Big 6

The Big 6 are a set of chemical, mechanical and cultural tactics to help growers control crop weeds.

This plan is all about the grower calling the shots, not the weeds.

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Weeds love predictable rotations. They find it easy to evolve resistance to herbicides when they are used in a predictable manner.

Will longer crop rotations really help manage weeds?

Crop selection, rotation tips and post-harvest spraying

Preserving glyphosate through diversity

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Weeds love predictable rotations. They find it easy to evolve resistance to herbicides when they are used in a predictable manner.

Will longer crop rotations really help manage weeds?

Crop selection, rotation tips and post-harvest spraying

Preserving glyphosate through diversity

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What’s better than an attack on weeds? A second one. Come at them with a different strategy and any survivors left over don’t stand a chance.

Lance Wise, Bowenville, Qld

Alternative second knock herbicides for broadleaf weeds in fallow

Daniel Fox, Marrar NSW

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What’s better than an attack on weeds? A second one. Come at them with a different strategy and any survivors left over don’t stand a chance.

Lance Wise, Bowenville, Qld

Alternative second knock herbicides for broadleaf weeds in fallow

Daniel Fox, Marrar NSW

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Rotating buys you time, mixing buys you shots. Mix and rotate buys you time and shots.

How can I avoid getting stuck in an imi herbicide cycle?

Grant Wilson, VIC

Increase pre-em efficacy through a mix and rotate strategy

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Rotating buys you time, mixing buys you shots. Mix and rotate buys you time and shots.

How can I avoid getting stuck in an imi herbicide cycle?

Grant Wilson, VIC

Increase pre-em efficacy through a mix and rotate strategy

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Annual weeds must set seed if the species is to persist, so stopping weed seed set is a critical strategy to manage herbicide-resistant weeds.

Crop topping, using Sharpen & getting ready for harvest

Spray drift & crop competition

Harvest tips, crop topping + trifluralin resistance

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Annual weeds must set seed if the species is to persist, so stopping weed seed set is a critical strategy to manage herbicide-resistant weeds.

Crop topping, using Sharpen & getting ready for harvest

Spray drift & crop competition

Harvest tips, crop topping + trifluralin resistance

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Help your crops win the war against weeds by increasing their competitiveness against them.

Disc seeding systems

Weather forecast accuracy and crop competition trial results

Edwards family, Port Broughton SA

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Help your crops win the war against weeds by increasing their competitiveness against them.

Disc seeding systems

Weather forecast accuracy and crop competition trial results

Edwards family, Port Broughton SA

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Capture weed seed survivors at harvest using chaff lining, chaff tramlining, chaff carts, narrow windrow burning or integrated weed seed destructors.

Bale Direct System

HWSC Workshop overview and sowthistle management update

Bruce family, Alford SA

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Capture weed seed survivors at harvest using chaff lining, chaff tramlining, chaff carts, narrow windrow burning or integrated weed seed destructors.

Bale Direct System

HWSC Workshop overview and sowthistle management update

Bruce family, Alford SA

WeedSmart Wisdom

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Plan your attack on the weed seed bank

Here we summarise the key components of the WeedSmart Big 6 strategies and the principles that underpin them. Read More...

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Testing informs herbicide choice

Herbicide resistance resistance testing proved useful even on a property where there had been limited use of herbicides. Read More...

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Investigate adverse experiences when using herbicides

Good records and proper investigation can hone in on the cause of unexpected results such as crop injury or poor weed control. Read More...

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Kicking the herbicide habit

The single cause of herbicide resistance in weeds is selection pressure through herbicide use. Other strategies must be implemented urgently. Read More...

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How can I ensure my complex tank mix is compatible and will spray out?

Having many products in a tank mix, makes it increasingly difficult to prevent adverse chemical reactions from occurring in the ‘brew’. Read More...

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Mix up your approach to fenceline weeds

Glyphosate resistance can, and does, quietly build up in a wide variety of weed species growing in non-production areas, like fencelines. Read More...

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The ‘Big 6’ of the WeedSmart plan – how many do you do?

Big 6

The Big 6 are a set of chemical, mechanical and cultural tactics to help growers control crop weeds.

Rotate crops and pastures

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Rotate crops and pastures

Double knock to preserve glyphosate

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02

Double knock to preserve glyphosate

Mix and rotate herbicides

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03

Mix and rotate herbicides

Stop weed seed set

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04

Stop weed seed set

Increase crop competition

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05

Increase crop competition

Implement harvest weed seed control

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Implement harvest weed seed control

WeedSmart Wisdom

Plan your attack on the weed seed bank

Testing informs herbicide choice

Investigate adverse experiences when using herbicides

Kicking the herbicide habit

How can I ensure my complex tank mix is compatible and will spray out?

Mix up your approach to fenceline weeds

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Big 6

The Big 6 are a set of chemical, mechanical and cultural tactics to help growers control crop weeds.

Rotate crops and pastures

01

01

Rotate crops and pastures

Double knock to preserve glyphosate

02

02

Double knock to preserve glyphosate

Mix and rotate herbicides

03

03

Mix and rotate herbicides

Stop weed seed set

04

04

Stop weed seed set

Increase crop competition

05

05

Increase crop competition

Implement harvest weed seed control

06

06

Implement harvest weed seed control

WeedSmart Wisdom

Plan your attack on the weed seed bank

Testing informs herbicide choice

Investigate adverse experiences when using herbicides

Kicking the herbicide habit

How can I ensure my complex tank mix is compatible and will spray out?

Mix up your approach to fenceline weeds

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