection, Crop Products
    Contact
    Tony Single
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    Glyphosate Resistance - a Grower's Story

    Coonamble farmer, Tony Single, has battled Glyphosate resistance for many years. Hear his story about how he has managed to control his resistant weeds and keep farming on this edition of GRDC Driving Agronomy.

  • Glyphosate Resistance

    Audio

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    Publish Date
    25.03.2013
    Region
    National, North, South, West, Overseas
    R&D Area
    Crop Protection
    Contact
    John Soteres, Monsanto
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    Glyphosate Resistance

    What was the reaction within Monsanto when the herbicide glyphosate first started to lose its universal effectiveness? And what lessons were learned as a result? We speak with the head of Monsanto’s global weed resistance effort, John Soteres on this episode of GRDC Driving Agronomy.

  • Radish Runs Wild

    Audio

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    Publish Date
    18.03.2013
    Region
    National, North, South, West
    R&D Area
    Crop Protection
    Contact
    Bill Campbell, Nufarm
    Email
    william.campbell@au.nufarm.com
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    Click here to download this episode of Driving Agronomy: Radish Runs Wild

    The continued proliferation of wild radish in Western Australia has caused a re-think about how to deal with the damaging weed. On this program, Bill Campbell from Nufarm in WA speaks about the lessons that Eastern Australia can learn from western farmers when it comes to dealing with wild radish.