Author: Rebecca Thyer
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Does it pay to treat fall armyworm?
Author: Rebecca Thyer, 2023-08-03T09:00:00+10:00Economic thresholds and guidelines are being established so growers can decide when to treat fall armyworm.
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Stored grain expert calls time on much-admired career
Author: Rebecca Thyer, 2023-08-02T09:00:00+10:00After a quarter of a century in stored grain research and extension, Philip Burrill is retiring
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Past seasons point to potential cereal pathogen problems
Author: Rebecca Thyer, 2023-07-12T09:00:00+10:00With inoculum levels high and conditions ripe, being prepared for Fusarium crown rot and head blight infections is important this season.
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Northern sites provide early warning on evolving resistance
Author: Rebecca Thyer, 2023-05-26T09:00:00+10:00Data from trapping fall armyworm and Helicoverpa armigera pests in Queensland’s high-risk zones is helping researchers see whether insecticide resistance is developing
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Crop competition can reduce weed burden and increase yields
Author: Rebecca Thyer, 2023-05-04T09:00:00+10:00Six years of research indicates increasing crop competition by using narrower row spacing and/or increasing crop density has great potential to reduce both weed pressure and herbicide use.
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Northern summers no longer too hot for germinating annual ryegrass
Author: Rebecca Thyer, 2023-05-03T09:00:00+10:00Professor Bhagirath Chauhan from the Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation has recently confirmed that annual ryegrass is germinating in summer in the northern region.
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Clocking up a week’s work in just one day
Author: Rebecca Thyer, 2023-05-02T09:00:00+10:00Northern grower Tom Coggan shares how robots have helped alleviate on-farm labour issues.
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Difference between inversions makes all the difference to spraying
Author: Rebecca Thyer, 2023-05-01T09:00:00+10:00Through the WAND app, growers and spray operators are getting real-time information on inversions, taking the guesswork out of spraying.
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Mungbeans not picky on nitrogen source but take more than they ‘fix’
Author: Rebecca Thyer, 2023-04-28T09:00:00+10:00Central Queensland research is finding mungbeans use a combination of both soil nitrates and fixed nitrogen to meet their needs and are a net soil nitrate consumer
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Innovation and improvements the way ahead for growers
Author: Andrew Cooke, Sue Knights, Nicole Baxter, Rebecca Thyer, 2023-03-21T09:00:00+11:00Each year, GroundCover™ follows a group of growers from across Australia as they manage the cropping season. In this first instalment for 2022, staff writers introduce this year’s participants.