Region: South
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Which crop types perform best in high strength soils?
Region: South, 2023-10-12T11:00:00+11:00A new Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) investment will explore the capabilities of different crops and varieties to overcome high strength soils, examining which crops could be introduced into farming system rotations as an alternative management option to amelioration.
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Podcasts capture a mobile grower audience
Region: South, 2023-09-22T09:00:00+10:00GRDC has produced hundreds of podcasts since 2018, many of them highly technical and focused on promoting new research or addressing a specific seasonal challenge for growers. In 2022, it embarked on a podcast with a difference, commissioning a series based on discussions after the Regional Cropping Solutions Network final dinner. The premise was to devote each episode to an individual with expertise in a different sector of the grains industry in the southern region, and delve into each of them as a person discussing their career history, influences and what motivates them.
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Lime project could bring good news for no-till farmers
Region: South, 2023-09-08T09:00:00+10:00Research into correcting soil acidification in cropping systems is showing that using different lime application techniques can suit differing soil types and farming practices. After several years, the study has revealed economically significant third-year responses in pulse crops and indicated that lime might not always need physical incorporation to deliver the greatest benefit.
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Soil amelioration methods tested in frost mitigation trial
Region: South, 2023-09-07T09:00:00+10:00Trials on the Eyre Peninsula are finding that soil amelioration may have a role to play in mitigating damage to crops from frequent and severe frost events on sandy soils.
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New technique provides insights on liming requirements
Region: South, 2023-09-04T09:00:00+10:00Southern region growers who are battling acidic soils have been given the latest insights into remediation techniques and technology at a workshop in South Australia. The workshop presented trial results and research findings from the ‘Acid Soils SA’ project that is funded by GRDC and led by the South Australian Research and Development Institute.
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Precision liming takes variability out of the equation
Region: South, 2023-09-01T09:00:00+10:00South Australian Wimmera grower David Kuchel, whose properties on either side of the SA–Victorian border experience reliable rainfall of about 450 millimetres per year, has long struggled with extremely variable pH.In recent years, paddock mapping of soil acidity levels has proved a game changer. David is now able to grow crops in paddocks where he previously could not, and enjoys increased yields due to much-reduced soil pH variability.
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New GRDC Southern Panel to represent grain growers
Region: South, 2023-07-21T11:00:00+10:00The GRDC Board has announced the panel, which comprises three new and six returning members, who together will help guide research priorities for research, development and extension (RD&E) investments to deliver enduring profitability to grain growers.
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Co-investment targets SA grain growers
Region: South, 2023-07-17T15:00:00+10:00The GRDC co-investments will contribute an additional $486,731 to new South Australian grains research projects in 2023-24.
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Hundreds of grain growers expected at local research updates
Region: South, 2023-07-03T10:00:00+10:00Attracting hundreds of grain growers and agronomists seeking the latest scientific updates for their businesses, the final round of the 2023 Grains Research Updates for South Australia and Victoria are rolling out across July and August.
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SA growers invited to master farm business management
Region: South, 2023-06-27T08:00:00+10:00SA’s Eyre and Yorke Peninsulas are invited to Farm Business Updates in July.