GRDC Podcast

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

Science
Business
Education
1
Dr Lisle Snyman: 2026 Seed of Light award - North
Esteemed plant pathologist Dr Lisle Snyman has been awarded a Seed of Light award for the northern region
16 min
2
Global genomic research targets herbicide resis...
William Kramer is a fourth-generation Canadian farmer and weed scientist working to address herbicide resistance using cutting-edge genomic research
16 min
3
20 Tips for dual-purpose crops
20 tips to increase profitability by both grazing and harvesting dual-purpose crops
16 min
4
Canola fungicides: Worth the spray in medium ra...
Maurie Street, from Grain Orana Alliance and Rohan Brill from Brill Ag discuss field trials on the yield response to different spraying scenarios when dealing with Sclerotinia
15 min
5
Grain Automate: Precision ag to farm automation
Robin Schaefer is no stranger to adapting to market, environmental and technical challenges and has relished the opportunity to transition his farming business to an automative approach
22 min
6
Dr Rick Llewellyn: 2026 Seed of Light award - S...
Dr Rick Llewellyn speaks candidly about his passion for research and how he strives to communicate his findings right across the grains industry and beyond
19 min
7
MyGRDC: How we're using it
The MyGRDC portal delivers tailored information either on your mobile as an App or on your desktop
10 min
8
Managing capital in a farm enterprise
10 min
9
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
10
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
11
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
12
GRDC in Conversation: Matthew Howell
42 min
13
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
14
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
15
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
16
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
17
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
18
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
19
Legume marketing: How it works in the west
This episode explores this concept and how growers can collaborate to gain market access
11 min
20
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
21
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
22
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
23
Pulse agronomy foundations: Getting pulses righ...
This episode explores examples from the South Australian Grain Legume Project, a GRDC investment
24 min
24
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
25
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