NSW DPIRD Agronomy
NSW DPIRD works hand-in-hand with farmers being the largest rural research provider in Australia. The aim of these podcasts is to deliver timely and relevant information to help growers and industry better manage and understand challenges to their farming systems.Bringing you the latest research and developments in agriculture, fisheries, forestry and biosecurity in NSW
Podcasting since 2022 • 32 episodes
NSW DPIRD Agronomy
Latest Episodes
Cereal disease update, 22.7.25.
They’re back. The NSW DPIRD ‘dynamic duo’ of Brad Baxter and Steve Simpfendorfer join us for the first in-crop disease podcast.•The impact of climate on crops: of the samples received in the north this season, 68% were NOT DISEASE.•C...
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Improving sorghum yields & quality in northern NSW.
Listen to NSW DPIRD's sorghum expert Loretta Serafin discuss the on-farm research conducted in NW NSW over the last ~ 5 years by her team on agronomic tweaks for sorghum yield improvement.Setting your paddock up for success.
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Aphids & viruses in broadleaf crops.
We talk to NSW DPIRD's aphid & virus experts, Joop van Leur, Zorica Duric & Solomon Maina on:-Viruses: the basics & why they mutate & how they are transmitted.-Aphids: which ones are an issue to us in winter cropping.
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Managing blackleg in canola 2025.
Listen to NSW DPIRD's Kurt Lindback & Marcrofts Grains Pathology, Steve Marcroft talk all things blackleg in canola:-disease life cycle -seedling versus upper canopy infection-how to know the risk in your paddock-varietal resist...
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What cereal diseases could be an issue in 2025? What's the washup from 2024?
Listen to NSW DPIRD's 'dynamic duo', Steve Simpfendorfer and Brad Baxter discuss:What we learnt in 2024 and disease legacy effects for 2025.What's showing up in the stubble testing from this summer.What diseases co...
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