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.
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- Update frequency
- every 12 days
- Average duration
- 27 minutes
- Episodes
- 231
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2025
Regional Update - Erin Dalton, Forbes, NSW
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In this episode of Regional Update, we hear from Erin Dalton, Baker Ag Advantage, an experienced agronomist working closely with growers i…
Who Really Decides How You Spray?
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Tom Wolfe pulls back the curtain on the forces driving (and sometimes derailing) new spray technology – and how farmers can cut through th…
Regional Update - Austin Rayner, Nabawa, Midwest WA
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Austin Rayner, farm manager with EF Smart Pty Ltd, brings an update from Midwest WA with insights into the weed strategy after a period of…
Regional Update - Max Schmelzer, Jimbour Plains, SE Qld
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Our June Regional Update gives us an insight into the Northern cropping region during this year, as crops are being harvested and sown sim…
Regional Update - Greg Condon, Northern Region, & Jana Freebairn, Southern Region
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In this episode, we hear from our WeedSmart Extension Agronomists, Jana Freebairn and Greg Condon, updating from their respective Southern…
Beyond Resistance - Nipping Gazania In The Bud with Ali Bajwa & Chris Davey
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As our farming environment changes with our management, so to do the plant populations growing across our landscape. Gazania, a long-term…
Regional Update - Chris Davey, Southern Extension Agronomist, SA
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The regional update from the southern growing region with WeedSmart Extension Agronomist Chris Davey, providing you with a dry seeding upd…
Regional Update - Henry Coleman, Jamestown, SA
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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…
Seed dormancy 101 and a Western region update
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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, inter…
Header Run – The imi resistance issue: Dealing with broadleaf weeds in 2024 and beyond
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Join WeedSmart Southern Extension Agronomists Jana Freebairn and Chris Davey in discussing the rising resistance to imi’s (imidazolinone) …
Regional Update – Ian Pursehouse, Grower, West Wyalong, NSW
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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 …
Regional Update – Stuart Vlahov, Grower, Ellendale, WA
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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…
Looking forward to WeedSmart Week 2024!
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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 pres…
Regional Update – Vicky French, Grower, Derrinallum, Vic
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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 fo…
Deep placement of phosphorus and potassium (P&K)
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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 mo…
Regional Update – Angus Dalgliesh, Agronomist, Cloncurry, QLD
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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 rec…
Pre-emergent options and a resistance update
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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…
Regional Update – Cameron Jenkin, Farm Manager, Pindar, WA
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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 J…
Management strategies for glyphosate resistant weeds
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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 P…
Regional Update – James Kearines, Agronomist & Grower, Lake Cargelligo, NSW
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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 Carge…