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  • Oat growers embrace timely registration of key weed control option
    Weeds, 31 Mar 2022
    Oat growers embrace timely registration of key weed control option

    Australian oat growers can be reassured of continued access to a popular pre-emergent herbicide this season thanks to a cross-industry investment resulting in the national registration of Nufarm TriflurX®.

  • How weed-competitive is your crop rotation?
    Weeds, 07 Mar 2022
    How weed-competitive is your crop rotation?

    A long-term study confirms some crop rotations are more likely than others to reduce the weed seedbank over time

  • Weed busting with serradella pasture
    Weeds, 09 Feb 2022
    Weed busting with serradella pasture

    Weed management benefits from a serradella pasture phase have been systematically characterised in multi-year field trials

  • Growers armed with triple threat against weeds in the south
    Weeds, 07 Feb 2022
    Growers armed with triple threat against weeds in the south

    Southern growers could be changing their weed management practices after results from nearly five years’ worth of trials indicate a triple threat strategy, that counters traditional methods, could produce optimal results.

  • Continuous learning underpins weed smarts
    Weeds, 17 Dec 2021
    Continuous learning underpins weed smarts

    Tom Longmire farms with his family near Esperance in Western Australia and shared his whole-farm weed management experience with attendees at this year’s WeedSmart week.

  • Phase rethink to aid weed and pest management
    Weeds, 02 Dec 2021
    Phase rethink to aid weed and pest management

    To improve the profitability and durability of cropping rotations, disruptive pasture phases are being considered in a GRDC-supported capacity-building project. These phases have the potential to reduce disease pressure in crops and assist in weed management.

  • Summer weeds on the march
    Weeds, 24 Nov 2021
    Summer weeds on the march

    A two-year survey supported by GRDC has found summer weeds are on the move across the western region of Australia. Correct identification will help inform summer weed and green bridge management to conserve moisture and reduce pest and disease load.

  • Unified approach improves herbicide resistance data
    Weeds, 04 Nov 2021
    Unified approach improves herbicide resistance data

    Organisations across Australia tasked with surveying weeds for herbicide resistance have adopted the same protocols and methods for undertaking this critical work for the grains sector.

  • Crop rotations a key to barley grass control
    Weeds, 23 Oct 2021
    Crop rotations a key to barley grass control

    Gregor Wilkins has had success controlling barley grass using a combination of cultivation including a prickle chain and cultivar with sweeps, along with rotations and herbicides.

  • Ryegrass management in the HRZ relies on a stacked approach
    Weeds, 22 Oct 2021
    Ryegrass management in the HRZ relies on a stacked approach

    Annual ryegrass in the high-rainfall zone is as competitive and damaging as in lower-rainfall environments, with each ryegrass plant reducing cereal yield potential by about 0.3 per cent according to recent research.

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