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BHU Future Farming Centre Sustainable Agriculture Series - Non Chemical Weed Management
There are currently no weed management workshops planned.
The course handbook, containing all the presentation slides, is available to purchase as a combined colour hard copy and downloadable PDF along with PDFs of the five presentations for $50.00 excl. GST = $57.50 inc. GST. If you want to purchase a copy please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. including a postal and invoicing address.
Who should attend?
The primary audience is horticultural and cropping farmers & growers. Perennial crop (e.g. vines, apples) producers and pasture managers will also benefit, plus consultants advising farmers & growers, and scientists, especially those transitioning away from agri-chemicals.
The benefits of attending
The day gives a systematic overview of non-chemical weed management, providing information on the changing context of weed management, the fundamentals of weed biology and ecology, through to practical know-how of tools and techniques that farmers and growers can use themselves. See the timetable below for more detail. Attendees will be given a bound colour booklet containing all the presentation files.
Some comments from the previous weed management workshop participants
"Great overview and backed up by robust science"
"Highly useful, time to implement theory into practice"
"At the cutting edge"
"Enthusiastic presenter"
"Great discussions"
Timetable and topic information
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Activity |
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8:30 a.m. |
15 |
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Arrival - refreshments |
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8:45 a.m. |
15 |
mins |
Introductory discussion: introduction, participants’ hopes and expectations |
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9:00 a.m. |
50 |
mins |
Part 1: The Big Picture: A Little Context |
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Context - the changing face of weed management: resistance and customer / societal attitudes; |
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Integrated weed management (IWM), how herbicide and non-chem weed management relate; |
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The different components of non-chem weed management |
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9:50 a.m. |
20 |
mins |
Discussion / questions and answers |
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10:10 a.m. |
15 |
mins |
Smoko - refreshments provided |
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10:25 a.m. |
50 |
mins |
Part 2: Think like a weed: key biological and ecological knowledge |
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Lifecycles and morphology |
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The ‘bud perspective’ |
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The weed seed bank - the ‘root’ of the problem |
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11:15 a.m. |
15 |
mins |
Discussion / questions and answers |
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11:30 a.m. |
60 |
mins |
Lunch - provided |
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12:30 p.m. |
50 |
mins |
Part 3: Doing it in the field - the weed management hierarchy |
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Weed seed rain |
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Rotations what they can and can’t do for weed management |
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The relevance, and lack of relevance, of soil conditions inc nutrient status for weed management |
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The role of crop and pasture choice and grazing management |
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1:20 p.m. |
20 |
mins |
Discussion / questions and answers |
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1:40 p.m. |
50 |
mins |
Part 4: Doing it in the field - Pre-emergence weeding |
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Tillage |
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False and stale seedbeds |
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Sowing, planting & related techniques |
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2:30 p.m. |
20 |
mins |
Discussion / questions and answers |
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2:50 p.m. |
20 |
mins |
Smoko - refreshments provided |
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3:10 p.m. |
50 |
mins |
Part 5: Doing it in the field: Post-emergence weeding |
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Broadacre weeding |
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Interrow weeding - perennials and annuals |
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Intrarow weeding |
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Hand weeding |
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4:00 p.m. |
30 |
mins |
Final discussion / questions and answers |
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Finish |
Depart |
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The workshop officially finishes at 4:30 for people who need to catch flights. However, for those that have time, another half an hour i.e., up to 5:00 pm, is available for discussions and Q&A