Author: Rebecca Thyer
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UAVs help fulfil the need for speed
Author: Rebecca Thyer, 2023-03-13T09:00:00+11:00UAVs are helping to characterise key mungbean traits, especially its canopy development, and could point to varieties with synchronous maturity and rapid senescence.
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From trash to treasure
Author: Rebecca Thyer, 2023-03-12T09:00:00+11:00Crop stubble could become a valuable input in a process developed by biotechnology start-up Sustinent and supported by GRDC’s agtech innovation initiatives.
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Complex issue offers potential opportunities
Author: Rebecca Thyer, 2023-03-11T09:00:00+11:00Newly awarded Nuffield Scholarship winner Tessa Dimond plans to research maximum residue limits.
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Nuffield scholar to explore sustainable intensification
Author: Rebecca Thyer, 2023-03-10T09:00:00+11:00Keen 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.
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Could canola be considered in the north next season?
Author: Rebecca Thyer, 2023-03-09T09:00:00+11:00Often 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
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Soil testing a good idea after relentless wet
Author: Rebecca Thyer, 2023-03-08T09:00:00+11:00With 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
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Processing technology a game changer for nutrient extraction
Author: Rebecca Thyer, 2023-03-07T09:00:00+11:00A 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.
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New method a starting point for amelioration decisions
Author: Rebecca Thyer, 2022-11-30T09:00:00+11:00A 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.
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Mechanical desiccation a viable mungbean option
Author: Rebecca Thyer, 2022-11-28T09:00:00+11:00Normally 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.
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Late frost leads to climate risk rethink
Author: Rebecca Thyer, 2022-11-19T09:00:00+11:00When 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.