GRDC - Driving Agronomy Podcasts

Research done by the CSIRO has challenged accepted wisdom about the value of break crops in a low rainfall environment.

A new smart phone app is being developed that can estimate soil water levels.

Harm van Rees from Cropfacts Pty Ltd discusses the important issue of bridging the gap between actual yield and potential yield.

After years of GRDC funded research, new frost ratings for wheat are set to be released this year.

The incidence of frost in southern Australia has increased and the frost window has widened at a time when temperatures are warming.

Farmers are being encouraged to test their soils for pathogens in the lead up to the 2015 winter cropping season using Predicta B testing. However, new sampling protocols have come into place

Starving weeds of light and space to grow has been show to be another effective weed control tool for croppers.

Next year is the United Nations sanctioned International Year of Pulse. We speak to the Grains & Legumes Nutrition Council to find out what's happening in Australia.

Nitrogen is one of the most important fertilisers in cropping but can be the most difficult to manage.

WA grower Doug Smith, offers some advice to people considering narrow windrow burning as a way of controlling the spread of weed seeds during harvest.

Research carried out by the Australian Herbicide Resistance Initiative has uncovered the habits of major weed seeds at harvest time.

Farm advisory boards or panels are becoming more widely used by farmers who want to achieve a more strategic approach to their farming business.

Research has found that weeds can also become resistant to the non chemical weed control technique of harvest weed seed control.

A survey of growers' retained sowing seed has found high levels of contamination with herbicide resistant weed seed.

Grain storage expert, Chris Warrick takes us through some of the issues you need to consider when deciding the economic viability of purchasing new grain storage