Author: Nicole Baxter
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Proactive action aims to beat stripe rust
Author: Nicole Baxter, 2022-07-11T09:00:00+10:00Six agronomists from across Australia share how their clients are working to protect their crops against stripe rust and other cereal diseases based on what they have experienced in the past couple of years.
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Favourable conditions set up season 2022
Author: Nicole Baxter, Clarisa Collis and Andrew Cooke, 2022-06-28T09:00:00+10:00Each year, GroundCover™ follows a group of growers from across Australia as they manage the cropping season. In this third instalment for 2022, they discuss how they fared with planting their winter crops.
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GRDC opens the door to have your say
Author: Nicole Baxter, 2022-06-20T09:00:00+10:00National Grower Network forums give you a say in influencing GRDC’s research, development and extension efforts
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Hardy legume adds nitrogen in drought
Author: Nicole Baxter, 2022-06-18T09:00:00+10:00Biserrula has proven to be a drought-hardy alternative to subclover pasture and field peas north of Condobolin, where Paul Sinderberry and Sarah Wrigley produce grain and beef cattle.
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Agronomist explores disc seeding pros and cons
Author: Nicole Baxter, 2022-06-07T09:00:00+10:00At the GRDC Northern Region Update, independent agronomist Neil Durning outlined his findings on the pros and cons of disc seeding
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High-residue systems may increase crown rot risk
Author: Nicole Baxter, 2022-06-06T09:00:00+10:00Plant pathologists encourage planning, particularly by those with stripper fronts, to mitigate the risk of crop losses to the disease Fusarium crown rot
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Disc sowing lessons shared
Author: Nicole Baxter, 2022-06-05T09:00:00+10:00Roger Bolte told the GRDC Northern Region Update his reasons for transitioning and outlined the minor challenges he faced in making the switch
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Tyne machine favoured for sticky sodic clays
Author: Nicole Baxter, 2022-06-02T09:00:00+10:00A NSW farming family found disc seeding was not suited to their soils, highlighting the great diversity of circumstances and approaches to getting each season off to its best start
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Putting a value on legume legacies
Author: Nicole Baxter, 2022-05-09T09:00:00+10:00Researchers have estimated the lasting impacts of legumes on canola
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Windrowing an aid to harvest logistics
Author: Nicole Baxter, 2022-05-08T09:00:00+10:00A small on-farm trial compared direct heading of canola versus windrowing at Breil Jackson’s property near Nyngan, New South Wales