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• How researchers are developing sclerotinia stem rot resistant canola

  Sclerotinia stem rot is a canola disease that is challenging to manage using rotation due to the wide range of crops that play host to the fungus that causes it. Since there are no Australian canola cultivars with sclerotinia resistance, the disease is usually managed with preventative fungicide sprays at flowering. However, fungicides can be costly, and their return on investment is difficult to predict.   In an ideal world, Australian growers would have access to canola cultivars with resistance to sclerotinia stem rot. And that’s exactly what researchers at the Centre for Crop and Disease Management (CCDM), a co-investment of GRDC and Curtin, are trying to develop. In this episode, we’re joined by Senior Research Fellow and Project Lead, Mark Derbyshire, to find out how. Contact: Mark Derbyshire, CCDM [email protected]   More information:      New breeding lines and field screening methods for developing sclerotinia stem rot resistant canola cultivars   Project Code: CUR1403-002BLX Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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• Green on brown case study: Precision weed management

  Precision weed management is where optical sensors and remote and sensor weed mapping systems are used to target weeds and therefore cut herbicide costs. GRDC is investing in a series of case studies to explore the benefits and costs related to precision weed management technologies. One of those case studies is Warakirri Cropping, one of Australia's largest grain growers with 11 cropping farms across New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria and Western Australia. We chat to a few of the Warakirri team, including Junior Assistant Farm Manager, Patrick Anderson, Farm Manager, Jono Robinson, Southern Regional Manager, John Stevenson and Warakirri Cropping's Sustainability Officer, Jess Sleigh. Contacts:           Jess Sleigh, Sustainability Officer, [email protected] John Stevenson, Farm Manager [email protected]   Watch the video: https://youtu.be/AleO-NRv5EM   Project Investment Code:           SRE2310-001SAX Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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• GRDC in Conversation: Ray Harrington

  Ray Harrington has always had an eye on the battle taking place in the fields of Aussie agriculture, the war on weeds and pests. So, he and a group of like-minded farmers, researchers and innovators took up the torch to solve it once and for all. In this episode of GRDC’s In Conversation, host Oli Le Lievre speaks with Ray about his journey to inventing the Harrington Seed Destructor, one of the most effective tools in dealing with weed resistance in the market. In their chat, they cover the significant issues facing farmers today including weed management, herbicide resistance, declining rural communities and succession. Ray insists the key is for the next generation to have a plan for the future, and he shares the significance of community in farming life. Please be advised that today's conversation includes more colourful language than usual, which may be inappropriate for some listeners.   GRDC Project Code: HAG2308-001SAX GRDC in Conversation is a limited series GRDC Podcast. It features in-depth interviews with growers and other experts in the grains industry who share their expertise, knowledge and experiences by exploring their personal stories, history, influences and motivations. The views expressed in this podcast are solely those of the interviewee and do not necessarily reflect the views of GRDC, the interviewees’ employer, institution or other associated parties. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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• From risk to response: Managing sclerotinia in lupin in WA

  Sclerotinia in lupin is a sporadic disease found across the WA grainbelt. When weather conditions favour disease spread, it can cause significant loss of yield and grain quality.   With GRDC investment, collaborative research by the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, the Centre for Crop and Disease Management, and the Mingenew-Irwin Group has been looking at ways lupin growers can learn to recognise risky scenarios and employ management strategies to reduce impact of the disease.  To find out what the team has discovered, we’re joined on this episode by DPIRD research scientist Ciara Beard.   Contact:  Ciara Beard  Research Scientist, DPIRD  [email protected]    More information:  Sclerotinia management in WA’s lupin crops   Lupin sclerotinia disease risk assessment guide  SclerotiniaCM - Sclerotinia Management App     Project Codes:  DAW2104-002RTX  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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• Profitable fallow strategies to consider

  A GRDC National Grower Network investment, based in Western Australia, has been working to improve knowledge of fallow management and the economic value of fallows in cropping rotations. Through this project, it has been identified that there are four key objectives growers should take into account when considering fallow – profitability, moisture, weeds, and nitrogen. In this episode, Laconik founder Darren Hughes explains that by understanding these objectives, growers will be in the best place to understand the most profitable fallow strategies they should consider this year. Contact: Darren Hughes Laconik [email protected] More information: Fallow Management and the Economic Costs Maximising the profitability of fallow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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