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June 3, 2014

Sow west young man

“Washington is not a place to live in. The rents are high, the food is bad, the dust is disgusting and the morals are deplorable….

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Researcher in field
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May 14, 2014

Break the glyphosate habit

We are creatures of habit. For some reason I always buy Colgate toothpaste, the other brands don’t even get a look in. Mrs Marsh was…

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Ryegrass growing boxes on tables
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April 30, 2014

Turning up resistance genes

When you drink alcohol, it is broken down by P450 enzymes. This is one of the processes by which your body detoxifies the alcohol so…

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Weeds sample in glass
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AHRI Insight

April 16, 2014

Burning wet windrows

Ten years ago in WA we made a big song and dance about burning narrow windrows to destroy weed seeds and many grain growers jumped…

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People in field
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March 27, 2014

Left jab, right hook

“Float like a butterfly sting like a bee – his hands can’t hit what his eyes can’t see.” Muhammad Ali. A good boxer uses combinations…

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Wild radish flower
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AHRI Insight

February 26, 2014

Glyphosate resistant wild radish

Where were you when you first heard that Princess Dianna had died? Where were you when Glenn McGrath made 50 runs? And, where were you…

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Map
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AHRI Insight

February 20, 2014

When on a good thing…

My mother has brown eyes and my father and I have green eyes. How does that work? Answer, Mum was a heterozygote. No this is…

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Gregor Mendel
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January 23, 2014

Just add water

It regulates Earth’s temperature, our bodies need it when we’re thirsty, and it covers about 70% of Earth’s surface. Water is essential for a number…

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Piece of grass
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