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  • The WA tall stubble story – a tale of pros and cons
    Water Resources, 18 Aug 2023
    The WA tall stubble story – a tale of pros and cons

    New cropping equipment is improving seeding and harvesting efficiencies but growers in Western Australia are asking questions as to what the implications are for retaining residue in the form of tall standing stubble through their adoption. A series of trials are underway through the GRDC’s National Grower Network in Western Australia to unpack the pros and cons of tall stubble.

  • Fallow tool for the low-rainfall zone
    Water Resources, 29 Mar 2023
    Fallow tool for the low-rainfall zone

    A rule of thumb is a useful decision-making trigger and a team from CSIRO have derived one for fallow in low-rainfall cropping systems in Western Australia.

  • ‘Tech’ efforts bridge the gap between science and user-friendly products
    Water Resources, 26 Sep 2022
    ‘Tech’ efforts bridge the gap between science and user-friendly products

    Agtech companies will soon be able to test the latest plant-available water models, minimising the commercial risks associated with ‘productising’ researcher-developed technology and speeding up grower access to better data.

  • Researchers drill into irrigation profit drivers
    Water Resources, 16 Jun 2022
    Researchers drill into irrigation profit drivers

    A GRDC-invested project, ‘Optimising farm-scale returns from irrigated grains: maximising dollar return per megalitre of water’, led by the University of Tasmania, is being conducted with irrigation growers across Australia. It is helping growers disentangle profit drivers for irrigated crops using a framework that examines the effects of markets, irrigation water requirements, crop type, climate, location and farming system on risk and return.

  • New ebook to provide grower resource for soil water repellence
    Water Resources, 10 Mar 2022
    New ebook to provide grower resource for soil water repellence

    The latest information about soil water repellence is available in a new digital publication Soil Quality: 7 Soil Water Repellence.

  • Good seasons blur wetters’ benefit
    Water Resources, 12 Oct 2021
    Good seasons blur wetters’ benefit

    Although season and soil type can influence their efficacy, wetters are another tool for growers looking for shorter-term and economical means to improve productivity from non-wetting soils.

  • Mindset change to underpin new tools for low-rainfall cropping systems
    Water Resources, 03 Oct 2021
    Mindset change to underpin new tools for low-rainfall cropping systems

    Growers in the low-rainfall zones of Western Australia are being encouraged to rethink cropping systems, to review the role of fallow and to consider the returns of crop sequences on a longer timeframe

  • The Australian Export Grains Innovation Centre helps boost grain sector value
    Water Resources, 22 Mar 2019
    The Australian Export Grains Innovation Centre helps boost grain sector value

    Local croppers deliver quality grain to global markets despite facing climatic extremes.

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