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Author: Chris Clark

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  • Know your limits: managing fatigue critical to farm safety
    Know your limits: managing fatigue critical to farm safety
    Author: Chris Clark, 2022-06-14T09:00:00+10:00

    Grain grower Mark Modra can recall almost every detail of the vehicle rollover that left him in hospital with a broken back – and the work schedule that led up to it. He spent the next six weeks on his back with plenty of time to reflect on the circumstances leading up to the accident.

  • New pool quenches Tasmanian feed grain thirst
    New pool quenches Tasmanian feed grain thirst
    Author: Chris Clark, 2021-11-15T09:00:00+11:00

    Cereals play an important break crop role for a Tasmanian vegetable grower, but they are not without their challenges. For years, growers from the state’s north-west have faced production constraints growing wheat and barley in a high-rainfall environment which has thwarted the consistent supply of cereal grains to domestic feed grain markets.

  • Irrigation and drainage investment help maximise HRZ yields
    Irrigation and drainage investment help maximise HRZ yields
    Author: Chris Clarke, 2021-09-07T09:00:00+10:00

    Managing waterlogging has become one of the keys to combining grain growing with more-traditional vegetable production on the Cole family’s farm at Cressy, Tasmania. Draining wet paddocks allows for a more-flexible farming regime in northern Tasmania, where cereals can more than pay their way alongside crops such as potatoes and peas.

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