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
How the Seed Terminator & iHSD fared over harvest & the benefits of lime application
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We're so excited to be back for 2019! This is our first podcast for the year and we look at how both the Seed Terminator and iHSD fared ov…
Crop selection and rotation tips and post-harvest spraying
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On the last podcast for 2018, we spoke with Dr Haydn Kuchel, who is CEO & Head of Breeding at AGT Breeding. AGT Breeding develops new fiel…
2,4-D update, spray drift advice and how beneficial fungi works to suppress weeds
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Would you like to know more about the changes to 2,4-D regulations? Nufarm Technical Marketing Lead André Sabeeney joins us on the podcast…
Farmers share their HWSC experiences with Planfarm Agronomist Dani Whyte
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We have a special guest co-host this week, with Planfarm Agronomist Dani Whyte joining Jessica Strauss, providing insights on farmer inter…
Crop topping, using Sharpen & getting ready for harvest
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In the podcast this week, we focus on crop topping and the relatively new herbicide, Sharpen. In our last podcast, Andrew Messina talked t…
Harvester set-up and implications of hay crossing borders
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In the podcast this week, we’re focusing on harvester set-up and we also discuss how to capture weed seeds in the chaff fraction.John Bros…
Australasian Weeds Conference overview
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In this podcast, we’re focusing on research and ideas out of the 21st Australasian Weeds Conference.WeedSmart's Jessica Strauss was lucky …
Cross-resistance update from Chris Preston and Truflex Canola explainer
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Serious herbicide resistance news has come out of South Australia, with a population of ryegrass from the Eyre Peninsula, having been conf…
WeedSmart Week 2018 in Narrabri - An Overview
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The podcast is a bit late this week as we've been busy in Northern NSW presenting WeedSmart Week! We kicked off the event with the Forum D…
Crop competition and optical spraying in the North
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Join your hosts Jessica Strauss and Peter Newman as they discuss crop competition and optical spraying in the Northern region.Gulargambone…
WeedSmart Week is heading to the Northern Region!
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As a whole, the northern grains region has had a very tough start to the 2018 winter cropping season. With a few showers around there are …
Syngenta Growth Awards study tour to the UK and Switzerland
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This week we're catching up with two of the 2017 Syngenta Growth Awards winners.We were very proud that our Extension Agronomist Kirrily C…
The unsung hero - crop competition
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We don’t want to give the weeds a free kick by growing un-competitive crops. Crop competition with weeds is a double-edged sword. There i…
Blackgrass control in the UK and the pros and cons of paired rows
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We have two diverse topics for this week's podcast. Firstly we'll hear from Peter Aikman, who is a Mallee grain grower. He will share his …
Herbicide degradation in dry soil and volunteer and ratoon cotton control
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With dry conditions in many parts of the country, we catch up with WANTFA Executive Director Dr David Minkey to find out if herbicides do …
Getting dry seeding right
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With many parts of the country facing little to no Autumn rainfall events so far, many growers are dry seeding. ConsultAg Agronomist Geoff…
The future of robotics in broadacre ag and herbicide resistance in the US
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In this podcast, we learn about what's happening in the robotics space for broadacre agriculture from Professor Salah Sukkarieh, who is an…
Pre-emergent herbicide application tips with Chris Preston & Heidi Gooden
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With seeding and pre-emergent herbicide application kicking off around the country, we got in touch a couple of herbicide application expe…
Mixing herbicides with David Gooden
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With seeding around the corner (or potentially already started for some!), keeping weeds at bay will also be on the agenda. In this podcas…
Harvest seed destroying mill technology, with Ben White
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Harvest seed destroying mill technology has been the talk of the town among harvest weed seed control enthusiasts. For the podcast, we nor…