Author: Dr Sue Knights
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Writing the rule book for canola establishment
Author: Dr Sue Knights, 2024-01-24T10:00:00+11:00Establishment is key when it comes to setting canola up to yield to its potential. Callum Wesley, a grower based in the low-rainfall zone at Southern Cross in Western Australia, is looking forward to the outputs of a four-year National GRDC investment that is working to write the rule book for canola establishment.
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Understanding canola establishment to optimise yields
Author: Dr Sue Knights, 2024-01-24T09:00:00+11:00Establishment of any crop is foundational to its performance and, ultimately, its yield. A major GRDC-invested national project is taking a deep dive to determine key factors that affect establishment, with the aim to write a rule-book for canola establishment. .
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Chickpea blight – resistance phenotyping
Author: Dr Sue Knights, 2023-12-07T09:00:00+11:00Simulating conditions for Ascochyta blight disease screening of chickpeas has proved challenging. With GRDC investment it has now been achieved both cost-effectively and with high through-put at Agriculture Victoria’s SmartFarm at both paddock scale and in the glasshouse.
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Tammin grower demonstrates benefit of peer learning
Author: Dr Sue Knights, 2023-11-28T09:00:00+11:00Farming an expansive property at Tammin in Western Australia, Brad Jones is a pioneer in the adoption of precision ag tools. Using a problem-solving approach to adopting the tools, Brad generously shares his learning with his peers. Most recently illustrated with a demonstration of his newly purchased SwarmFarm bot ‘Vinnie’ at the September Symposium of the Society of Precision Agricultura Australasia.
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PA Symposium a fertile forum for learning
Author: Dr Sue Knights, 2023-11-27T09:00:00+11:00Peer-to-peer learning can be a powerful means of building knowledge and capacity and was on show in the form of a variety of activities at the September 2023 Australasian Precision Agriculture Symposium.
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Firm foundations enable acid soil tolerant chickpea development
Author: Dr Sue Knights, 2023-11-23T09:00:00+11:00Several GRDC investments are providing firm foundations for further development of acid tolerant chickpeas. The work has involved collecting germplasm from overseas and developing screening and genetic tools and will see the area for potential chickpea production in Australia expand.
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Infrastructure investment accelerates national chickpea development
Author: Dr Sue Knights, 2023-11-22T09:00:00+11:00Chickpea growers Australia-wide stand to gain from new infrastructure developments at Tamworth, New South Wales. A joint investment by GRDC and NSW DPI will see the centre become the powerhouse for chickpea improvement for established and expansion regions.
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On the case of low-emission crop rotations
Author: Dr Sue Knights, 2023-11-20T09:00:00+11:00Bio-economic modellers are working with a major Western Australian farming systems project to determine how growers can profitably achieve low-emission crop rotations for the low and medium rainfall regions.
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Comprehensive strategies to enhance western farming systems
Author: Dr Sue Knights, 2023-11-17T09:00:00+11:00A series of major farming systems trials in Western Australia are taking a participatory approach in garnering baseline information to rethink aspects of cropping rotations. The data generated will be used by modellers to determine lower greenhouse gas emission cropping systems for growers in low and medium-rainfall regions.
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The intricacies of a tall stubble system
Author: Dr Sue Knights, 2023-08-21T09:00:00+10:00Through the adoption of tall standing stubble, Dylan Hirsch is exploring the potential to retain more moisture in his medium to low cropping system at Latham in Western Australia. Changes are complex not only agronomically but also requiring modified equipment.