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🎙️ Today's 'GRDC in Conversation' podcast interview is with Stuart and Lyndall Tighe
Stuart and Lyndall Tighe found home farming in Moree, New South Wales. They built their farming scale through share-farming, contracting and more recently a direct to customer business model. In this GRDC in Conversation episode with Oli Le Lievre, Stuart and Lyndall Tighe discuss their backgrounds, supply chain optimisation and farming models, business ownership and growth, developing a product their customer cares about, mindset and dedication to business and ideas around sustainability and carbon.
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GRDC in Conversation is a limited series GRDC Podcast. It features in-depth interviews with growers and other experts in the grains industry who share their expertise, knowledge and experiences by exploring their personal stories, history, influences and motivations. The views expressed in this podcast are solely those of the interviewee and do not necessarily reflect the views of GRDC, the interviewees’ employer, institution or other associated parties.
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A cohort of Legume Leaders has been established by the Grower Group Alliance in Western Australia, with investment from GRDC and the help of grower groups located from Yuna to Esperance. The Legume Leaders will be sharing their insights over a seven-part series, which will be released throughout 2024.
In this introductory episode, we’re joined by GGA project manager Daniel Kidd and DPIRD senior research scientist Mark Seymour to discuss the benefits and constraints to adoption of grain legumes in the farming system, as well as the overall aims and outputs of the project.
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Contacts:
Daniel Kidd
Grower Group Alliance
Daniel.kidd@gga.org.au

Mark Seymour
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development
Mark.seymour@dpird.wa.gov.au
More information:        
Grower Group Alliance – Closing the economic yield gap of grain legumes in WA
WA 'Legume Leaders' Gallery
GRDC Code: GGA2110-002SAX
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🎙️ Today's 'GRDC in Conversation' podcast interview is with Greg Rummary 
Greg Rummery is an agronomist at Walgett, New South Wales. He has 30+ years experience in dryland grain production and pasture management in northern and western New South Wales. In this GRDC in Conversation episode with Oli Le Lievre, Greg discusses how the area manages their variable environment, the evolution in farming practises in the area, his role in transitioning the science to practical on-farm solutions, farming resilience, innovation and technology, his involvement in the community and where he sees opportunities in the future.
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GRDC Code: HAG2308-001SAX
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Autumn and Winter waterlogging is relatively common in WA’s Albany and Esperance port zones, but it can severely impact grain production. But new research is giving growers greater confidence to sow late season cereal varieties or reseed in a challenging season.
The research, made possible with GRDC investment, involves Stirlings to Coast Farmers, Fitzgerald Biosphere Group and Southeast Premium Wheat Growers Association (SEPWA). In this podcast, Lizzie Von Perger from Stirlings to Coast Farmers and Dave Cook from SEPWA talk us through the research findings and the insight collected so far. 
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Contacts:
Lizzy Von Perger
Stirlings to Coast Framers
ceo@scfarmers.org.au
 
Michelle Hendley
South East Premium Wheat Growers Association (SEPWA)
michelle@sepwa.org.au

More Information:
GRDC YouTube – Late sowing of cereals due to waterlogging
GRDC farm trials portal – Results from this investment
GRDC Codes: SCF2208-001SAX, SCF2306-005SAX
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🎙️ Today's 'GRDC in Conversation' podcast interview is with Tom Coggan.
Tom Coggan is a fifth-generation farmer at Meandarra, Queensland, with integrated enterprises of cropping, cattle and sheep. Tom has recently returned to the farm and has a Masters in Agribusiness. In this GRDC in Conversation episode with Oli Le Lievre, Tom discusses the importance of communication, his approach to managing their biggest asset being people, his aspirations in the family business, succession and evolution of the farm, balancing investments in innovation with the fundamentals of on-farm decision making, succession planning and technology adoption. 
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GRDC Code: HAG2308-001SAX
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Carbendazim is a broad spectrum fungicide used to control a range of diseases on pulses. But as a schedule 7 chemical with restrictions on its use, there's growing uncertainty about maximum residue limits in some international markets. 
In this podcast, GRDC ‘s Gordon Cumming and Agriculture Victoria’s Dr Joshua Fanning, discuss the current situation on Carbendazim use in Australia and alternative chemical options.  
Dr Fanning is leading national research on integrated disease management strategies to reduce the impact of Ascochyta blight and Botrytis diseases on lentil and faba bean. 
The investment is being led by Agriculture Victoria, with co-investment from GRDC and support from New South Wales Department of Primary Industries (NSW DPI), the South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI), Field Applied Research Australia (FAR) and Trengove Consulting.
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Contact 
Gordon Cumming 
Manager Chemical Regulation 
gordon.cumming@grdc.com.au
Dr Joshua Fanning 
Research Leader Plant Pathology 
joshua.fanning@agriculture.vic.gov.au
More information 
Paddock Practices – Carbendazim fungicide and its continued use in Australia
GRDC Code: DJP2304-004RTX
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