Welcome to IREC’s podcast channel –
On Target with Irrigated Ag!
On Target with Irrigated Ag, hosted by the Irrigation and Research Irrigation Committee (IREC), brings engaging conversations on a variety of irrigated agriculture focussed topics, including farming innovations, new technology, industry updates and of course crop trials and research in the Murrumbidgee Valley.
On Target with Irrigated Ag is a space where farmers, researchers, industry, advisors and leaders share experiences, results and analyse different farming practices, tools and strategies to help improve productivity, profitability and efficiencies in irrigated farming and agriculture.
As a non-for-profit farming system group, IREC facilitates cross-industry collaboration and cooperation between all those connected with irrigated agriculture in the Murrumbidgee Valley. We have been bringing irrigators, researchers, industry, agencies, and government together since 1939. Through these collaborative efforts, IREC makes a significant contribution to improving the irrigation industry’s productivity, profitability and sustainability.
We welcome any feedback you have or ideas for future podcasts – please email us [email protected]
This podcast presents insights adopted from an article published in the Irrigation Research Extension Committee’s Farmers’ Newsletter, 209, Autumn 2023, titled: Growth Regulator Performance Dampened in Season 2022 by Sam O’Rafferty and Hayden Petty from Summit Ag Agricultural Consulting.
In 2022, two trials were conducted to investigate canopy and lodging management in irrigated barley at Whitton and irrigated durum wheat at Darlington Point as part of the Optimising Irrigated Grains project, funded by the Grain Research and Development Corporation.
Focus paddocks provided an opportunity to run these trials to investigate crop production issues raised by local growers.
The trials looked at the influence of fertiliser, variety and plant growth regulators, or PGRs, on cereal crops and the influence these had on yield and standability.
This podcast is an adapted summary of an article published in the Irrigation Research Extension Committee’s Farmers’ Newsletter, 209, Autumn 2023 Glyphosate-resistant weeds on the move in the Riverina by Christopher Preston from the School of Agriculture at the University of Adelaide and Christina Ratcliff from CSIRO’s Agriculture and Food unit.
This episode is part of the Area Wide Management of Weeds Project.
This podcast features Damian Jones Trial Manager with Irrigated Cropping Council.
This episode is part of the Optimising Irrigated Grains Project which has been funded by the Grains Research & Development Corporation.
As part of the Optimising Irrigated Grains a number of trials were undertaken in region. In 2020 a trial in the Whitton area looked at the impact of disease and inoculation in irrigated chickpeas.
This podcast features Dr Cassandra Schefe – soil scientist and director at AgriSci Pty Ltd, who is the project lead on the Cool Soil Initiative Project. The Cool Soil initiative is all about supporting farmers explore their on-farm practices in order to improve the health of their soil, increase their yield, and reduce on-farm greenhouse gas emissions.
This episode is part of the Optimising Irrigated Grains Project which has been funded by the Grains Research & Development Corporation.
As part of this project IREC have facilitated a number of focus paddock trials and demonstrations over the past few years. The aim of this focus paddock trial was to determine the fit for Plant Growth Regulators on durum wheat sown in a double cropping scenario behind cotton.