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GRDC Podcast

Investing in RD&E to create enduring profitability for Australian grain growers

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Boosting Underperforming Sandy Soils

Boosting Underperforming Sandy Soils

Sandy soils account for five million hectares of Australia’s southern grain growing region. Crop water use and productiv... Read more

18 Sep 2019

11mins

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Lime And Managing Soil Health

Lime And Managing Soil Health

Liming to maintain good soil pH levels and avoiding yield losses is just as important as applying fertiliser for maximis... Read more

11 Sep 2019

12mins

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Irrigated Cropping Council Survey - Do the numbers before turning on the tap

Irrigated Cropping Council Survey - Do the numbers before turning on the tap

With water such a valuable commodity nowadays, it’s little wonder that irrigators ask themselves whether they are better... Read more

21 Aug 2019

10mins

Ranked #4

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Detecting & Managing Blackleg In WA Canola Crops

Detecting & Managing Blackleg In WA Canola Crops

Blackleg is a common yet economically serious canola disease in Western Australia (WA). While it has the potential to ca... Read more

21 Aug 2019

7mins

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Identifying Frost Damage

Identifying Frost Damage

Valuable frost research is equipping grain growers with practical information on how to identify frost damage in cereal ... Read more

22 Aug 2019

5mins

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Canopy infection by Blackleg – a new evolution

Canopy infection by Blackleg – a new evolution

Farmers in blackleg prone areas of Australia are generally competent in managing the disease in their canola crops.That ... Read more

28 Aug 2019

10mins

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Sowing Summer Legumes

Sowing Summer Legumes

The GRDC is leading a $16 million project focused boosting the resilience of mixed farms via successful incorporation of... Read more

25 Sep 2019

12mins

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Managing Cabbage Aphid In WA

Managing Cabbage Aphid In WA

A common pest for canola growers to monitor each Spring is the Cabbage Aphid. DPRID research officer Dusty Severtson des... Read more

4 Sep 2019

9mins

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Matching Nitrogen to Crop Needs

Matching Nitrogen to Crop Needs

Nitrogen fertiliser is arguably a farmer’s biggest variable cost, year on year. Providing the correct amount of nitrogen... Read more

28 Aug 2019

8mins

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Snails slow to take bait in warmer months

Snails slow to take bait in warmer months

Snails may be slow to move, but they are quick to survive baits during late Spring and Summer. This surprising developme... Read more

4 Sep 2019

11mins

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Nitrogen management in wheat

Nitrogen management in wheat

Research undertaken by the Northern Grower Alliance has cast new light on the timing and method of nitrogen application.... Read more

11 Sep 2019

8mins

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Trust Me – I’m a Farmer

Trust Me – I’m a Farmer

A leading science communicator says rather than educating the general public about farming, farmers should ensure that u... Read more

18 Sep 2019

10mins

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Bait, Bash Or Burn – Latest Advice On Snail Control

Bait, Bash Or Burn – Latest Advice On Snail Control

Snails are one of those pests that can’t be controlled by any one tool – but a significant amount of research is happeni... Read more

8 Apr 2020

15mins

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Fall Armyworm

Fall Armyworm

Fall Armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda was detected in Australia for the first time in January 2020 and a warning was issu... Read more

18 Mar 2020

14mins

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Making barley grass barely a problem

Making barley grass barely a problem

Barley grass in the southern cropping region is becoming more prominent as a problem weed for croppers – as herbicide re... Read more

22 Jan 2020

10mins

Ranked #16

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Counting Nematodes

Counting Nematodes

They may be tiny but the damage they can potentially do is far from small. Root Lesion Nematodes are well known as a pro... Read more

8 Jan 2020

7mins

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Who’s the Boss – making canola crops more weed competitive

Who’s the Boss – making canola crops more weed competitive

Trials in Western Australia are showing how well canola can out compete ryegrass if some simple management changes are m... Read more

31 Dec 2019

12mins

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Introducing pulses to acid soils

Introducing pulses to acid soils

Growers with acid soils know full well the risks involved in growing pulses. While new acid tolerant rhizobia are on the... Read more

24 Dec 2019

9mins

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Strategic Nitrogen

Strategic Nitrogen

A leading soil scientist has argued for a more strategic approach to nitrogen application. One way of doing that is by i... Read more

18 Dec 2019

9mins

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