issue 173 november december 2024
This page shows the articles in issue 173 november december 2024 of GroundCover. As articles are developed and published online, the list below will grow until all articles are available.
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Grains steps up preparations for GHG monitoring
Issue 173, November-December 2024 - 21 Jan 2025With the grains industry, like agriculture more broadly, facing increasing pressure to know its carbon footprint, GRDC has made a strategic investment into a new calculator for growers
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PA and wi-fi tractors leave little to chance
Issue 173, November-December 2024 - 20 Jan 2025After a few people in the Grenfell district started using the firm Precision Ag to source satellite imagery in 2016, Paul hired the company to complete an electromagnetic (EM38) survey to identify differences in soil types and see if these correlated with yield.
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Precision tillage puts lime where needed
Issue 173, November-December 2024 - 16 Jan 2025Accurate deep tillage, lime incorporation and trace elements have added resilience to a NSW family farming business
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Partnership puts a measure on GHG emissions
Issue 173, November-December 2024 - 15 Jan 2025A whole-of-supply-chain partnership is giving growers the know-how to reduce on-farm greenhouse gas emissions and improve soil productivity
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Chasing the secrets to Kiwis’ high grain yields
Issue 173, November-December 2024 - 10 Jan 2025New Zealand growers are achieving up to double the cereal yields as some Australian growers with similar rainfall. Wanting to know why, VicNoTill went on tour
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Slugs ‘weighed in’ to optimise management
Issue 173, November-December 2024 - 09 Jan 2025GRDC research investment into black keeled slugs and grey field slugs will create a new management tool for growers to help control these pests.
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The next generation is different
Issue 173, November-December 2024 - 23 Dec 2024GRDC investment is supporting students who are being trained for careers across the grains industry in a new kind of training centre
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Managed challenges helps season 2024 to a solid finish
Issue 173, November-December 2024 - 22 Dec 2024Grain growers from across Australia report on how the season is progressing as they gear up for harvest. The growers are Mitch Miolini, Mitch Henderson, Lachie Sears, Andrew Freeth, and Tim Gersbach.
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Invasive pest study points to improved biosecurity responses
Issue 173, November-December 2024 - 20 Dec 2024A detailed genomic analysis of fall armyworm (FAW) has shattered assumptions about how economically important pest incursions occur. It also highlighted the need for enhanced biosecurity responses undertaken cooperatively with Australia’s nearest neighbours to better protect agricultural crops and food security.
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‘Moonshot’ investment tracks soil amelioration over time and space
Issue 173, November-December 2024 - 19 Dec 2024Groundbreaking research in soil profile re-engineering, supported by GRDC and WA DPIRD, aims to tackle the constraints of WA soils by improving their physical and chemical properties to boost crop water use efficiency (WUE) and grain yield. The project combines innovative methods such as deep soil loosening and targeted application of treatments to address soil constraints, and has produced significant yield increases in sandy and duplex soils, though mixed results in heavy soils. Building on this success, the Soil Water and Nutrition (SWAN) collaboration seeks to further improve water and nutrient use efficiency in Western Australia’s grain production.