GRDC in conversation: Harm van Rees

Published: April 23, 2023, 11 p.m.

Today's 'GRDC in Conversation' podcast interview is with Harm van Rees.\nHarm\u2019s story starts in the Netherlands where he was raised until he was 14. Then his father got an engineering job in Australia, bringing the family with him. When his dad got another job back in the UK, Harm was not ready to leave. He studied science and biochemistry which took him all around the world, and when he got back to Australia, he headed to Victoria\u2019s high country to study cattle grazing, but that\u2019s only the beginning. Harm was a touchstone for no till farming in the 1990s and won a GRDC Recognising and Rewarding Excellence Award in 2020 which saw him seek new insights into attitudes towards, and usage of, glyphosate around the world.\nGRDC in Conversation is a limited series of the GRDC Podcast. It features in depth, long-form interviews with growers and other experts in the grains industry. It aims to help growers explore research outcomes and ideas through a different perspective. \nInterviewer Oli Le Lievre \u2013 presenter of Humans of Agriculture \u2013 weaves a story not just about the technical innovations but the expertise, history and personal background, influences and motivation of each guest.\xa0\nGRDC Project Code: HOA2202-001SAX\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices