Harvest weed seed control – growers spoilt for choice

Authors: Greg Condon and Kirrily Condon, Grass Roots Ag

Funded By: Funding for AHRI is provided through GRDC

Project Title: Productive, Profitable and Sustainable Paddock Rotations

Key Words: harvest weed seed control, weeds seeds, harvest

Key Messages

• Harvest weed seed control (HWSC) comes in many forms – bale, burn, graze, mill or not
• Match the HWSC tactic to your farming system, crop types and location
• Capturing weed seeds in the chaff fraction when chaff lining or using chaff decks requires attention to detail in harvester setup
• HWSC cannot be used effectively in isolation – adopt the ‘big six’ and top shelf agronomy to drive weed numbers to zero.