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  • Plant pathologist recognised as grains industry emerging leader
    Plant pathologist recognised as grains industry emerging leader
    Region: South, 2023-02-21T15:00:00+11:00

    Agriculture Victoria researcher Dr Joshua Fanning has been awarded the GRDC 2023 Emerging Leader award for the southern region.

  • Rewriting nitrogen fertiliser ‘rules of thumb’
    Rewriting nitrogen fertiliser ‘rules of thumb’
    Region: South, 2023-02-18T09:00:00+11:00

    Commonly used rules of thumb, which advisers and growers use to make fertiliser decisions, are based on a nitrogen fertiliser uptake of around 50 per cent of that applied, but Victorian research undertaken in growers’ paddocks puts that figure at just 35 per cent.

  • Victoria’s grain growers to converge on Bendigo
    Victoria’s grain growers to converge on Bendigo
    Region: South, 2023-02-13T12:00:00+11:00

    Bendigo will host Victoria’s premier grains research forum for growers and agronomists to meet experts and network and gain advance access to the latest research findings.

  • Deep ripping provides strong yield response
    Deep ripping provides strong yield response
    Region: South, 2023-02-13T09:00:00+11:00

    Declines in crop production on sandy soils across the Victorian Mallee after the breaking of the Millennium drought had the region’s grain growers scratching their heads.

  • Agronomist and training specialist each win grains industry awards
    Agronomist and training specialist each win grains industry awards
    Region: South, 2023-02-09T14:00:00+11:00

    Victorian agronomist Michael Moodie and extension and training consultant Jeanette Long have each won a GRDC industry award for the southern region.

  • South Australian grower, plant breeder wins national grains award
    South Australian grower, plant breeder wins national grains award
    Region: South, 2023-02-07T14:00:00+11:00

    South Australian grain grower and former plant breeder and researcher Andrew Barr has been awarded the GRDC Seed of Gold award at the Adelaide Grains Research Update.

  • ‘Dad’s oats’ – a value-added business driven by ideals
    ‘Dad’s oats’ – a value-added business driven by ideals
    Region: South, 2023-01-27T09:00:00+11:00

    Over 160 years, the Cain family has tapped into consumer values transitioning from fuelling hungry gold miners with oats to online marketing directly to health-conscious oat connoisseurs.

  • Lentil market has plenty of room for Eyre Peninsula growers
    Lentil market has plenty of room for Eyre Peninsula growers
    Region: South, 2023-01-10T09:15:00+11:00

    Having grown lentils successfully at Ardrossan on the Yorke Peninsula, Bill Long saw an opportunity to scale up on the Eyre Peninsula in areas with similar soil types and rainfall patterns but cheaper land. His property includes some challenging soils not suited to lentils, but the higher rainfall on the southern Eyre Peninsula is well-suited to other pulses.

  • Adelaide to host premier grains forum
    Adelaide to host premier grains forum
    Region: South, 2023-01-09T12:30:00+11:00

    South Australian grain growers and agronomists are set to gain advance access to the latest research findings, meet experts and network at SA’s premier grains research forum next month.

  • Wet conditions make vigilance the key for slugs
    Wet conditions make vigilance the key for slugs
    Region: South, 2022-12-19T09:00:00+11:00

    Economics should be one of the factors that drives decisions about baiting and other control methods for slugs and snails. In late winter and early spring 2022, invertebrate ecologist Dr Michael Nash toured key grain growing regions on behalf of GRDC to discuss with growers the local conditions and factors that influence their decision on whether or not to bait in their crops.

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