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  • Case studies show the value of proactive soil protection
    Case studies show the value of proactive soil protection
    Supplement: Stubble Innovation, May-June 2023 - 2023-05-25T09:00:00+10:00

    Practical tactics to protect soils from wind erosion using ground cover are being packaged and distributed through a series of on-farm case studies

  • Fertilising the system, not just the crop, can build soil organic matter
    Fertilising the system, not just the crop, can build soil organic matter
    Supplement: Stubble Innovation, May-June 2023 - 2023-05-24T09:00:00+10:00

    The frustration of seeing no change in soil carbon after 20 years of stubble retention prompted one CSIRO scientist to ask ‘Why?’

  • Mice control in the era of no-till
    Mice control in the era of no-till
    Supplement: Stubble Innovation, May-June 2023 - 2023-05-22T09:00:00+10:00

    Trials have investigated the potential of mechanical stubble management options to control mice numbers

  • Sclerotinia transmission across a crop rotation
    Sclerotinia transmission across a crop rotation
    Supplement: Stubble Innovation, May-June 2023 - 2023-05-19T09:00:00+10:00

    How Sclerotinia moves from canola stubble into the whole of a farm’s crop rotation is under investigation in the northern and southern growing regions with the aim of learning how to manage or possibly break the disease cycle

  • Staying ahead of canola blackleg
    Staying ahead of canola blackleg
    Supplement: Stubble Innovation, May-June 2023 - 2023-05-18T09:00:00+10:00

    Blackleg disease is constantly changing with respect to the effectiveness of genetic resistance and disease epidemiology – as well as through changes in stubble management

  • Trials to fine-tune canola-on-cereal stubble strategy
    Trials to fine-tune canola-on-cereal stubble strategy
    Supplement: Stubble Innovation, May-June 2023 - 2023-05-17T09:00:00+10:00

    A new project is examining issues around canola establishment into high cereal stubble loads in the Wimmera, Victoria

  • Intricate stubble–crop ecosystem relationships revealed
    Intricate stubble–crop ecosystem relationships revealed
    Supplement: Stubble Innovation, May-June 2023 - 2023-05-16T09:00:00+10:00

    The establishment of certain crops can result in both in-crop and post-harvest weed suppression irrespective of the presence or absence of post-emergent herbicides during the growing season

  • Weed control in high standing residue
    Weed control in high standing residue
    Supplement: Stubble Innovation, May-June 2023 - 2023-05-15T09:00:00+10:00

    A guide to safe and effective chemical weed control is being produced for farming systems in Western Australia’s northern agricultural region, where maximum standing stubble is retained as protection against wind erosion

  • Stripper-disc systems in the high-rainfall zones
    Stripper-disc systems in the high-rainfall zones
    Supplement: Stubble Innovation, May-June 2023 - 2023-05-12T09:00:00+10:00

    High stubble loads in the high-rainfall zones have proven challenging for the adoption of stripper-disc systems

  • Computer model helps clarify taller stubble impacts
    Computer model helps clarify taller stubble impacts
    Supplement: Stubble Innovation, May-June 2023 - 2023-05-11T09:00:00+10:00

    Computer simulations are being run to extrapolate likely impacts on a farming system’s soil–water balance arising from taller stubble produced by stripper headers

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