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WeedSmart delivers science-backed, sustainable weed control solutions to Australian growers and advisors.
Stay tuned for weedy conversations and relevant stories, or get in touch at weedsmart@uwa.edu.au.
Stay tuned for weedy conversations and relevant stories, or get in touch at weedsmart@uwa.edu.au.
The cotton HRMS suggests growers apply at least 6 different weed control tactics to target grass and broadleaf weeds spanning a 2-yr period. Use more tactics if the program incl. selective herbicides. Include herbicide + non-herbicide tactics.
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November 5, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The cotton HRMS suggests growers apply at least 6 different weed control tactics to target grass and broadleaf weeds spanning a 2-yr period. Use more tactics if the program incl. selective herbicides. Include herbicide + non-herbicide tactics.
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David Thornby says cotton growers are contending with glyphosate-resistant weeds and shifting weed spectrums. The new HRMS provides a 2-year weed control program to keep key herbicides working as growers move from RR Flex to XtendFlex varieties.
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November 3, 2025 at 9:16 AM
David Thornby says cotton growers are contending with glyphosate-resistant weeds and shifting weed spectrums. The new HRMS provides a 2-year weed control program to keep key herbicides working as growers move from RR Flex to XtendFlex varieties.
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‼️The October WeedSmart Whip Around 🗞️ is jam-packed with fresh articles and podcasts relevant to the harvest season. Check it out and subscribe!
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October 31, 2025 at 9:16 AM
‼️The October WeedSmart Whip Around 🗞️ is jam-packed with fresh articles and podcasts relevant to the harvest season. Check it out and subscribe!
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Hey there! Our monthly newsletter went out last week – if you're not on our list yet, you can have a read here ⤵️ and subscribe ready for the next edition 😊
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October 10, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Hey there! Our monthly newsletter went out last week – if you're not on our list yet, you can have a read here ⤵️ and subscribe ready for the next edition 😊
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Pre-em herbicides contribute to achieving high-level weed control (97%). Growers are investing heavily in early-season weed control, backed up with strong crop competition and effective control of survivors at harvest. WeedSmart Big 6 in action. buff.ly/GGjbiWr
October 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Pre-em herbicides contribute to achieving high-level weed control (97%). Growers are investing heavily in early-season weed control, backed up with strong crop competition and effective control of survivors at harvest. WeedSmart Big 6 in action. buff.ly/GGjbiWr
New technologies in automated weed detection and spot-spraying are bringing many benefits for weed control, herbicide stewardship and maintaining a willing workforce within reach for more cropping enterprises.
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October 7, 2025 at 1:49 AM
New technologies in automated weed detection and spot-spraying are bringing many benefits for weed control, herbicide stewardship and maintaining a willing workforce within reach for more cropping enterprises.
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Weed control will always be a numbers game. When considering any new technology, the big question is whether it will help you achieve 96 per cent weed control or better. There are effective practices to adopt in each of the WeedSmart Big 6 pillars.
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October 6, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Weed control will always be a numbers game. When considering any new technology, the big question is whether it will help you achieve 96 per cent weed control or better. There are effective practices to adopt in each of the WeedSmart Big 6 pillars.
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Three high-priority MRL risks to manage: 1. Haloxyfop in canola, 2. Paraquat in lupins and 3. Glyphosate in canola. In addition to the Directions for Use tables, labels now have very specific Residue Management Restraints that must be followed. buff.ly/C1QWVaS
September 25, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Three high-priority MRL risks to manage: 1. Haloxyfop in canola, 2. Paraquat in lupins and 3. Glyphosate in canola. In addition to the Directions for Use tables, labels now have very specific Residue Management Restraints that must be followed. buff.ly/C1QWVaS
Did you miss our August newsletter? You can catch up here 😁
If you haven't already, you can subscribe now, ready for the September edition to drop!
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If you haven't already, you can subscribe now, ready for the September edition to drop!
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September 22, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Did you miss our August newsletter? You can catch up here 😁
If you haven't already, you can subscribe now, ready for the September edition to drop!
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If you haven't already, you can subscribe now, ready for the September edition to drop!
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In-season herbicides accounts for 55% of the total weed control spend for grain production, or $97/ha. Another $51/ha in other in-crop weed management practices and $29/ha to control weeds on fallow fields. buff.ly/QZU3Tvs
September 22, 2025 at 1:49 AM
In-season herbicides accounts for 55% of the total weed control spend for grain production, or $97/ha. Another $51/ha in other in-crop weed management practices and $29/ha to control weeds on fallow fields. buff.ly/QZU3Tvs
How much wheat yield does ryegrass steal? As a rule of thumb – 0.45 t/ha wheat grain yield is lost for every 235 ryegrass spikes/m2. Check out our scientific summary and read CSIRO’s research paper. 🧐 buff.ly/sMzaYkh
September 19, 2025 at 9:16 AM
How much wheat yield does ryegrass steal? As a rule of thumb – 0.45 t/ha wheat grain yield is lost for every 235 ryegrass spikes/m2. Check out our scientific summary and read CSIRO’s research paper. 🧐 buff.ly/sMzaYkh
Need to break an annual ryegrass stranglehold??
Try 3 years of over 95% weed seed control followed by high-level control in subsequent years. Think consecutive broadleaf crops (e.g. legume plus canola) or a broadleaf crop followed by cereal hay.
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Try 3 years of over 95% weed seed control followed by high-level control in subsequent years. Think consecutive broadleaf crops (e.g. legume plus canola) or a broadleaf crop followed by cereal hay.
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September 18, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Need to break an annual ryegrass stranglehold??
Try 3 years of over 95% weed seed control followed by high-level control in subsequent years. Think consecutive broadleaf crops (e.g. legume plus canola) or a broadleaf crop followed by cereal hay.
buff.ly/sMzaYkh
Try 3 years of over 95% weed seed control followed by high-level control in subsequent years. Think consecutive broadleaf crops (e.g. legume plus canola) or a broadleaf crop followed by cereal hay.
buff.ly/sMzaYkh
🎧 Listen in to Erin Dalton, BakerAg on an update in the Northern growing region 🌱 🌾
#regionalupdate #podcast
What's happening in your region? #weedwins
#regionalupdate #podcast
What's happening in your region? #weedwins
September 17, 2025 at 9:16 AM
🎧 Listen in to Erin Dalton, BakerAg on an update in the Northern growing region 🌱 🌾
#regionalupdate #podcast
What's happening in your region? #weedwins
#regionalupdate #podcast
What's happening in your region? #weedwins
Some tactics used in an integrated weed management program are complex to cost – some are applied over small areas, and some have multiple benefits aside from weed control. The CSIRO have estimated some of these costs in their latest national report. buff.ly/QZU3Tvs
September 17, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Some tactics used in an integrated weed management program are complex to cost – some are applied over small areas, and some have multiple benefits aside from weed control. The CSIRO have estimated some of these costs in their latest national report. buff.ly/QZU3Tvs
🎧 Regional Update 🌾 🎙️ Podcast with Erin Dalton, check it out here:
September 11, 2025 at 9:16 AM
🎧 Regional Update 🌾 🎙️ Podcast with Erin Dalton, check it out here:
Spray tech is moving fast – but who’s steering? Herbicide giants, machinery makers, farm efficiency & stewardship all grabbing the wheel. Tom Wolfe unpacks the stresses in Beyond Resistance. 🎙️ #Big6 #WeedControl
August 22, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Spray tech is moving fast – but who’s steering? Herbicide giants, machinery makers, farm efficiency & stewardship all grabbing the wheel. Tom Wolfe unpacks the stresses in Beyond Resistance. 🎙️ #Big6 #WeedControl
“Hormesis is a stimulatory effect produced by low doses of herbicides that are generally toxic at high doses.” Research by Dr Asad (CSU) with resistant tall fleabane shows the hormesis effect at low doses of paraquat compared to higher doses.
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August 16, 2025 at 9:16 AM
“Hormesis is a stimulatory effect produced by low doses of herbicides that are generally toxic at high doses.” Research by Dr Asad (CSU) with resistant tall fleabane shows the hormesis effect at low doses of paraquat compared to higher doses.
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🌱 🚜 Grain Growers, agronomists, spray contractors! 🌾 🚩
#Kilcummin
#Dysart
#Duaringa
#Banana
Event season is here!!
In-crop & in-fallow 💲 weed control💲? Catch-up here for low weed seed bank farming
#WeedSmart #Big6
#Kilcummin
#Dysart
#Duaringa
#Banana
Event season is here!!
In-crop & in-fallow 💲 weed control💲? Catch-up here for low weed seed bank farming
#WeedSmart #Big6
August 13, 2025 at 9:16 AM
🌱 🚜 Grain Growers, agronomists, spray contractors! 🌾 🚩
#Kilcummin
#Dysart
#Duaringa
#Banana
Event season is here!!
In-crop & in-fallow 💲 weed control💲? Catch-up here for low weed seed bank farming
#WeedSmart #Big6
#Kilcummin
#Dysart
#Duaringa
#Banana
Event season is here!!
In-crop & in-fallow 💲 weed control💲? Catch-up here for low weed seed bank farming
#WeedSmart #Big6
Eric Koetz, NSW DPIRD, illustrates the hormesis effect in glyphosate-resistant awnless barnyard grass treated with a low-dose of glyphosate (right), compared to the nil-glyphosate control (left).
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August 8, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Eric Koetz, NSW DPIRD, illustrates the hormesis effect in glyphosate-resistant awnless barnyard grass treated with a low-dose of glyphosate (right), compared to the nil-glyphosate control (left).
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Next Week 👉 🚩 WeedSmart Week 🚩 in Geraldton, July 29-31!
Still a few tickets!
Register, & view event program here. ➡️ buff.ly/ugR2ebU
#WeedSmartWeek #Gero25 #WSW25
Still a few tickets!
Register, & view event program here. ➡️ buff.ly/ugR2ebU
#WeedSmartWeek #Gero25 #WSW25
July 25, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Next Week 👉 🚩 WeedSmart Week 🚩 in Geraldton, July 29-31!
Still a few tickets!
Register, & view event program here. ➡️ buff.ly/ugR2ebU
#WeedSmartWeek #Gero25 #WSW25
Still a few tickets!
Register, & view event program here. ➡️ buff.ly/ugR2ebU
#WeedSmartWeek #Gero25 #WSW25
The Curr's CTF layout resulted in over half their paddocks being sown east-west. Research in Trangie, NSW and in WA showed that crops sown east-west in more southerly latitudes are more competitive against weeds.
Check out the Curr's case study for more!
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Check out the Curr's case study for more!
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July 23, 2025 at 10:42 PM
The Curr's CTF layout resulted in over half their paddocks being sown east-west. Research in Trangie, NSW and in WA showed that crops sown east-west in more southerly latitudes are more competitive against weeds.
Check out the Curr's case study for more!
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Check out the Curr's case study for more!
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This new prototype machine is designed to mechanically control low density weeds that persist in the inter-row region of wide row crops like corn, sorghum and cotton during the growing season. buff.ly/DTSmnQE
July 23, 2025 at 1:49 AM
This new prototype machine is designed to mechanically control low density weeds that persist in the inter-row region of wide row crops like corn, sorghum and cotton during the growing season. buff.ly/DTSmnQE
July Regional Update 🎙️
From one of our WeedSmart Week farmers giving low weed seed banks a good nudge!
Austin Rayner, farm manager with EF Smart Pty Ltd, has a chat to our WeedSmart podcaster, Shannon Beattie driving toward low weed numbers. 🌿
Find the full episode here 🎧 ➡️
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From one of our WeedSmart Week farmers giving low weed seed banks a good nudge!
Austin Rayner, farm manager with EF Smart Pty Ltd, has a chat to our WeedSmart podcaster, Shannon Beattie driving toward low weed numbers. 🌿
Find the full episode here 🎧 ➡️
buff.ly/hQokfPF
July 21, 2025 at 8:54 AM
July Regional Update 🎙️
From one of our WeedSmart Week farmers giving low weed seed banks a good nudge!
Austin Rayner, farm manager with EF Smart Pty Ltd, has a chat to our WeedSmart podcaster, Shannon Beattie driving toward low weed numbers. 🌿
Find the full episode here 🎧 ➡️
buff.ly/hQokfPF
From one of our WeedSmart Week farmers giving low weed seed banks a good nudge!
Austin Rayner, farm manager with EF Smart Pty Ltd, has a chat to our WeedSmart podcaster, Shannon Beattie driving toward low weed numbers. 🌿
Find the full episode here 🎧 ➡️
buff.ly/hQokfPF