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  • 29 Apr 2025
  • | Region: North
Mark Congreve: 2025 Seed of Light award – North

In this podcast, 2025 Seed of Light – North awardee Mark Congreve shares his thoughts on the changing landscape of agricultural extension, and what the Seed of Light award recognition means to him.

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  • 22 Apr 2025
  • | Region: South
Get on the front foot with crown rot

In this podcast, senior researcher with NSW Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Dr Steven Simpfendorfer shares the latest research and advice to reduce disease impacts.

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  • 15 Apr 2025
  • | Region: North
Drone weed mapping case study: Precision weed management

In this podcast we look at a new system developed out of necessity by the Single family in New South Wales and we also hear from Wade Bistrup, a Queensland grower who has been experimenting with this technology.

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  • 8 Apr 2025
  • | Region: National
20-year yarns: NVT over the years - Steve Jefferies

In this podcast we speak to prominent plant breeder and former GRDC managing director, Dr Steve Jefferies about the value of the NVT to growers and breeding companies

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  • 1 Apr 2025
  • | Region: South
Cam Nicholson: 2025 Seed of Light award - South

We caught up with Cam to discuss the importance of head, heart and gut when it comes to decision making and see if he has any tips or advice for up-and-coming agronomists

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  • 25 Mar 2025
  • | Region: South, West
Spot on fungicide application for rhizoctonia

In February 2025, we sat down with Blake Gontar from the South Australian Research and Development Institute to talk about a previous GRDC investment that showed streaming fungicide above and below the seed was an effective way to protect cereals

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  • 18 Mar 2025
  • | Region: South
Get bang for your herbicide buck

In this podcast Victorian grower, Richard Stecher, shares his experience with getting professional advice on correct sprayer set-up. We also hear from Nutrien Ag agronomist, Chris Dunn, who shares his thoughts on how agronomists and growers can get

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  • 11 Mar 2025
  • | Region: South
Applied N under irrigation - what’s the magic number?

In this podcast, FAR Australia Managing Director, Nick Poole, Pinion Advisory senior consultant, Brendan Wallace and Francis grower, Wayne Hawkins, share some surprising findings from focus paddock trials.

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  • 4 Mar 2025
  • | Region: West
Farming systems in low and medium rainfall areas of WA

In this episode, we get an overview of the results from the first two-seasons of the project from grower and trial host Kevin Naisbitt and DPIRD’s Martin Harries.

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