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Author: Rebecca Thyer

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  • UAVs help fulfil the need for speed
    UAVs help fulfil the need for speed
    Author: Rebecca Thyer, 2023-03-13T09:00:00+11:00

    UAVs are helping to characterise key mungbean traits, especially its canopy development, and could point to varieties with synchronous maturity and rapid senescence.

  • From trash to treasure
    From trash to treasure
    Author: Rebecca Thyer, 2023-03-12T09:00:00+11:00

    Crop stubble could become a valuable input in a process developed by biotechnology start-up Sustinent and supported by GRDC’s agtech innovation initiatives.

  • Complex issue offers potential opportunities
    Complex issue offers potential opportunities
    Author: Rebecca Thyer, 2023-03-11T09:00:00+11:00

    Newly awarded Nuffield Scholarship winner Tessa Dimond plans to research maximum residue limits.

  • Nuffield scholar to explore sustainable intensification
    Nuffield scholar to explore sustainable intensification
    Author: Rebecca Thyer, 2023-03-10T09:00:00+11:00

    Keen to transition between grazing and cropping on his family's farm, Tim Houston will explore how to sustainably transition land via a Nuffield Scholarship, seeing how other countries have managed this process to achieve a positive triple bottom-line outcome.

  • Could canola be considered in the north next season?
    Could canola be considered in the north next season?
    Author: Rebecca Thyer, 2023-03-09T09:00:00+11:00

    Often considered a risky crop in northern New South Wales and Queensland, canola could suit 2023’s conditions – good soil moisture profiles, good prices and potentially high weed burdens

  • Soil testing a good idea after relentless wet
    Soil testing a good idea after relentless wet
    Author: Rebecca Thyer, 2023-03-08T09:00:00+11:00

    With potentially high nutrient losses across the flood-affected GRDC northern region, plus a couple of years of above-average nitrogen removal by crops, soil testing is a good option to help assess soil nitrogen levels ahead of the coming winter crop

  • Processing technology a game changer for nutrient extraction
    Processing technology a game changer for nutrient extraction
    Author: Rebecca Thyer, 2023-03-07T09:00:00+11:00

    A nutrient-extraction technology that uses the whole cereal or legume could help boost grains’ value and help meet the increasing demand for plant-based proteins.

  • New method a starting point for amelioration decisions
    New method a starting point for amelioration decisions
    Author: Rebecca Thyer, 2022-11-30T09:00:00+11:00

    A new system is helping with the challenging application and investment decisions made when ameliorating soils. It seeks to find a way around the many complex, non-linear and soil-specific crop responses to soil amelioration.

  • Mechanical desiccation a viable mungbean option
    Mechanical desiccation a viable mungbean option
    Author: Rebecca Thyer, 2022-11-28T09:00:00+11:00

    Normally mungbeans are chemically desiccated using glyphosate as a harvest aid, but swathing or mechanical desiccation could start to be more widely used by mungbean growers following positive research results.

  • Late frost leads to climate risk rethink
    Late frost leads to climate risk rethink
    Author: Rebecca Thyer, 2022-11-19T09:00:00+11:00

    When a late September frost wiped out a high-yielding 500-hectare wheat crop just over a decade ago, Parkes grain grower Bruce Watson began to question his climate risks. The next year they decided to plant sorghum. While it is now a profitable and important part of the rotation, there were bumps in the road.

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