Author: Nicole Baxter
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Faba bean data reduces canola area
Author: Nicole Baxter, 2024-12-11T09:00:00+11:00Long-term farming systems trial results and the outcomes of a benchmarking study have given Paul Tognetti the confidence to try faba beans
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Time to stop giving weeds a free ride
Author: Nicole Baxter, 2024-10-15T09:00:00+11:00Growers moving fodder and harvest machinery are encouraged to take extra care to avoid spreading invasive weeds such as annual ryegrass and parthenium. University of Queensland Professor Bhagirath Chauhan says the movement of annual ryegrass-infested fodder and machinery has caused the weed to spread north. The greatest weed threat to New South Wales is considered to be parthenium. Since April 2020, 49 parthenium infestations have been detected and are being eradicated following movements of contaminated hay, grain, vehicles and machinery from Queensland.
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Wet springs require proactive Sclerotinia management
Author: Nicole Baxter, 2024-10-10T09:00:00+11:00In wet spring conditions, western Victorian growers cannot be complacent about managing Sclerotinia in canola
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Assess Sclerotinia risk to assist crop planning
Author: Nicole Baxter, 2024-10-09T09:00:00+11:00Plant pathologists have found that some pulse species are more susceptible than others to the damaging diseases Sclerotinia white mould and Sclerotinia stem rot. The three species of the pathogen found in pulse crops are Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, S. minor and S. trifoliorum. Sclerotinia’s hosts include canola, chickpeas, lentils, faba beans, lupins, vetch, field peas and pasture and broadleaf weeds. Wheat, barley and oats are not hosts. NSW Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development senior plant pathologist Dr Kurt Lindbeck says narrow-leafed lupins and chickpeas are highly susceptible to the disease.
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Winter canola proves profitable at Weatherboard
Author: Nicole Baxter, 2024-10-07T09:00:00+11:00Ben Findlay’s farm near Weatherboard, Victoria, utilises ungrazed winter canola, specifically the hybrid RGT Nizza CL because its flowering window suits his climate. He finds the winter varieties are about half a tonne per hectare higher yielding than the spring varieties for his area. He sows the variety from late March to early April. After applying a double knock for weeds, he targets 30 plants per square metre (about 1.8 kilograms of seed/ha) and plants as shallow as possible, applying 100kg/ha of monoammonium phosphate with the seed.
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Can you hold the fungicide in dry conditions?
Author: Nicole Baxter, 2024-07-22T09:00:00+10:00Trials demonstrate that faba bean varieties with tolerance to chocolate spot might eliminate the need for fungicide applications if spring conditions turn dry
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Fungicide plan and soil data critical for faba beans
Author: Nicole Baxter, 2024-07-19T09:00:00+10:00An agronomy consultant points to timely fungicide application and ‘must-have’ five-centimetre soil sampling to guide subsurface acidity amelioration
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Disease control critical for faba bean success, expert says
Author: Nicole Baxter, 2024-07-17T09:00:00+10:00A New South Wales plant pathologist says the timing of fungicide application is more important than the product used
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Bean plantings expand with family’s switch to ‘strip and disc’
Author: Nicole Baxter, 2024-07-15T09:00:00+10:00After the Kohlhagen family discovered faba beans can handle waterlogged soils, the crop has become a favoured pulse in their continuous cropping system
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Study measures faba bean link to system profitability
Author: Nicole Baxter, 2024-07-12T09:00:00+10:00Adding faba beans to canola/wheat rotations lifted returns and lowered risk in two southern New South Wales farming systems experiments