issue 157 march april 2022
This page shows the articles in issue 157 march april 2022 of GroundCover. As articles are developed and published online, the list below will grow until all articles are available.
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Rock-busting and rolling boosts yields in difficult country
Issue 157, March-April 2022 - 11 Mar 2022With the advent of rock-crushing machines, growers can now break up most surface and shallow subsurface rocks, turning previously unusable country into arable paddocks and boosting yields. Machines work like a wood plane or cheese grater, cracking and peeling the rock.
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Harvesting knowledge can transform world agriculture, study finds
Issue 157, March-April 2022 - 10 Mar 2022An international study led by Curtin University has found that supporting on-farm experimentation networks and activities globally to better connect growers and researchers could help transform agriculture and solve some of its toughest challenges. On-farm experimentation is a way for growers to test technologies and practices by varying management, observing and measuring changes and analysing results.
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How flexible thinking turned the profitability key
Issue 157, March-April 2022 - 09 Mar 2022Central NSW grain grower Paul Adam was a keen advocate of no-till farming, with the Nuffield scholar touring the globe in 2011 to study cost efficiencies in minimum tillage cropping systems. But a decade on, he has adjusted his thinking and focus to put profitability over process.
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Lime incorporation outperforms broadcasting in SA trials
Issue 157, March-April 2022 - 08 Mar 2022South Australian farming couple Dane and Natalie Sommerville wanted to find out more about the different soil amendment products and application methods they could use to address soil acidification. As a result, they were keen to host a liming trial on their property as part of GRDC-invested research targeting acids soils in South Australia.
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How weed-competitive is your crop rotation?
Issue 157, March-April 2022 - 07 Mar 2022A long-term study confirms some crop rotations are more likely than others to reduce the weed seedbank over time
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US drought creates opportunity for Australian wheat
Issue 157, March-April 2022 - 06 Mar 2022Australian Noodle Wheat could be the answer Asian flour millers are searching for as they struggle to source soft wheat for biscuits and cakes following severe drought in the US.
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New efforts to tackle irregular grain quality
Issue 157, March-April 2022 - 05 Mar 2022Researchers are exploring possible ways to mitigate the risk of price discounts after rain falls on mature wheat crops
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French grain grower swaps farming for Australian grains research
Issue 157, March-April 2022 - 04 Mar 2022Pieter-Willem Hendriks left his farm in France to research weed-competitive wheat in Australia
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Growers weigh high cost of inputs with new season promise
Issue 157, March-April 2022 - 03 Mar 2022Each year GroundCover™ follows a group of growers from across Australia as they manage the cropping season. In this first instalment for 2022, Melissa Marino introduces this year’s participants.
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Pathologist calls time on career
Issue 157, March-April 2022 - 02 Mar 2022Dr Jenny Davidson reflects on her career in grains research