Crop topping is doomed. 23 Oct 2024 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 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 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 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 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 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 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
Podcast: On-Farm Management of Herbicide Resistant Weeds – Josh Lade and Haley Tetreault 23 Aug 2024 Last month, Josh Lade caught up with Haley & Mitchell from The Barley Bin (a co-lab between SaskBarley & SaskWheat) to talk growing good crops, herbicide resistance and tackling wild oats 🍃 It's a goo... Read more
Is Paraquat on the Ropes? 24 Jun 2024 Is Paraquat on the ropes? Being on the ropes isn’t always bad. It worked for Muhammad Ali using the rope-a-dope technique against George Foreman in the ‘Rumble in the Jungle’ in 1974. Ali lay back on ... Fencelines Glyphosate Herbicide Resistance Paraquat Ryegrass Read more
Wild radish seed is easy to smash. 19 May 2024 Wild radish seed is easy to smash. We spend a lot of time talking about ryegrass as the worst weed in Australia, which is true. But what about the other weeds? Turns out that wild radish is rated as t... Crop Competition Harvest Weed Seed Control Wild Radish Read more
Is 100% equity lazy? 1 May 2024 Budgets are tight! Fuel, Fertiliser, Chemical, Insurance and Labour costs, among other things, have risen over the past few years, increasing costs across the board. Fertiliser has eased a little, wit... Budgets Crop Competition Crop Density Rising Costs Ryegrass Terminator Agronomist Read more
Size Matters 22 Feb 2024 Try this. Using your hand like a tennis racket, whack a ping pong ball as hard as you can. Now do the same thing with a golf ball. Which one hurt more? The golf ball right. Why? That’s because E = 1/2... Read more