Research Agronomist based at Wagga Wagga NSW DPIRD, opinions are my own.

Wagga Wagga, New South Wales
Joined November 2014
Reminder that the NSW DPIRD/CSU Farming Systems field day is tomorrow morning! Lots of great systems discussions 🌾☘️🫛🐑🌼
Join the NSW DPIRD and Charles Sturt University for the Mixed Farming Systems Spring Field Day on the 29th of September! Register here 👉 events.humanitix.com/farming… #MixedFarmingTrials
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IGA Port Kembla A special shout-out to the couple who stole a significant amount of alcohol from our store yesterday. Not only did they think it was okay to take the goods without paying, but they also violently threatened our staff on a number of occasions when confronted and as they attempted to leave. If you recognise them or have any information that could help identify them, please DM us so we can pass their details on to the police. We’d also really appreciate it if you could share this post to help us reach the right people. We’re a small local business doing our best to make things work and giving back to our community wherever we can. Incidents like this not only have a financial impact on us, but are incredibly upsetting for our staff and make it that much harder for us to continue doing what we love. Thank you to everyone who continues to support local businesses -it genuinely means a lot. ❤️
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Come along this rainy Tuesday morning, have your say into the future of regionally relevant GRDC RD&E
Attention: Forbes growers Looking for practical ideas you can take back to the farm? There's still time to join tomorrow's GRDC NGN Forum at Mulyandry. Find out more and register: grdc.com.au/events/list/2026…
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Here’s to all the Australian service men and women who served in Vietnam. You are not forgotten #vietnamveteransday
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🎧Have a listen to my chat from last week with @s_simpfendorfer on the LATEST in diseases in central & Nth NSW🎧 ...sometimes I feel like Jacqui O interviewing Kyle Sandilands...but at least Simphy has something pertinent to listen to 🤣🤣🤣 @theGRDC @GRDCNorth
🎧PODCAST🎧: Northern & Central disease update Simphy & Penny chat about: ❓MISDIAGNOSIS 🧐what diseases are REALLY out there ❄️Frost damage: how it is different to disease 🦠 Disease life cycles 🚜To spray or not to spray? LINK 🔗: soundcloud.com/user-88993778… @GRDCNorth
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dpird.nsw.gov.au/__data/asse… Widespread yellowing in cereal crops often also with brown blotches in barley. Not disease so no need fungicide. Physiological stress response to cold weekend before last on 1-2 leaves at top of canopy then. Leaf diseases do not concentrate to leaf tips.
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Rick Graham retweeted
Cereal disease outlook for NSW: foliar and root disease, fungicide resistance - what might challenge us in 2026? @BradBaxter1985 looks at the season. Paper: bit.ly/44uBKwH #GRDCUpdates #Manildra
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Rick Graham retweeted
✈️ Barley Australia Travel Award @GrainsAustralia Up to AUD $1,000 for eligible Masters and PhD students presenting at #ABTS2026. Applications close 5pm AEST, Fri 31 July. Details: abts2026.com.au/elementor-pa… Provide cover letter addressing selection criteria and letter of support
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Come along for winter field walk of our @CharlesSturtUni long term field site tomorrow! Coffee van + managing early sown grazing crops with annual and perennial pastures in a high pressure weed site! BYO paddock experiences make great discussion! ☕️🐑🌱
Check out the SNSW #mixedfarmingtrials next Tuesday 28 July on our winter field walk. Join @FMCentre @PhenologyisFun @Jessica_Wyse_ and more for coffee and a chat about using the feedbase this season and managing weed pressure. #FutureDroughtFund #SNSWInnovationHub @daffgov
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Rick Graham retweeted
First reports of stripe rust coming in from sNSW. Monitor crops and send samples to rust survey for pathotyping. It’s a vital surveillance program to track and monitor rust populations and detect any new or emerging pathotypes. @NSW_AGRONOMY @s_simpfendorfer @theGRDC
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QLD and NSW not left out. Upcoming 2-day workshops with limited spots still available. Contact ICAN to register
⚠️ Stay ahead of disease challenges this season A new series of workshops is set to deliver practical, science-based guidance on disease identification, fungicide stewardship and integrated disease management advice. The events will be run by the Disease Management Extension Network (DMEN) led by @AgCommunicators: 🌱 20 July, Perth 🌱 23 July, Esperance 🌱 28 July, Kimba 🌱 20 August, Toowoomba 🌱 1 September, Maitland 🌱 3 September, Mildura Read the full media release for topics, registration links and more bit.ly/44G1V3t @DPIRDbroadacre @SA_PIRSA @theCCDM @far_australia @VicGovAg Queensland Agriculture @unisqaus @Steve_Marcroft #GRDCEvents #DMEN #DiseaseManagement #FungicideResistance
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👍A good chat with these lads with some good take home messages for canola diseases in a challenging year.....
🎧Listen to DPIRD's Kurt Lindbeck & Steve Marcroft, talk about 2016 canola diseases🎧 -Disease update.
-What the warm & wet conditions mean for disease progression & management.
-Disease basics.
-Updated fungicide strategy.
- Resistance. LINK ➡️on.soundcloud.com/YnLJyAZr8r…
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Where’s Craig Foster @SBS ???!!
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Join us @CharlesSturtUni for a winter field walk and coffee to discuss how the 2026 season is tracking Thursday 16th July! #phenologyisfun 🌾
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Rick Graham retweeted
🎧PODCAST: cereal disease update🎧 NSW DPIRD’s plant pathologists, Steve & Brad, along with Sam Blanch from Grafton, talk about the latest from the paddock. 
• Diseases 
• Net blotch research
• Fungicide resistance-barley LINK ➡️ soundcloud.com/user-88993778…
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If you were looking for advice on which cereal, canola or pulse variety to grow when, where, why and how in Western Australia, check out the latest @DPIRDbroadacre crop sowing guide for 2026 library.dpird.wa.gov.au/bull… (hard copies can also be requested)
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Our traps detected H. armigera in central and southern NSW, but some cross-catch is possible. Correct ID is vital to guide control. H. armigera shows resistance, while H. punctigera is more susceptible to insecticides. @theGRDC @NSW_AGRONOMY @cesaraustralia @PestFactsSARDI
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Rick Graham retweeted
Every time you spray, are you making your fungicides work harder next season? 💭 @s_simpfendorfer from @nswagriculture shares how #FungicideResistance is building and why integrated management is key to keeping your chemistry effective. 🎥 Watch: bit.ly/4nYBq16 #CropProtection #FungicideResistance #AFREN #grdcvideo
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Rick Graham retweeted
NSW Gov plant pathologists are tackling a fungal threat to #barley — Ramularia leaf spot (RLS). GRDC backs work to understand its epidemiology, with @_Ben_Ovenden (@nswagriculture) running field trials on infected crops for 2 years. NSW DPIRD story 👉 bit.ly/4o9snu1
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Rick Graham retweeted
🌾 Have your say! GRDC is inviting growers & industry to help uncover the next game-changer in grains research. #NewFrontiers #Grainstorming - Wagga Wagga 📅 17 October 📍Mercure Hotel, 1 Morgan St, Wagga Wagga 🕘 9:30am – 3:30pm 🔗 Register: bit.ly/46KkOmt Help shape the next decade of groundbreaking grains research & brainstorm the best way to accelerate innovation for growers.
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