Award-winning crop takes topsy-turvy seasonal conditions in its stride
Planning and timing the key to hitting summer weeds
17 Mar 2025Timing is a key factor in the control of summer weeds, which should be sprayed with robust rates of herbicide when they are small and actively growing with robust rates of herbicide.
Pressure building to find new control strategies for aphids
15 Mar 2025The need for an integrated strategy to control blue-green aphids has been heightened by the discovery of new pesticide-resistant populations...
Practical tips support safe, effective spraying
09 Mar 2025Practical tips for responsible herbicide use with optimal calibration of boom sprays and nozzles help to reduce environment and health risks while increasing profits.
Update event to deliver latest learnings to Victorian grain growers
06 Feb 20256 Victoria’s premier event for sharing research, development and extension knowledge among grain growers, agronomists and researchers – the GRDC Grains Research Update – returns to...
Decision-support tools can avoid costly under-fertilising
27 Jan 2025Concerns about environmental impacts, cost and crop performance may be leading southern grain growers to under-fertilise, missing out on potential yield gains of up to 40 per cent. Dr Yolanda Plowman, a senior research manager at Birchip Cropping Group, encourages the use of support tools, such as Yield Prophet®, and nitrogen banking to optimise nitrogen use.
Update to re-energise South Australian producers for 2025
07 Jan 2025Registrations are now open for this premiere industry forum, which will be held as a hybrid (in person and online)...
Precision seeding lays the foundation for weed control
10 Dec 2024Lower Eyre Peninsula grain grower Jordan Wilksch told WeedSmart Week Machinery Expo attendees how he uses narrow row spacings and...
