Triple threat the three-pronged approach to tackling weeds

Published: Oct. 27, 2021, 2:53 a.m.

b'It\\u2019s been common practise across the southern grain growing region to wait for opening rains, before applying a knockdown herbicide, then seeding the crop.\\n\\nBut new research is revealing weedsare better controlled by adopting a three-pronged approach of sowing early, at a high density crop seeding rate while also applying an efficient herbicide.\\n\\nAs the University of Adelaide\\u2019s Dr Gurjeet Gill and Ben Fleet explain, the mid-trial results come from a five-year GRDC investment looking into weed management across a range of rainfall zones in SA, Vic and WA.\\n\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'