Growers winning war on weeds, new report shows

A new report shows that Australian grain and cotton growers are achieving productivity gains by investing in smarter, long-term weed management strategies, proving weeds can be beaten.

A decade on from the last national estimate, new CSIRO research funded by the Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) and Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC) has found that weeds cost the grain and cotton industries an estimated $4.43 billion per year.

Taking into account inflation and adjusted values, this is a seven per cent increase in costs for grain growers, however despite this increase in costs, growers are reaping the rewards of their investment.

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