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Innovative northern grower shares wins and Roundup Ready Xtend stewardship

WeedSmart Podcast

English - March 17, 2021 01:12 - 40 minutes - 27.8 MB
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Following on with our innovative farmer series from our last podcast, the in this episode we catch up with Northern Grower from Parkes in New South Wales, Bruce Watson. Bruce is primarily a winter crop grower but also has a block of sorghum on 50cm rows sown into a cover crop of barley & lentils.We also learn about Bayer’s Roundup Ready Xtend Crop System. This is Bayer's new cotton weed control system. Bayer Marketing Lead for seeds, traits & round-up Donny Benn & Bayer Market Advancement Manager Matt Hayes joins us to tell us more about the stewardship around this approach.XTEND WORKSHOPSLink: https://www.xtendflex.com.au/NEW WEEDSMART CONTENTMix up your approach to fence line weeds: https://www.weedsmart.org.au/content/mix-up-your-approach-to-fenceline-weeds/____________________________________________________________________Producer: Jessica StraussPresenters: Jessica Strauss & Peter Newman

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