issue 161 november december 2022
This page shows the articles in issue 161 november december 2022 of GroundCover. As articles are developed and published online, the list below will grow until all articles are available.
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Find your harvesting sweet spot
Issue 161, November-December 2022 - 2022-12-05T09:00:00+11:00Growers have the opportunity to reclaim more of the grain they have worked hard to grow, as shown by a recent GRDC supported WA harvest loss study. Harvester adjustments can be made firstly by assessing losses for each crop and season using drop trays and then balancing these adjustments to harvest capacity.
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Chickpea – rhizobia partnerships are exclusive
Issue 161, November-December 2022 - 2022-12-02T09:00:00+11:00Chickpeas are notoriously fussy about their choice in rhizobia partner but a new research effort by the Legume Rhizobium Sciences group at Murdoch University is looking to find a better match to enhance and expand chickpea production.
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New method a starting point for amelioration decisions
Issue 161, November-December 2022 - 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
Issue 161, November-December 2022 - 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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Tag-team batch and fill improves spray efficiency
Issue 161, November-December 2022 - 2022-11-27T09:00:00+11:00Efficiency gains in the mixing and batching process are one of the most effective ways to maximise hectares sprayed in broadacre agriculture and growers are finding innovative ways to achieve this. Tom and his father Phil have shared their learning experiences in the new GRDC Mixing and Batching for Agricultural Chemical Application Guidebook.
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Mixing and batching chemicals – a key to spray efficiency
Issue 161, November-December 2022 - 2022-11-24T09:00:00+11:00A new GRDC guidebook for mixing and batching ag chemicals will be a useful technical and troubleshooting resource for growers.
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Smarter glyphosate use improves its effectiveness
Issue 161, November-December 2022 - 2022-11-21T09:00:00+11:00A weed management specialist says now is the time to revise your summer and autumn glyphosate strategy.
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Late frost leads to climate risk rethink
Issue 161, November-December 2022 - 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.
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Patience a virtue for sorghum start
Issue 161, November-December 2022 - 2022-11-18T09:00:00+11:00Missed winter cropping opportunities or lost crops have increased the focus on summer cropping. Research has shown sorghum can be planted early, but patience is required
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Diagnosing soil dispersion and transient soil salinity
Issue 161, November-December 2022 - 2022-11-17T09:00:00+11:00Poorly structured heavy soils are difficult to work and can have multiple constraints to root growth and crop yields. These soils can also suffer from transient salinity, a form of salinity influenced by seasonal rainfall and crop evapotranspiration rather than by groundwater.