GRDC Podcast
Episodes
Sodic soils - Soil constraints west
03 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
As part of the Grains Research and Development Corporation’s investment in the Soil Constraints West project, water harvesting on sodic soils is one...
Tips and tools to manage water repellent soils
03 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Hydrophobic, or water-repellent soils are soils coated in organic compounds, which prevent water from properly infiltrating the soil. Usually affectin...
Frost risk Pt 2: Site elevation
27 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this two-part podcast Matt Gardner form AMPS Research discusses sowing strategies, site elevation and crop monitoring tools and how these variables...
Increasing the effectiveness of nitrogen fixation in pulse crops
27 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Researchers from the South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI) are in the final stages of identifying a new commercial acid tolerant...
Frost risk pt 1: Sowing strategies
27 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
For some grain growers the potential risk of a frost event damaging their cereal crop can result in a conservative sowing strategy. But sowing late to...
Crown Rot in central and southern NSW – a timely warning
20 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Grain growers in central and southern NSW cannot afford to ignore crown rot inoculum levels in their paddocks. Allowing inoculum levels to build even ...
Choose your next grain variety using NVT data
13 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
NVT is the largest coordinated field trial work of its kind in the world, with 650 trials per year and 1.3 million plot measurements available. Since...
Insect pests of establishing canola in NSW
13 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
A new resource for canola growers will help them better identify insect pests in establishing canola crops, enabling more sustainable and effective co...
Growing legumes in acid soils
13 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We sometimes hear about the rundown of Phosphorus nutrient deep in the soil profile and a deal of research is being conducted right now into Deep P Pl...
AEGIC - Indonesian Market
06 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Indonesia is, by far, Australia’s biggest single wheat customer. Each year, on average, Indonesia buys 4.2 million tonnes of Australian wheat, worth...
Northern farming systems update
27 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
What if you could confidently predict that a decision you made in the paddock today would deliver agronomic and financial benefits three years into th...
Optimising weed control with crop row spacing
20 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
As a form of weed control in crops reducing row spacing can have a significant impact on weed populations. By reducing crop row spacing the biomass of...
Soil Amelioration - WA
13 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
WA’s sand plain soils feature multiple constraints including water repellence, acidity and compaction, all focus points of GRDC’s $33-million-doll...
Crop Establishment - WA
13 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Changing weather patterns mean WA growers are often attempting to sow and get crops established in a warming and dry period. Although, there is often ...
Soil Constraints - WA
13 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Soil constraints are reducing grain grower profitability in Western Australia. Soil compaction, low pH and water repellence are estimated to cost the ...
Grain Storage Bunkers
06 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
From time to time a grain grower might be in the position of needing temporary on-farm grain storage. One options for storing grain is a Bunker or gra...
Adding Grain Storage & Hygiene
06 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
After harvest can be a good time to think about your future on-farm grain storage capacity. In this podcast Philip Burrill from Queensland’s depart...
Deep placement of P&K
30 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
GRDC funded research is revealing the importance of managing nutrient availability to the crop deeper in the soil profile. On this podcast, David Lest...
Summer Weed Workshops WA
23 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast focuses on summer weed identification and control options. GRDC’s Regional Cropping Solutions Network has highlighted the issue of eff...
Sorghum row spacing for weed management
16 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
GRDC’s multi million dollar investment in sorghum research is looking for ways to maximise yield and profitability while positioning the crop in tot...
Lifting High Rainfall Zone Cereal Yields
09 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Despite having a better climate for grain production than most of mainland Australia, the average cereal yield in Tasmania is still considered to be w...
Spray drift action group
09 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
There’s increasing awareness of the damage off-target spraying, or spray drift, can do to your own crops and those of your neighbours, sometimes man...
Weed Management Via Crop Competition
02 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Home gardeners know the benefits of mulch in suppressing weeds, but researchers are also encouraging broadacre grain producers to deprive weeds of sun...
Root Lesion Nematodes - Kirsty Owen
26 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Can you explain the difference between crop varieties that are tolerant, resistant and susceptible to a particular pest? Researcher Kirsty Owen from ...
Helicoverpa Resistance Management Strategy
19 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Pulse growers would be well aware of the damage Helicoverpa larvae can do to their crops. Fortunately, farmers have access to strong chemistry that ca...
ROSA
12 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
According to WA’s Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development that estimate of $4.3 Billion in lost production is nearly equal to half...
RWA & Green Bridge Surveillance
05 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
To aid Russian Wheat Aphid management planning and development of cultural controls, there is a need to know what role green bridges play in supportin...
Adopting Practice Change
28 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
People tend to see farmers as one large group of food and fibre producers. But have you ever thought about what different individuals they are? How wo...
Frost Damaged Crop Salvage Options And Seed Retention
21 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast WA Department of Primary Industries & Regional Development research officer and Frost specialist, Dr Ben Biddulph, discusses salvage a...
Tillage Systems Over The Last 50 Years
16 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Fifty years ago, the pioneers of zero and minimum tillage cropping systems had a challenging time to convince researchers and growers that these syste...
Root Lesion Nematodes - WA
07 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In a bad year the cereal pest Root Lesion Nematode can cost West Australian grain growers up to $110 million in lost production. The two main species...
NVT Overview
04 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
There’s been a significant change to the National Variety Trials program. It’s now fully managed by the Grains Research and Development Corporatio...
New answer to glyphosate resistant fence line weeds
31 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Fencelines can be a haven for weeds that may also be resistant to glyphosate. On this podcast Weeds Specialist, Tony Cook describes a new, effective t...
Russian Wheat Aphid
24 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The cereal pest Russian wheat aphid was first detected in Australia two years ago in South Australia’s Mid North and has since made its way into Vic...
Caution Needed Managing First Post Drought Crop
24 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Respected northern region agronomist, Drew Penberthy outlines some of the agronomic issues to watch out for after drought. And we hear from a farmer w...
Improving crop productivity in sandy soils
24 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Sandy soils have constraints that limit crop yield. Low levels of organic matter in these soils restrict the soil’s ability to retain nutrients, com...
Russian Wheat Aphid 2
24 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The cereal pest Russian wheat aphid was first detected in Australia two years ago in South Australia’s Mid North and has since made its way into Vic...
Better Chickpeas To Beat The Heat
18 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Angela Pattison’s been delving into an historic bank of chickpea plant varieties, some of which have been grown for hundreds of years in hot, dry...
Managing Frost Risk
04 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Frost is a costly and often unpredictable problem that costs Australian grain growers more than $300 million a year, but the GRDC’s National Frost I...
Measuring Farmer's Resilience
04 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Change is a continual process, Nadine says. The key is investing the same amount in people as we do in infrastructure and technology, so that rural in...
Soil Insights
02 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Mike says while we have a wealth of knowledge in Australia about above-ground plant components, we don’t understand enough about roots – how varia...
Hands Free Farming
02 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Using the autopilot from a drone as the ‘brains’ of their vehicles, Martin and his colleagues aimed to prove that mechatronics could reduce damage...
Herbicide Resistance Survey
01 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
A five-year survey of the entire Australian cropping belt has revealed a sobering picture of growing herbicide resistance in key cropping weeds. Dr Jo...
International pulse market outlook
01 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Pulse markets were thrown into disarray during last year’s harvest when India imposed tariffs on imports of chickpeas and lentils. On this podcast C...
Drought & Seed Quality
25 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Another of the speakers at the Henty Field Days grower forum was NSW DPI’s research agronomist Graeme Sandral. Graeme spoke about the seed quality i...
A Tough Season Needs An Action Plan
25 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Grain growers attending this year’s Henty Field days had the opportunity to hear timely advice from specialists such as NSW DPI’s southern pasture...
Optimising Feed Quality
25 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Lessons learnt from past droughts and frosts events need to be applied to this season, especially in regards to determining the feed quality of a crop...
Crop Biomass Assessment
25 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
At the recent southern NSW, Henty Field Days, GRDC with NSW DPI presented a special grower forum called Tough Season Questions Answered. The idea of t...