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Strategic Nitrogen
A leading soil scientist has argued for a more strategic approach to nitrogen application. One way of doing that is by increasing soil carbon levels.…
6 years, 10 months ago
Strategic Nitrogen
Episode 115
A leading soil scientist has argued for a more strategic approach to nitrogen application. One way of doing that is by increasing soil carbon levels.…
6 years, 10 months ago
Watch out below! Fixing sub-soil problems
Episode 110
How economically viable is incorporating organic matters into your sub-soil? That’s what new research funded by GRDC is trying to ascertain.
While it…
6 years, 10 months ago
Assessing valuable on-farm agricultural lime sources
Episode 111
Nick Gillett from the WA’s eastern wheat belt has been making use of carbonate rich soils from his own farm to correct the pH of his farm’s acidic so…
6 years, 10 months ago
You can bank on this Genebank
Episode 108
The Australian Grains Genebank at Horsham is a critical stop along the long development pathway to deliver new varieties that will increase the profi…
6 years, 11 months ago
Weeds, Speed and Resistance
Episode 109
The speed at which weeds develop resistance to herbicides makes farmer vigilance if paramount importance. On this podcast, weed scientist, Dr Chris P…
6 years, 11 months ago
Flexible flax
Episode 106
Trials are underway in Western Australia to measure the suitability of Flax (or Linseed) as a viable and profitable break crop in systems that have f…
6 years, 11 months ago
Are insects chuffed with chaff?
Episode 107
Entomologists, with the help of growers and grower groups, are looking at whether chaff lines and other harvest weed seed control are having an impac…
6 years, 11 months ago
Investigating ways to boost profits from more efficient nutrient use in WA cropping systems
Episode 105
DPIRD researchers, led by Dr Craig Scanlan, have been investigating nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and potassium (K) crop use efficiency, soil storage …
6 years, 11 months ago
Shrinking the Yield Gap – the “secret” is out!
Episode 103
Shrinking the difference between your possible crop yield and your actual crop yield is one way of increasing your profitability. On this podcast the…
6 years, 11 months ago