Spray tech is moving fast – but who’s steering? Herbicide giants, machinery makers, farm efficiency & stewardship all grabbing the wheel. Tom Wolfe unpacks the stresses in Beyond Resistance. 🎙️ #Big6 #WeedControl

🌱 🚜 QLD Grain Growers, agronomists, spray contractors! 🌾 🚩 .Event season is here!! . Catch-up next week 26th-28th Aug. #Kilcummin.#Dysart.#Duaringa.#Banana. Location times on flyer!.RSVP to DPI Qld. In-crop & in-fallow 💲 weed control💲? .#WeedSmart #Big6

What do you want to know?.

New prototype designed to mechanically control low density weeds persisting in inter-row of wide row crops like corn, sorghum and cotton during growing season.

🌱 🚜 Graingrowers, agronomists, spray contractors! 🌾 🚩 . Event season is here!! . #Kilcummin.#Dysart.#Duaringa.#Banana. In-crop & in-fallow 💲 weed control💲? Catch-up here to chat everything weeds.#herbicide resistance.#WeedSmart #Big6

“Hormesis is a stimulatory effect produced by low doses of herbicides", normally toxic at high doses. Research by Dr Asad (CSU) with resistant tall fleabane shows hormesis effect at low doses of paraquat compared to higher doses.

🎙️ New Paddock Talk episode is now available – hear from two exceptional growers about the importance of consistent stacking of weed control tactics and the value of herbicide resistance testing.

Dr Stuart Watt, a physicist/software engineer @UWA’s CEI: AgER, says targeted tillage machines for use in bare paddocks and row crops will give growers additional, non-herbicide options for weed control.

Eric Koetz, NSW DPIRD, illustrates hormesis effect in glyphosate-resistant awnless barnyard grass treated with low-dose glyphosate (right), compared to nil-glyphosate (left).

UWA’s CEI: AgER team found the sweet spot where tillage blade digs deep enough to remove weeds & damage roots, without creating large divots or excessive loads on electric motors.

Thanks so much to Austin Rayner and the Smart families 🤩.

Thanks to the Green family 🙌🏻

RT @grassrootsag: Day 1 of @WeedSmartAU Week 2025 complete. Big roll up in Geraldton WA learning about the high & lows with weeds in NAR fa….

RT @CropDoctor54: DAY 2 WeedSmart Week.First farm visit - Smart’s.Huge turnout. Huge machinery. Huge ROI.

RT @CropDoctor54: Lentils growing at Geraldton?.Why not?.Looking good so far, 👌, with spring heat stress the main concern locally. #Having….

#WSW25 Day2 next farm stop #lentils instead of lupins #rotation #diversity #Gero

#greatdayforacroppie #WSW25

Optical spot spraying (OSST) is likely to play an important role in new double-knock use patterns in fallow. The registered higher rate for OSST applications helps increase the efficacy of glufosinate. More tips for using glufosinate are in the link 🔗 .

Monitoring SOC, matching chemistry to site: soil properties, moisture, seed placement, pdk history.

Liming, soil pH/nutrient testing at depth #amelioration #soilhealth.

#WeedSmartWeek #WSW25 #Gero Day2 Farm tours 1st stop - setting up crops for max. competition #Big6 #WUE #cropcomp