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b'This week\\u2019s Tillage Edge podcast chats to John Mahon who has been working in various roles in Irish agriculture over the past thirty years and John gives his perspective of conservation agriculture and grass weed control as it stands in the industry today. \\n\\nHe points out that there are a number of areas to be concerned about - especially the protection of existing herbicides and dealing with herbicide resistant grass weeds.\\n\\nJohn recently joined the Teagasc Enable Conservation Tillage project as an advisor and he is in the process of getting up to speed in all aspects of the project. He outlines some of the areas where he will concentrate his efforts over the next few months and is encouraging farmers/agronomists to get in touch with him to arrange training sessions around non plough based establishment systems and grass weed identification/control. \\n\\nYou can contact John on john.mahon@teagasc.ie\\n\\nFor more episodes and information from the Tillage Edge podcast go to:\\nhttps://www.teagasc.ie/crops/crops/the-tillage-edge-podcast/\\n\\nProduced on behalf of Teagasc by LastCastMedia.com'