Rick Graham

Research Agronomist based at Wagga Wagga NSW DPIRD, opinions are my own.

[Blakely Paynter @BlakelyPaynter]

If you were looking for advice on which cereal, canola or pulse variety to grow when, where, why and how in Western Australia, check out the latest @DPIRDbroadacre crop sowing guide for 2026 https://t.co/DVTy5Um65t (hard copies can also be requested)

[Zorica Duric @ZoricaDuric]

Our traps detected H. armigera in central and southern NSW, but some cross-catch is possible. Correct ID is vital to guide control. H. armigera shows resistance, while H. punctigera is more susceptible to insecticides.
@theGRDC @NSW_AGRONOMY @cesaraustralia @PestFactsSARDI

[GRDC @theGRDC]

Every time you spray, are you making your fungicides work harder next season? 💭

@s_simpfendorfer from @nswagriculture shares how #FungicideResistance is building and why integrated management is key to keeping your chemistry effective.

🎥 Watch: https://t.co/UEeEnO39lR

#CropProtection #FungicideResistance #AFREN #grdcvideo

[GRDC North @GRDCNorth]

NSW Gov plant pathologists are tackling a fungal threat to #barley — Ramularia leaf spot (RLS).

GRDC backs work to understand its epidemiology, with @_Ben_Ovenden (@nswagriculture) running field trials on infected crops for 2 years.

NSW DPIRD story 👉 https://t.co/kPmA9SexrG

[GRDC @theGRDC]

🌾 Have your say! GRDC is inviting growers & industry to help uncover the next game-changer in grains research.

#NewFrontiers #Grainstorming - Wagga Wagga
📅 17 October
📍Mercure Hotel, 1 Morgan St, Wagga Wagga
🕘 9:30am – 3:30pm
🔗 Register: https://t.co/oo87z5gsRs

Help shape the next decade of groundbreaking grains research & brainstorm the best way to accelerate innovation for growers.

[Colin McMaster @Master4Colin]

**Parkes canola field walk - 9 October**

Hope to see you next week to inspect the Canola NVT trial site with @HertelKathi and to discuss the latest @theGRDC canola establishment research results.
@NSW_AGRONOMY @CSIRO

[NSW Agronomy @NSW_AGRONOMY]

🎧PODCAST: disease update with Brad, Simphy & Kurt.

⛅️Weather impact on disease.
🚜What could be an issue from now till harvest.
🌾Bacterial blight in oats.
🟡Sclerotinia .

LINK👇
https://t.co/vbvDsFc8Bl

@GRDCNorth @theGRDC

[Tendo Mukasa Mugerwa @Tendo_MM]

🗓️GRDC Improving N Fixation in pulses workshop Tickets, Thu 02/10/2025 at 2:00 pm | Eventbrite

Lots of cool stuff to be discussed, including:
🦠Maximising inoculation
🫘Nodulation
☘️Nitrogen fixation

@NSW_AGRONOMY

#rhizobia #inoculation #nitrogen #pulses

[Steven Simpfendorfer @s_simpfendorfer]

Free nitrogen fixation workshop this Thursday (2nd Oct) at Breeza on the Liverpool Plains.

[Steven Simpfendorfer @s_simpfendorfer]

https://t.co/u7Rri6vzY2
Link above to quick (<5 min) multichoice survey on Fusarium crown rot (FCR) to determine recent changes in understanding and management.
Clicking on link and doing survey would be greatly appreciated. Closes Friday 26th September. Thanks heaps!
@GRDCNorth

[Jarrod Amery @JarrodAmery]

65klm walk to school today. Our daughters are walking for ⁦⁦@CampQualitySO⁩ to raise funds for kids with cancer. They should get to school by 9am tomorrow if they walk well into the night. Good luck Chloe & Clare 🥳, you’re amazing 😃

[Megan Abrahams @MeganAbrahams7]

Spring Field Day at Merredin Tues 16 Sep with @DPIRDbroadacre and @MADFIG14 Program below👇
Register at this link
https://t.co/orhbq0jH8j

[Professor Richard Scolyer AO @ProfRAScolyer]

Unfortunately the survival rates for brain cancer essentially have not improved in 20 years. For the brain cancer subtype I have, glioblastoma IDH wild type, 50% survival rate is still about six months and it is essentially incurable. Over the past 15 years there have been vast improvements in the treatment and outcomes of patients with many other types of cancer. These are wonderful improvements! Unfortunately brain cancer has essentially had no improvement in survival during this time and remains extremely low. For example, 15 years ago, in patients with advanced (metastatic) melanoma, survival rates in melanoma and brain cancer were similar (less than 5% at five years). Now because of incredible advances in melanoma diagnosis, staging and treatment, patients five year survival rate for AJCC stage IV melanoma is greater than 50%. In contrast, for patients with aggressive brain cancer, 3 year survival outcomes haven’t changed and remain less than 5%. Currently in Australia, more patients die each year from brain cancer than any other cancers in Australians under 40 years old. We need to push the field forward in a coordinated and well funded scheme.

One of the excellent teams in brain cancer research is the Bill Walsh Brain Group in the Kolling Institute at Royal North Shore Hospital. The collaboration between the research laboratory and the clinical care provided by neuro-oncology clinicians at the hospital provides opportunities to do translational clinical and pre-clinical research. The research team, including Dr Alex Yuile, neuro-oncology medical oncologist, and Dr Amanda Hudson, among other talented, dedicated and experienced researchers, is doing some excellent work. Some of the work they do is funded and supported by The Brain Cancer Group.

We have to support coordinated research teams in their efforts to understand the disease, including through scientific research, to achieve better outcomes for people with brain cancer and the community!

#glioblastoma
#braincancer
#Brainstorm
@thebraincancergroup
@KollingINST
@NthSydHealth
@COBLH
@SydneyLHD
@Sydney_Uni

[Felicity Harris @PhenologyisFun]

Join us at the joint @NSW_AGRONOMY @CSIRO @CharlesSturtUni Farming systems Field Day Thursday 18th September! Hear the latest from @MathewDunn19 @AgroJAK plus first look at new mixed farming long term trial!

[Heuston Agronomy Services @pennyheuston]

🌿Ascochyta found in chickpeas last week in the central west.
🧐....get out & have a look & make sure your fungicide regime is sound prior to the next rainfall.

Need more info?
"NSW DPIRD's Managing diseases of chickpea 2025"
https://t.co/pq91j8CUhP

@GRDCNorth #chickpeas

[Steven Simpfendorfer @s_simpfendorfer]

Northern farming systems project now on socials! Give it a follow

[Professor Richard Scolyer AO @ProfRAScolyer]

Hi everyone. Regular brain scans and various treatments are an ongoing part of life for me. I’m amazed and very thankful I’m still going so well. Thankyou to my wonderful medical team, family, friends and everyone for your support, friendliness and kindness. I really appreciate it!

#glioblastoma
#braincancer
#Brainstorm
@NthSydHealth
@COBLH
@SydneyLHD
@Sydney_Uni

[GRDC North @GRDCNorth]

WHAT A WEEK! 💡 We’ve been gathering your ideas at our #NGN sessions in #Marrar, #Cootamundra & #Lockhart - plus checking out some incredible research sites along the way.

Your insights from these sessions will help inform future GRDC RD&E investments!

@llsnsw | @NSW_AGRONOMY

[GRDC @theGRDC]

Say hello to our newest @GRDCNorth regional panellists (starting Sept 1)! 👋

Welcome to crop science expert @PhenologyisFun, grower Mark Swift & grower + Lawson Grains' @nickennis01

Story: https://t.co/4xxffOAXHq

[Rick Graham @RickGraham15]

@NSW_AGRONOMY @AgQuip @s_simpfendorfer @GRDCNorth @NSWFarmers @theGRDC Congratulations Steve well deserved 👏