Author: Melissa Marino
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Maximising yield – by the numbers
Author: Melissa Marino, 2024-04-19T09:00:00+10:00At a recent GRDC Hyper Yielding Crops field day, crop ecologist Professor Victor Sadras spoke about the critical period, and its role in grain production. Professor Sadras says that yield is a function of grain number, and that grain number is defined in a species-specific critical window.
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Optimistic outlook on more profitable, sustainable pathway
Author: Melissa Marino, 2024-04-12T09:00:00+10:00Opening the Adelaide Grains Research Update, GRDC managing director Nigel Hart outlined the organisation’s key investment areas aimed at ensuring Australian growers continue to improve profitability and sustainability. These investments are worth close to $230 million this year, covering issues both on-farm and off.
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Strong yields open new chapters in cereal story
Author: Melissa Marino, 2024-04-01T09:00:00+11:00In his first year in the GRDC Hyper Yielding Crops program, sixth-generation Tasmanian beef producer and grower achieved the highest-yielding crop of wheat in Australia. The yield came with plenty of rainfall over his 330ha enterprise, but it was also aided by agronomic practices he employed as part of the program.
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Engagement in trials creates a cereal contender
Author: Melissa Marino, 2024-03-29T09:00:00+11:00Encouraged by a record-breaking wheat yield achieved as part of the 2022 GRDC Hyper Yielding Crops program, Tasmanian grower Hamish Yaxley has increased his overall cereal planting by 40 per cent and is now experimenting with new cultivars. He has been impressed by the results with a new, slow-maturing winter wheat variety.
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Out and about with AFREN
Author: Melissa Marino, 2024-02-14T09:00:00+11:00A practical service provided by the Australian Fungicide Resistance Extension Network to growers not only provides definitive information on whether they have a disease or resistance issue to deal with, but also enables researchers to discover first-hand which diseases and resistance are emerging on the ground in different parts of the country. This was showcased at the Field Applied Research Field Day at Winchelsea in Victoria in 2023.
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Data partnership builds expertise to harness data treasure trove
Author: Melissa Marino, 2023-06-28T09:00:00+10:00A revolution in the management of data from past, present and future GRDC co-investments is underway. In a collaboration that harnesses digital technology, the Data Partnerships Initiative is unlocking a treasure trove of information and building data management expertise.
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Rain sets up season well, but poses challenges
Author: Nicole Baxter, Melissa Marino, Andrew Cooke, 2022-11-08T09:00:00+11:00Each year, GroundCover™ follows a group of growers from across Australia as they manage the cropping season. In this fifth instalment for 2022, they tell Nicole Baxter, Melissa Marino and Andrew Cooke how their winter crops are tracking.
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Growers weigh high cost of inputs with new season promise
Author: Melissa Marino, 2022-03-03T09:00:00+11:00Each year GroundCover™ follows a group of growers from across Australia as they manage the cropping season. In this first instalment for 2022, Melissa Marino introduces this year’s participants.
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A season of highs and lows
Author: Melissa Marino, 2022-02-21T09:00:00+11:00Each year, GroundCover follows a group of growers from across Australia as they manage the cropping season. As 2021 draws to a close, they tell Melissa Marino how management and conditions have affected their outcomes.
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Heads up: growers flag promising harvest
Author: Melissa Marino, 2021-11-09T09:00:00+11:00Each year, GroundCover™ follows a group of growers from across Australia as they manage the cropping season. As harvest begins, they tell Melissa Marino how spring conditions are brightening prospects.