Ultra-low seedbank farming 7 Jul 2025 The Agro Are you old enough to remember the days of Glean and Hoegrass? No, Hoegrass is not a weed, for those of you born this century, it was a herbicide. And they were great. They were the first of the selec... Read more
Camera with a Mill chaser. 29 Jun 2025 The Agro Not to be confused with beer with a port chaser, the camera sprayer with a Seed Terminator chaser may be the next best thing. Weed control technology has come a long way, and I feel that when we start... Read more
Herbicide Resistance: Update from Plant Science Consulting 18 Jun 2025 Journey to here Resistance continues to increase to key herbicides across the wheat belt of Southern Australia. Of the samples (seed & “Quick-Test”) presented to Plant Science Consulting for resistance testing, annua... Read more
What does the future hold? 13 Apr 2025 The Agro Look into my eyes and I will tell you your future….. Pfffft. I’m not into predictions, but I have recently been to a few research update events where plenty of people were telling us what the future o... Read more
Rotation planning time. 24 Jan 2025 The Agro Rotation Planning Time. January 7, 2025 Few things will have a bigger impact on your yields, profit, weeds, pests, and disease than crop rotation. It’s a huge thing to get right. Sometimes, what you a... Read more
Crop topping is doomed. 23 Oct 2024 The Agro The days of crop topping with glyphosate are numbered. We have a lot of glyphosate resistance. Lots and lots. Resistance testing services are finding that about half of the populations tested are resi... Crop Topping Glyphosate Harvest Weed Seed Control Herbicide Resistance Ryegrass Windrowing Read more
Wild radish flowers everywhere 9 Oct 2024 The Agro Wild radish flowers everywhere There’s some pretty wild photos getting around on X of wild radish in WA this year. A wet winter in the north has stopped growers getting on paddocks to spray. While the... Harvest Weed Seed Control Wild Radish Read more
Paraquat - Don't get mad, get even. 9 Oct 2024 The Agro Paraquat – don't get mad, get even Recently the APVMA proposed some major changes to the paraquat registration, and the farming community are rightfully very cranky about it. I suggested in a previous... APVMA Fencelines Paraquat Ryegrass Read more
Successful Farmer | Kevin Bradley talks Seed Terminator in the USA 24 Aug 2024 Journey to here The premise of harvest weed control systems is to stop weeds before they start. These systems started in Australia, but hold promise in the United States. Kevin Bradley, Weed Management Specialist fro... Read more
SWAT 011: Technology for Weed Management with Josh Lade 23 Aug 2024 Journey to here Josh Lade farms along with two other families north of Saskatoon, SK where they raise wheat, canola, peas, lentils and barley. Josh grew up on Kangaroo Island in Australia, on a sheep and seed potato ... Read more
Peter & Ash Teasdale | Conversations with Farmers 23 Aug 2024 Journey to here Join us as Nick catches up with Peter and Ash Teasdale, for a casual chat about their farming operation, weeds and family. The Teasdales, who added their first Seed Terminator in 2019 and a second in ... Read more
Andrew & Peter Moore | The art of growing good crops 23 Aug 2024 Journey to here In this episode, Nick caught up with Peter and Andrew Moore from Horsham, VIC, during his road trip through NSW & VIC in July 2024. The Moore brothers share invaluable lessons passed down from their d... Read more