Trial chips away at weed challenges

By By Shannon Beattie
Updated May 28 2020 - 2:22pm, first published 2:00pm
Drone shots showing a commercial paddock prior to treatment with the Weed Chipper (top) and the soil divots after weed control treatment (bottom). Photo by AHRI.
Drone shots showing a commercial paddock prior to treatment with the Weed Chipper (top) and the soil divots after weed control treatment (bottom). Photo by AHRI.

RESEARCHERS have put the world's first site-specific mechanical weeder for large-scale grain production systems through its paces and proven that it can effectively control weeds in fallow situations.

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