Regional Update - Angus Roberts, Dandaragan, WA

About this episode

Angus Roberts discusses his mixed farming operation and strategies to combat herbicide resistance.

Got a question or topic you're interested in? Send us a text! In this episode of Regional Update, we're joined by Angus Roberts, a young grower from Dandaragan, WA. Angus chats to host Shannon about his mixed farming operation 160km north of Perth and their history with clethodim resistance. Since attending Mildura WeedSmart Week in 2022, Angus and his family have aimed to adopt all of the Big 6 strategies to lower their weed seed bank and prevent herbicide resistance. Angus is now a We...

People in this episode

Host: Shannon

Guest: Angus Roberts

Topics covered

• mixed farming
• herbicide resistance
• weed management
• Big 6 strategies
• agriculture

Keywords

• clethodim resistance
• weed seed bank
• farming operation
• herbicide resistance
• WeedSmart Week

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Dandaragan, WA, Perth

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