issue 171 july august 2024
This page shows the articles in issue 171 july august 2024 of GroundCover. As articles are developed and published online, the list below will grow until all articles are available.
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Disease control critical for faba bean success, expert says
Issue 171, July-August 2024 - 17 Jul 2024A New South Wales plant pathologist says the timing of fungicide application is more important than the product used
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FAW’s ability to adapt putting more crops at risk
Issue 171, July-August 2024 - 16 Jul 2024The word ‘challenge’ dominated talk at the National Fall Armyworm (FAW) Research, Development and Extension Symposium in Brisbane in April. It is now in Victoria and it has also confirmed its presence in New Zealand. It is one of the most challenging and confronting pest management issues for growers.
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Bean plantings expand with family’s switch to ‘strip and disc’
Issue 171, July-August 2024 - 15 Jul 2024After the Kohlhagen family discovered faba beans can handle waterlogged soils, the crop has become a favoured pulse in their continuous cropping system
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Study measures faba bean link to system profitability
Issue 171, July-August 2024 - 12 Jul 2024Adding faba beans to canola/wheat rotations lifted returns and lowered risk in two southern New South Wales farming systems experiments
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Frost research set to target ear architecture
Issue 171, July-August 2024 - 11 Jul 2024After many years of hearing stories about wheat varieties with different-shaped ears being more tolerant to frost, CSIRO wheat geneticist Dr Greg Rebetzke is excited to be able to study them as part of a new national project. ‘Determining the effect of wheat morphological and anatomical traits on frost susceptibility of wheat’, is one of three GRDC investment projects – collectively valued at $10 million – researching methods of reducing the impact of spring frosts on wheat yields.
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Genetically modified New Zealand clover being trialled in Australia
Issue 171, July-August 2024 - 10 Jul 2024The Agricultural Biotechnology Council of Australia is an industry initiative established to increase public awareness of, and encourage informed debate and decision-making about, gene technology.
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Are faba beans being underestimated?
Issue 171, July-August 2024 - 09 Jul 2024Trials in southern and central New South Wales have shown faba beans outperforming other legumes for nitrogen fixation
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Decline in wholegrain bread
Issue 171, July-August 2024 - 08 Jul 2024Australian Dietary Guidelines recommend that Australian adults eat six servings of grains daily, preferably as wholegrains. Yet most Australians consume less than four servings a day, with less than one-third of grain intake coming from wholegrains.
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AEGIC eLearning to strengthen the Indonesia market
Issue 171, July-August 2024 - 05 Jul 2024AEGIC’s new eLearning training program is helping to foster closer connections with flour mills in Indonesia. Developed by AEGIC, in partnership with Grains Australia (a GRDC initiative) and IA-CEPA ECP Katalis, the online training is designed to upskill workers and improve efficiency in Indonesia’s rapidly growing flour milling industry.
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Deep tillage investment helps faba bean expansion
Issue 171, July-August 2024 - 04 Jul 2024When offset discs failed to put lime in contact with acid subsurface soil, two families pooled their money to buy a machine that could do the job