GRDC - Driving Agronomy Podcasts
Summary: Brought to you by the Grains Research and Development Corporation and presented by Online Business Radio’s Chris Brown, Driving Agronomy podcasts are released weekly and discuss various agronomic issues to assist and inform those in the Australian grain industry.
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Grain growers are being encouraged to carry paper envelopes in their harvesters to collect for testing weeds they suspect of being herbicide resistant.
Weather forecasting is becoming more accurate. True! Find out why on GRDC Driving Agronomy.
Records show that there has been some increased testing of plants for herbicide resistance in the last couple of years, but not really among individual farmers or individual agronomists. We examine why that's the case.
World leading nitrogen scientists gathered recently in Adelaide. On this program we speak to Professor Micahael Russelle from the USDA about nitrogen fixation.
Farmers have moved their crops wider apart in recent years. A new study reveals the upsides and downsides.
It's a challenge! Working ON your business rather than just IN your business. But it's a challenge that farmers must meet, according to a leading farm management consultant.
Scientists at SARDI are developing a test to measure the health of soil by quantifying the number of "good" or free living nematodes present in soil samples.
Farmers have been urged to carefully plan their weed management in fallow paddocks before bringing them back into crop production.
With insect pests in grain storage continuing to cause problems, farmers who are winning the battle are attracting premiums from buyers.
The potential for unmanned aerial vehicles to advance agriculture is possibly huge. On this program we speak to one agronomist who has invested early in this technology.
A national research study is underway, funded by GRDC, to find the best methods to deliver micronutrients to our soils.
New fungicide options are on the way for the treatment of the soil borne pathogen, Rhizoctonia
Perennial wheat is on the drawing board for Australian grain growers. Find out more on this edition of GRDC Driving Agronomy.
Australian scientists are close to delivering to breeders lines of wheat that have resistance to the two most common root lesion nematodes.
Scientists at Curtin University have achieved a breakthrough in the control of Yellow Spot in wheat by finding a way to neutralise one of the genes that contribute to the disease.
