Research Agronomist at Australian Herbicide Resistance Initiative at the University of Western Australia. Focusing on family and reducing weed seed banks.
Crawley, Perth (WA)
Joined September 2016
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Don't get tunnel vision! Silver grass can bite back when neglected. Latest paper: bit.ly/2hXNK12 | PDF: bit.ly/2ha67mT
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Ryegrass adapting to the wet Winter, amazing root growth over the soil surface to avoid and thrive in transient water logged conditions.
Still battling stubborn weed patches despite using harvest weed seed control? 🤔
Weeds may be adapting to evade interseption.
Send a pin to AHRI so they can be assessed. @AHRI_Team @GRDCWest @peterdnewman
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Prof. Steve Powles, former director of AHRI, reflects on a quarter-century of groundbreaking research in battling crop weeds and tackling herbicide resistance. #AgriScience #WeedManagement #WeedControl #CropScience
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Celebrating 25 years of groundbreaking research in broadacre crop weeds at AHRI, made possible with @GRDC's investment. Kudos to both current and past team members for their impactful research and communication efforts! #AgricultureResearch #CropScience
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Wheat is done for 2025. Diamond seeding pattern produced 115 bu/acre… not too shabby.
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Clethodim is such a harsh chemical....... outside unsprayed, for now really shows up
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Stubble type from 2024 making a large difference in crop germination and early growth where marginal moisture. Barley here sown same time on lentil vs canola stubble @CropDoctor54 @SeanM_DMAg_SA @agrobaz @brettbarker92 @MattElliott3232 @grassrootsag
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Geco Strategic Weed Management is thrilled to announce we are joining a multi-year project with the Australian Herbicide Resistance Initiative (@AHRI_Team, @Mike_AHRI) and the Grains Research and Development Corporation (@theGRDC).
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Different ways to deal with ryegrass. Working well, just pick your area before harvest, and manage to get it producing straight away. A non-chemical approach. @PBoutsalis @reiny2 @WeedSmartAU
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15 years, one day and 1000 appearances since @Patty_Mills first stepped onto an NBA court. (That includes 902 regular season games and 98 in the playoffs)
He's the first Australian to reach the 1000 games mark and one of the best to ever do it.
Good on ya Patty!
#AussieMilestone
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If this stuff doesn’t get a modern farmer Aroused I don’t know what would. Drone imagery by@BJ_Hark map creator @andrewpiper12 sprayed with @AgrifacAU through@AgLeaderTech.
@agromick82 @YPAGAgrifac @farming_pete @richard_fabry
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Congratulations to former @TAMUWeedNinjas @Maity_Weed on this publication, and glad to be a part of this paper! tinyurl.com/mt6s7mmh
@Mike_AHRI
@AHRI_Team
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The importance of crop competition in optimising pre emergent herbicide efficacy!
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The value of summer weed control never stops amazing me. We went around this patch with our first summer spray as it was under water. All other passes done on time but there was no making up for what was lost, moisture and nutrition. Best ROI we can make 🌾
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