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
Episodes
32 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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Meet NSW DPIRD's up and coming scientists and their cool research!
Introducing some of NSW DPIRD's young researchers and the projects they are looking into:Nicole Dron:Heat tolerance in pulses.Grain protein in pulses, why does it matter?Intergrated disease management...
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Cereal disease update, 19.8.24.
🎧 PODCAST: Cereal disease update 🎧NSW DPIRD's Brad Baxter, Steve Simpfendorfer and Sam Blanch chat with us re:-Cereal disease update & what might be a problem for the rest of the season.-Frequent questions they are being aske...
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How do I protect my canola yield from now till harvest?
How to manage diseases in your canola from now till harvest.NSW DPIRD's Kurt Lindbeck gives us some tips on: -Knowing your crop's disease risk from now till maturity. -Some key aspects of sclerotinia & blackleg's life ...
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Tips for getting sorghum right in 2024.
Growing sorghum in 2024? Tips for getting it right with NSW DPI's Loretta Serafin.NSW DPI's Research Agronomist Loretta Serafin chats with us about grain sorghum.Recent research into: -Row spacing -Planting t...
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Disease update with Steve Simpfendorfer and Joop van Leur.
NSW DPI's plant pathologists, Steve Simpfendorfer & Joop van Leur, talks us through diseases and viruses showing up in paddocks:Is it really disease?Septoria: 'the most mis-diagnosed disease of 2024". What it looks like...
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Faba bean diseases & management strategies with Kurt Lindbeck.
NSW DPI's plant pathologist, Kurt Lindbeck, talks us through the diseases of faba bean:-What diseases are dominant in the north versus the south.-Threats in 2024.-Conditions favouring diseases.-Management strategies.Want ...
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Cereal disease & aphid update. June 2024
Join NSW DPI's plant pathologists Steve Simpfendorfer and Brad Baxter and entomologist Zorica Duric with an update on:-What diseases have been identified so far in 2024.-Is it a disease or is it weather or herbicide related or a combina...
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Cereal diseases: the 2024 pre-season edition with Brad and Simphy.
NSW DPI's Brad Baxter & Steve Simpfendorfer talk us through:-How the season is shaping up.-What diseases could be an issue in 2024.-What diseases are out there already.-How to mitigate for these.-What the ...
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Harvesting tips for managing crown rot & seasonal disease wrap up.
Listen to NSW DPI's Toni Petronaitis talk us through how your harvest management can affect crown rot growth -Impacts of stubble height on disease growth. -Climatic conditions that favour disease gr...
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Cereal diseases: the latest from Steve Simpfendorfer & Brad Baxter, 12.9.23.
What's happening out there at the moment with cereal diseases? -How can you limit disease impacts for 2024? -Simphy and Brad, plant pathologists from NSW DPI, give us a rundown.
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Cereal disease update with Brad Baxter & Steve Simpfendorfer 20.7.23.
NSW DPI's plant pathologists, Brad Baxter & Steve Simpfendorfer, have a chat about what happening in cereal crops at the moment. Diseases that are appearing & how to control them, along with ones that may become an issue in 2023.
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Pre-season tips for cereal diseases in 2023.
NSW DPI's Steve Simpfendorfer and Brad Baxter have a chat about what diseases could be the main 'nasties' in 2023.-How to minimise the loss for these diseases pre-season.-How to know if you have a problem.-The do's and don't for 202...
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37:54
The importance of quality planting seed in 2023, after the challenges of 2022.
NSW DPI's Steve Simpfendorfer and Col McMaster give us a rundown on the importance of good quality planting seed.Sourcing quality planting seed could be a challenge this year after the sagas of 2022We cover:-what constitutes good qu...
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Spray drift - why its this summer's big problem. Tips and technology to avoid it.
In this podcast with Amanda Thomas, Regional Extension Officer, CottonInfo, we chat about all things off-target spray drift:-how big is the problem-why its so bad this year-who's responsible-tips for avoidance-new technology...
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Mould in canola, what's the story?
NSW DPI's plant pathologist, Kurt Lindbeck gives us a rundown in mould in canola:-What's causing the problem?-Are the moulds toxic?-What could I have done to prevent it?-How can I avoid it next year?
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Stripe Rust in wheat: the myth busters edition.
Brad Baxter and Steve Simpfendorfer, NSW DPI's cereal pathologists, join us for a podcast to help dispel some of the urban myths around stripe rust in 2022.-Did you spray at the right time?-What has happened with pathotypes this year?
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Planting soybean early on the North coast.
Nathan Ensbey, technical officer with NSW DPI based at Grafton, talks us through the trial work being done into early planting of soybean.-Why you would do it-What varieties are suited to an earlier plant-Some tips to get it rig...
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What's happening with diseases in canola and pulse crops? With Kurt Lindbeck.
NSW DPI's plant pathologist Kurt Lindbeck, gives an update on:-What is happening in the paddock with canola and pulse crops.-Is it too late for fungicides to be effective in canola?-Upper canopy blackleg and late season sclerotinia ...
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