Media Library

Rust Analysis

Cereal rust pathogen variation is the subject of one of the Australian Grains industry’s longest running R&D programs.

Optimising N in Grain Legumes

Grain growers with very acid soils face a real challenge growing bean and pea crops. However trial work under GRDC’s Optimising Nitrogen in Grain Legumes program is showing new strains...

Comparing Break Crop performance in the SA Mallee

Watercourse Rehabilitation

Learn about the benefits and the processes involved with watercourse rehabilitation through this Barossa Improved Grazing Group case study video on a project delivered on a dairy property in the...

Feathertop Rhodes Grass

Feathertop Rhodes grass is the latest weed species to have confirmed populations of glyphosate resistance. What’s just as alarming is resistant populations have been found in south Australia and the...

Dual Purpose Wheat

High rainfall zone dual enterprise farmers are getting great encouragement from GRDC’s Grain & Graze projects. This story looks at the successful use of dual purpose wheat to provide green...

Seeking Opportunities and Building on Knowledge Rob Napier, Napier Agrifutures

Agriwebinar: Farming for Success: Lessons learned across 60 countries in 50 years

What Leading Farmers do

A checklist for Family Farm Succession

Environmental Management Messages from around the World

Towards a Successful Family Farm Future

Investigating Advanced Seeding Systems

SANTFA’s Greg Butler discusses the messages learned from a project looking at advanced seeding systems.

Adult Plant Resistance – revisited

How well Adult Plant Resistance genes protect wheat from stripe rust can be graphically seen in this update-story on the GRDC funded APR & Integrated Fungicide Management research project at...

AGFACE

Environmental carbon dioxide levels are rising and in Horsham VIC a unique experiment, project name AGFACE, is underway to investigate the impact of elevated CO2 levels on crops. In the...

Snail Bait Timing

Snails and slugs specialist Michael Nash from SARDI Entomology discusses snail bait timing keeping in mind chemical withholding periods prior to harvest. Time lapse video demonstrates the movement of snails...

SFS Seeder Trial

Southern Farming Systems with GRDC and local grower has designed a paddock scale trial to allow growers to see first hand how best to maintain profitability while retaining stubble in...

The Centre for Crop and Disease Management

Diseases affecting our food crops will continue to mutate, and present changing challenges. The Centre for Crop and Disease Management is helping farmers meet these challenges, and become more profitable...

Grains Genebank’s International Mission

The global crop diversity trust has directed the Australian Grains Genebank to collect and conserve our unique wild and exotic relatives of commercial grain crops. This genetic resource will be...

National Frost Initiative

Frost costs the Australian grains industry an estimated $360 million in yield losses annually. Reducing that impact is one of agriculture’s highest priorities and in 2014 the Grains Research &...

Options after Frost

Practical advice on management options for cereal growers following a frost event. Agronomist Andrew Parkinson from South Australia’s lower mid north was a member of the Frost panel at GRDC’s...

Recovery of native pastures following the 2014 Eden Valley bushfire

The Barossa Improved Grazing Group (BIGG) looks at how local producers are managing and recovering pastures damaged during the 2014 Eden Valley bushfire. BIGG is a community-driven network of livestock...

How to check for blackleg in canola

You only get one chance each year to check for evidence that your canola is losing its resistance to blackleg. Don’t let windrowing/harvest pass without checking. Not sure how? Plant...

Nitrogen deficiency

Before applying Nitrogen fertiliser, grain growers should decide if its yield or protein they want to maximise. That’s one of the messages coming out of the More Profit from Crop...

The Environmental Benefits of Kikuyu

This video, produced through the Grain & Graze 2 project, highlights the environmental benefits of kikuyu.

Is P limiting your yield?

The effect of phosphorus on cereal yield is more complex than you might imagine. Getting it wrong can cost you yield. This video explains new understandings from research which will...

Using chaff to manage soil salinity and increase crop production

Leighton Wilksch from the Northern Sustainable Soils farm group on the northern Yorke Peninsula of South Australia discusses the salinity issues faced by Scott and Caroline Buzzacott on their Tickera...

GRDC Extension Files: Wheat Varieties 2014 – SA

South Australian cereal specialist Rob Wheeler comments on wheat varieties being sown this season in the south. Additional info at https://www.nvtonline.com.au

Frost Susceptibility Rankings for Cereal Varieties

A new mechanism to measure a cereal cultivars frost susceptibility has been developed by the Australian National Frost Program. The mechanism will allow cultivars to be ranked so growers can...

Sold on Sulla

Farm consultant Bill Long and Yorke Peninsula farmer Trevor Polkinghorne discuss the benefits of Sulla as a legume forage option in Trevor’s farming system. Sulla is a comparatively new forage...

Wild Radish Song

A parody of the Gotye hit “Somebody I used to know” by agronomic consultant Bill Long, who farms on the Yorke Peninsula of South Australia as well as consults to...

Koonunga Pasture Walk

Barossa farmers learnt about increasing their capacity to produce productive pasture and improve their natural resource management activities. Members of the Barossa Improved Grazing Group (www.biggroup.org.au) attended a Winter Pasture...

Bill Long describes stubble / herbicide interactions at seeding

Bill Long from Ag Consulting Co discusses the advantages of double cut stubble, resulting in a greater chaff fraction and less straw, allowing faster breakdown of stubble residues following harvest....

Evaluating Lucerne Production on Centre Pivot

Adam Demazures, a grower member of Lucerne Australia, and Scott Manser, chairman of the Lucerne Australia Trial Committee, discuss the lucerne variety trial initiated in response to members requests for...

Lucerne Australia – An Overview

Warrick Thorpe discusses the role of Lucerne Australia in his position as chairman. Lucerne seed production is a unique industry with only five major production areas in the world, the...

Using Gypsum to Improve Soil and Increase Water Use, Yields and Profits

Brett Masters, soil management consultant from Rural Solutions SA and Isaac Gill, who farms in the Cleve Hills on the Eyre Peninsula of South Australia, discuss the issues with sodic...

Lentils – a recipe for success

Peter and Cherry Farrow from Wool Bay on the Yorke Peninsula of South Australia show us how the lentils they have been growing now for twenty years can be part...

Benefits of Bee Pollination in Broad-acre Crops

Danny LeFeuvre from Australian Bee Services and Bill Long from Ag Consulting Co. discuss the benefits of bee pollination in broad-acre crops and how this has impacted on farmer attitudes...

Upper North Farming Systems Group seeder comparison trial April 2103

A video report on the seeder comparison trial undertaken by the Upper North Farming Systems Group.

The Carbon Market Explained

Ben Keogh, of Australian Carbon traders, discusses the carbon market.

Carbon Farming – Methane Emissions

Dr Richard Eckard of the University of Melbourne, talks about methane emissions, and how they relate to carbon farming.

Cereal Grazing for Improved Grain Yield

Jeff Braun from AgriLink Agricultural Consultants discuses trial work that is examining the ability of a range of cereal species and varieties to recover grain yield following continuous cereal grazing...

Canopy Management in Wheat

Jeff Braun from AgriLink Agricultural Consultants discuses trial work with canopy management in wheat. The trial work is examining a number of wheat varieties with a range of maturities with...

Normalised Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) and Crop Sensors

Precision Ag – Leighton Wilksch talks about Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), and Sam Trengove talks about crop sensors.

Facts About Native Bees in Australia

Katja Hogendoorn, from the University of Adelaide, discuses native bees in Australia and their importance for our natural environment. Native bees have co-evolved with native plants for millions of years in...

No Till Following Pastures

Chris McDonough, from Rural Solutions SA, speaks about many of the key messages, benefits and results which have been discovered following the project investigating No-till cropping following pastures.

Managing Soil Acidity by Targeting Lime to Low PH Zones

Precision Agriculture’s Andrew Whitlock speaks about the problem of soil acidity, and how to manage it.

Biodiversity in low rainfall grazing systems of South Australia

Encouraging native species in grazing systems in the Upper North of South Australia has provided many benefits in terms of soil health, biodiversity conservation and production. Achieving and maintaining ground...

Establishing Perennial Shrubs for Pasture

Ian Ellery, on the family property at Morchard in the Upper North of South Australia, explains how returning unproductive cereal cropping land has been assisted by trial work conducted through...

Rhizoctonia Disease Management Following Pasture

Chris McDonough, from Rural Solutions SA, demonstrates how to identify the root disease, Rhizoctonia, and how to manage your paddocks to minimise it’s effects.  

Herbicide Use and Crop Safety

A/Prof, Chris Preston, of Adelaide University, talks about the issues around crop safety and herbicide use.

Understanding Herbicides Through Controlled Trials

Dr Peter Boutsalis talks about herbicide trials happening at the University of Adelaide.

Canola Establishment Part 2 of 2

Trent Potter, of Yeruga Crop Solutions, talks about canola establishment in part two of two videos. See part one here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-8OOcMF7Ik

Impact of European Bees in Australia

Comparing the impacts European bees and native bees have on Australian biodiversity.

Testing for disease suppressive soils

Amanda Cook, Senior Research Officer with SARDI at the Minnipa Agricultural Centre on the upper Eyre Peninsula, discusses her disease suppressive soils research. A disease suppressive soil is the ability...

Phosphorus replacement in the Upper Eyre Peninsula

Cathy Paterson, Research Officer with SARDI at the Minnipa Agricultural Centre on the upper Eyre Peninsula, discuses a project examining phosphorous replacement strategies to maintain productivity and profitability following a...

Spray Application – Factors to Consider

Selection of the nozzle is the most critical factor in all spray application. Craig Day from Spray Safe and Save discusses the factors to consider to ensure safe spray application...

Near Infrared Weed Detection Technology

NIR technology detects weeds so that only weeds are sprayed and not the whole paddock resulting in significant savings. Brendan Williams from WEED it explains the technology at the Eyre...

Herbicide Application Methods – Re-thinking Delta T

Delta T is the relationship between temperature and relative humidity that gives a score for deciding the best times to apply sprays on crops. John Both from NuFarm at the...

Mice baiting on the Yorke Peninsula – A Farmers Perspective

Ben Wundersitz discusses mice baiting strategies in his farming operation on the Yorke Peninsula. Monitoring for mice activity begins in March. It pays to be pro active in controlling mice...

Controlling Mice. The Question of Re-sowing.

Andrew Polkinghorne discusses his experiences in controlling mice on his Lock property. Re-sowing crops is something that farmers are reluctant to do. Control measures should have been implemented well before...

Controlling Mice – Baiting Strategies

Lock farmer Andrew Polkinghorne discusses his experiences in controlling mice on his property. The best time to bait is the day or night following the seeding operation. At this point...

Adoption of No Till Farming in the South Australian Mallee

Jeremy Nelson (DEWNR) speaks to us about adoption levels of No Till farming in the South Australian Mallee.

Cover Cropping Benefits – Lessons from the Mallee

Nuffield Scholar, Craig Duffield speaks to us about cover cropping benefits in the South Australian Mallee. Craig has trialled this system and plans to increase cover cropping into the future.

Collaborative Farming 2 – Dean Wormald & Adrian Gava

In this video, part of a series of videos on collaborative farming, Dean Wormald and Adrian Gava give us their perspective on why it has been a success for them.

Crop and Soil Management in the Mid North, South Australia

South Australian farmer, Steve Ball speak to us about his crop and soil management strategies on his farm in the Mid North of South Australia.

Perennial Shrubs for Mixed Farming

Dr Jason Emms & Dr Rick Llewellyn speak to us about the opportunities that perennial shrubs and grasses provide farmers in low rainfall districts.

Soil Moisture Monitoring

Local South Australian farmers and experts speak to us about soil moisture monitoring in broad-acre farming.

The Importance of Crop Rotation

Crop rotation is an important facet to conservation farming. Local South Australian experts and farmers speak to us about the importance of crop rotation.

Using Disc Seeders

Farmers from across South Australian speak about their transition to Disc seeders.

Crop Stubble Management

Leading local farmers speak to us about crop stubble management on their properties.

Collaborative Farming

Exploring two different models of collaborative farming, we talk with John Gladigau & Robin Schaefer, and Adrian Gava & Dean Wormald about their experiences.

Establishing a Containment Area (Part 4 of 5)

San Jolly, from Productive Nutrition, discusses managing the transition of sheep from a containment area.

Establishing an Environmental Containment Area Part 2/5

Hamish Dixon, from Productive Nutrition, discusses choosing a location for your containment area.

Managing Transient Salinity with Chaff

Northern Sustainable Soils’ Chris Davey discusses using chaff to manage transient salinity. This video was produced through the Ag Excellence Social Media Project and funded through the Australian Government’s Caring...