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Crop establishment essentials
Both yield and performance rely heavily on good crop establishment, which is why GRDC is investing in a range of projects to determine the key factor…
1 year, 8 months ago
Long coleoptile wheat: Deep sowing seeder set up
In this week's podcast, machinery specialist Jack Desbiolles from the University of South Australia runs through important considerations for seeder …
1 year, 8 months ago
Skills for agronomists to handle tough conversations
Listeners are advised that this podcast contains references to suicide
There’s no shortage of stressors in farming, and while crop destruction is ofte…
1 year, 8 months ago
Grow your own nitrogen: harvestable annual legume options
Significant research is underway to help Western Australian farmers sustain their own on-farm nitrogen factory though growing and harvesting pasture …
1 year, 9 months ago
What to do - about wheat powdery mildew
Wheat powdery mildew is becoming increasingly difficult to manage, in part because there’s widespread resistance to the available chemicals. So, what…
1 year, 9 months ago
Getting a jump start on managing 2025 disease risks
Warm conditions across much of Western Australia and variable rainfall in 2024 contributed to mixed levels of fungal disease severity in the State’s …
1 year, 9 months ago
GRDC in Conversation: Merrie Carlhausen
In this episode of GRDC In Conversation, host Oli Le Lievre chats with Merrie Carlshausen, a former nurse turned essential advocate for farming commu…
1 year, 9 months ago
Getting grain storage right
Chris Warrick and Alex Conway are part of the GRDC's grain storage extension team. Their task is to help growers with their on-farm storage, as well …
1 year, 9 months ago
GRDC in Conversation: David Tropiano
In this episode, we sit down with David Tropiano, a grain farmer from Mullewa, WA, as he shares his journey from a reluctant start in farming to runn…
1 year, 9 months ago
Plant breeding and genetics: Understanding the basics
According to Dr Greg Rebetzke, Chief Research Scientist at CSIRO, plant breeding is the key cornerstone of modern agriculture. Unless we have the bes…
1 year, 10 months ago