Bayer Crop Cast

Episode #2: Mix it up for long-term weed management Australia has one of the highest numbers of herbicide resistant weeds in the world and it’s estimated that they cost our farmers hundreds of millions of dollars annually. Tune into this episode of Better Agriculture to learn all about the weed challenge and what our farmers and innovators are doing to respond to Australia’s increasingly herbicide-resistant weeds. Show notes Host Ed Gannon is joined by Ken Young, Senior Manager of Biosecurity and Regulation at the Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) and Bayer Crop Science’s Head of Agronomic Solutions ANZ Weed Management, Michael Rouch, to discuss: • [03:43] What is a weed? • [04:42] The cost of weeds to Australian farmers and Australia’s economy • [05:29] Herbicide resistance • [08:43] Innovation at Bayer • [10:15] Non-chemical methods • [14:22] The factors at play in selecting herbicides • [15:45] The Herbicide Innovation Partnership between Bayer and GRDC • [24:13] Educational