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News

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New online resource helps growers with fire recovery, preparation and prevention

New online resource helps growers with fire recovery, preparation and prevention

Grains online hub has tips for managing short and long-term recovery from bushfires.

Winter wheat fills the feed gap for NSW beef producer

Winter wheat fills the feed gap for NSW beef producer

Returns boosted by using dual-purpose wheat for grazing and grain.

Wheat in the spotlight at international event

Wheat in the spotlight at international event

Industry stakeholders told of rapid advances to interrogate and genetically improve wheat.

The week that was: Sunday, January 12 - Saturday, January 18

The week that was: Sunday, January 12 - Saturday, January 18

GroundCover online looks back on some of our top reads in grains news from this week.

Agronomy

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Eastern Australian experience applied to Western constrained soils

Eastern Australian experience applied to Western constrained soils

Subsoil manuring impacts are site-specific and seasonally dependent.

Soil preservation key to drought management

Soil preservation key to drought management

Practical forums provide advice about soil management for drought-affected growers.

It's all in the timing for maximum mungbean yields

It's all in the timing for maximum mungbean yields

Queensland trials find time of sowing has the greatest effect on mungbean yield.

Is it ever too dry to rip? Latest advice offers tips for decision-making

Is it ever too dry to rip? Latest advice offers tips for decision-making

Benefits of deep ripping can be more difficult to calculate during dry periods.

US soybean tour highlights strip tillage's soil health benefits

US soybean tour highlights strip tillage's soil health benefits

GRDC-invested US study tour looks at similarities and differences in soybean systems.

Grower Stories

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Winter wheat fills the feed gap for NSW beef producer

Winter wheat fills the feed gap for NSW beef producer

Returns boosted by using dual-purpose wheat for grazing and grain.

Popular herbicide behaviour workshops return to WA

Popular herbicide behaviour workshops return to WA

Understanding how herbicides work can help achieve optimal performance from herbicides.

Soil preservation key to drought management

Soil preservation key to drought management

Practical forums provide advice about soil management for drought-affected growers.

It's all in the timing for maximum mungbean yields

It's all in the timing for maximum mungbean yields

Queensland trials find time of sowing has the greatest effect on mungbean yield.

Hard finish brings challenges across the country

Hard finish brings challenges across the country

Growers involved in this year's GroundCover™ on-farm series report very variable season.

Weeds, Pests, Diseases

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Fungicide insensitivity and the rusts

Fungicide insensitivity and the rusts

Mutation enables the fungi that cause cereal diseases to generate genetic variation.

Biosecurity essential when hosting on-farm trials

Biosecurity essential when hosting on-farm trials

Growers reminded to closely manage biosecurity risks that come with trials and field work.

Russian wheat aphid in Australia: building a crop risk profile

Scientists have been studying RWA since it was first detected in 2016.

Weed control in the age of glyphosate resistance

Weed control in the age of glyphosate resistance

New uses identified for existing herbicides to help control glyphosate resistant weeds.

Resistance creates summer weed challenge, but there are options

Resistance creates summer weed challenge, but there are options

Growers are urged to use glyphosate as part of an integrated strategy, or risk losing it.

Grain Storage

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Tips to maximise potential of retained seed in NSW

Tips to maximise potential of retained seed in NSW

Grain can be susceptible to poor germination and low vigour so planting rates in 2020 may need to be adjusted.

Storage helps 'buffer' the impact of drought in New South Wales

Storage helps 'buffer' the impact of drought in New South Wales

Grower uses new and upgraded on-farm storage as part of drought management strategy.

Tips to maximise potential of retained seed

Tips to maximise potential of retained seed

Growers reminded of some rules of thumb to adhere to when retaining seed following a tough year.

Harvest clean to keep mouse numbers lean

Harvest clean to keep mouse numbers lean

Pest experts encourage growers to harvest as cleanly as possible.

Improve grain storage for a trouble-free harvest

Improve grain storage for a trouble-free harvest

Now is the ideal time for growers to look at where storage can be enhanced.

Crops

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Winter wheat fills the feed gap for NSW beef producer

Winter wheat fills the feed gap for NSW beef producer

Returns boosted by using dual-purpose wheat for grazing and grain.

Variety release trifecta at southern pulse agronomy field day

Variety release trifecta at southern pulse agronomy field day

Faba bean, chickpea and lentil varieties released at Australian Pulse Conference

Pulse recipe delivers cereal performance lift in the Wimmera

Pulse recipe delivers cereal performance lift in the Wimmera

Pulses improve yield potential of following cereal by up to half a tonne per hectare

Technology accelerates search for drought-tolerant chickpeas

Technology accelerates search for drought-tolerant chickpeas

Drought-tolerant chickpeas that are highly efficient at extracting water from the soil are on the drawing board.

Researchers confirm new dual fungicide resistance in barley disease

Researchers confirm new dual fungicide resistance in barley disease

Australian researchers have confirmed a new form of dual fungicide resistance in the common barley disease.

Innovation

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New online resource helps growers with fire recovery, preparation and prevention

New online resource helps growers with fire recovery, preparation and prevention

Grains online hub has tips for managing short and long-term recovery from bushfires.

Wheat in the spotlight at international event

Wheat in the spotlight at international event

Industry stakeholders told of rapid advances to interrogate and genetically improve wheat.

Offering new options

Offering new options

Geneticists seek to breed new grain varieties to help manage climate change.

Variety release trifecta at southern pulse agronomy field day

Variety release trifecta at southern pulse agronomy field day

Faba bean, chickpea and lentil varieties released at Australian Pulse Conference

Global search helps heat tolerance gains to be made in wheat

Global search helps heat tolerance gains to be made in wheat

AI breeding strategy for bread wheats uses genomic predictions to find stress solutions.

Farm Business

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Using a practical process to test decision-making

Using a practical process to test decision-making

Using good processes can help grain growers develop their skills as decision-makers.

Truck ownership - load up on what you need to know

Truck ownership - load up on what you need to know

To own or not to own a truck - that is the question that grain growers often contemplate.

Gross margins prove a handy tool for assessing returns

Gross margins prove a handy tool for assessing returns

Growers can assess relative returns of individual enterprises using gross margins and fixed costs

Labour can be an obstacle to on-farm innovation

Labour can be an obstacle to on-farm innovation

Research finds labour is a key constraint to expanding innovations to a whole-farm level.

Market megatrends whet global appetite for Australian pulses

Market megatrends whet global appetite for Australian pulses

New report provides a 'road map' for Australian pulse trade over the next 10 years.