The national Glyphosate Sustainability Working Group is a collaborative initiative involving research, industry and extension representatives with the purpose of promoting the sustainable use of the herbicide glyphosate in Australian agriculture.

Background
Glyphosate is one of the most valuable herbicides in Australian agricultural systems. The first glyphosate resistant weed population in Australia was confirmed in 1996. The need for an industry-wide initiative to promote a concerted approach to glyphosate resistance research and extension was determined at a national industry forum staged in 2003 by the Grains Research & Development Corporation. The National Glyphosate Sustainability Working Group was established as a result of this meeting and held its first meeting in October 2004.

Priority goals
1. Increase the sustainability of glyphosate usage through the development and delivery of clear and consistent information, based on industry consensus.
2. Increase collaborations and consistency among the glyphosate research and extension activities of key research, extension and industry groups.
3. Contribute to the development of research, development and extension initiatives aimed at improving the management of glyphosate.

The GSWG gratefully acknowledges the financial support of the CRC for Australian Weed Management, CropLife Australia and GRDC.

Participants
Rex Stanton - Chair (EH Graham Centre for Agricultural Innovation)

Rick Llewellyn (CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems)
David Moore (Monsanto/CropLife Australia)
Andrew Wells (Nufarm)
Jason Sabeeney (Syngenta)
Ian Taylor (Cotton Research and Development Corporation)
Chris Preston (University of Adelaide)
Steve Powles (WAHRI, University of WA)
Steve Walker (Queensland Department of Primary Industries & Fisheries)
Abul Hashem (Department of Agriculture & Food Western Australia)
Andrew Storrie (New South Wales Department of Primary Industries)
Mark Evans (CRT/Town and Country)
Emma Leonard (GRDC Communications & AgriKnowHow)

Past participants
Adam Ralph (Monsanto)
Paul Neve (formerly WAHRI, University of WA)
Chad Sayer (Nufarm)

Contact
Rex Stanton (Chair)
Phone: 02 6938 1618
Fax: 02 6938 1861