Ultra-low seedbank farming 7 Jul 2025 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 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
What does the future hold? 14 Apr 2025 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 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 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
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
A PhD on smashing weed seeds 20 Dec 2023 I read a PhD! All 244 pages of it. Ok, I didn’t read it all, and I didn’t understand all of it because it was full of equations like this; It was written by a very clever guy who probably knows more a... Read more
