Planning and timing the key to hitting summer weeds
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 in lentil crops in Victoria’s Wimmera and Mallee regions. Recent research led by Dr Evatt...
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...
Victorian agronomist and scientist each win grains award
25 Feb 2025Agricultural consultant Cam Nicholson and research scientist Dr Audrey Delahunty each received awards this week from the Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) to recognise...
Soil Acidity Workshop shares learnings, strategies and technologies
29 Jan 20256 GRDC will host a national meeting in Adelaide on 19 February 2025 for grain industry participants to share knowledge on managing soil acidity in cropping...
GRDC wants to hear from SA's Mid North grain growers
16 Jan 2025GRDC National Grower Network (NGN) forums will be held at Burra, Freeling and Owen. Local growers, researchers, advisers, agronomists and industry representatives are all encouraged to attend and contribute.
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...
Chaff or no chaff, insect risk remains the same
09 Dec 2024Chaff lines generated by harvest weed seed control programs do not increase the risk of crop damage from invertebrate pests