GRDC Podcast

GRDC podcasts cover the latest grains research, development and extension knowledge and outcomes to help grain growers improve their profitability.

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Business
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1
Managing capital in a farm enterprise
10 min
2
Legume profitability: How they stack up in the ...
This episode explores what makes legumes profitable, how profitable they need to be to make it worthwhile, and the multi-year factors at play
14 min
3
GRDC in Conversation: Jessica Koch
Jess reflects on her journey from working at a local John Deere dealership to building her own business and backing herself to step out independently
35 min
4
Avoid the smashed egg: Improve on-farm communic...
In this podcast Dr Foster discusses the importance of proactive communication skills on-farm to avoid conflict and keep everyone safe
13 min
5
GRDC in Conversation: Matthew Howell
42 min
6
Keeping crops clean and productive with disease...
In this episode, Max Bloomfield, a research manager at Field Applied Research Australia or FAR Australia explores strategies to manage major foliar and soil-borne diseases in faba and broad beans, reducing yield losses and improving profitability
9 min
7
Staying ahead of lentil diseases with strategie...
This episode explores recognising and preventing diseases in lentils with research scientist Mohsen Khani from the South Australian Research and Development Institute
11 min
8
What we’ve learned about lentil pod loss
In this episode, agronomist Sam Trengove, from Trengove Consulting, and lentil farmer Tim Millard talk about one of the greatest challenges for legume growers - lentil pod loss.
22 min
9
GRDC in Conversation: James Hillcoat
In this conversation, James shares what truly drives high-performing farm businesses, why communication is the hidden lever in family enterprises, and how emotion, succession and robotics will shape the next era of Australian grain
53 min
10
Grain Automate: The Autonomous Agronomist
This episode of GRDC’s Grain Automate series speaks with Tim Neale, an expert agronomist and the director of Data Farming, a precision farming company based out of Toowoomba in southern Queensland
19 min
11
GRDC in Conversation: Edward Scott
In this conversation, Ed shares how the grains industry has evolved from treating soil as something to work around to seeing it as one of the biggest untapped opportunities in modern farming
55 min
12
Legume marketing: How it works in the west
This episode explores this concept and how growers can collaborate to gain market access
11 min
13
GRDC in Conversation: James Walter
In this episode, James takes us behind the scenes of the plant breeding pipeline, unpacking the journey from initial crosses in the glasshouse through to years of field trials, quality testing and eventual commercial release
41 min
14
Herbicide safety and weed management in pulses
This episode explores how to set pulse crops up for success, because they really don't forgive shortcuts with herbicides
20 min
15
Improving pulse productivity in sandy soil wit...
This episode focuses on sandy soils and how to unlock their potential to successfully grow pulses, which have traditionally been a challenge
20 min
16
Pulse agronomy foundations: Getting pulses righ...
This episode explores examples from the South Australian Grain Legume Project, a GRDC investment
24 min
17
GRDC in Conversation: Ashley Amourgis
In this episode of GRDC in Conversation, Oli Le Lievre sits down with Ashley Amourgis, General Manager of Southern Farming Systems, just west of Geelong
36 min
18
Grain Automate: From data to decisions
This episode is part two in the GRDC Grain Automate initiative series and is led by the Society of Precision Agriculture Australia (SPAA)
13 min
19
GRDC in Conversation: Darcy Warren
In this episode of GRDC In Conversation, host Oli Le Lievre sits down with Darcy Warren, a leading researcher at Field Applied Research (FAR) Australia based in Geelong
44 min
20
weedSAT: how satellite imagery is being used to...
In this episode, Tim Neale from DataFarming explains a new precision ag tool, weedSAT
20 min
21
Supporting young grower groups
In this episode, facilitators Amy Wright and Lucy Pedler talk about the rise of young grower groups across South Australia’s Eyre Peninsula
16 min
22
Legume harvesting (lentils): Tips and tricks fo...
In this episode, we are joined by Calingiri legume grower John Young and Glen Reithmuller who is from DPIRD in WA
11 min
23
Bushfire response: Coping, rebuilding & future-...
In this episode, we hear from Dennis Hoiberg from Lessons Learned Consulting and get some strategies for looking after your mental health in traumatic times such as a bushfire event
22 min
24
What the eef are EEFs? Unlocking the potential ...
In this podcast we speak to project lead, Dr Arjun Pandey from The University of Melbourne and also grower, Russell Zwar who has experience using EEFs
23 min
25
Grain automate: Getting started with autonomy
This episode emphasises that autonomy isn't about buying the newest robot
23 min