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  • No-till advocate seeks next big yield advance
    Northern, 17 Mar 2022
    No-till advocate seeks next big yield advance

    While central NSW grower Paul Adam is a dedicated minimum-tillage grower, he is willing to consider cultivating paddocks in areas that might benefit from it. Paul says his focus is now on maintaining as much soil moisture as possible, while also remaining sustainable.

  • How flexible thinking turned the profitability key
    Northern, 09 Mar 2022
    How flexible thinking turned the profitability key

    Central NSW grain grower Paul Adam was a keen advocate of no-till farming, with the Nuffield scholar touring the globe in 2011 to study cost efficiencies in minimum tillage cropping systems. But a decade on, he has adjusted his thinking and focus to put profitability over process.

  • Chickpea ‘saviour’ retires
    Northern, 23 Feb 2022
    Chickpea ‘saviour’ retires

    Dr Kevin Moore’s research, knowledge, enthusiasm and dedication to plant pathology have been vital in establishing and nurturing the northern region’s pulse industry

  • Scrutiny welcomed to hyper-drive yield
    Northern, 08 Feb 2022
    Scrutiny welcomed to hyper-drive yield

    Craig and Fiona Marshall have embraced agronomic, business and soil carbon benchmarking in a bid to lift grain yield and profit

  • Agronomy eyed in bid for yield lift
    Northern, 07 Feb 2022
    Agronomy eyed in bid for yield lift

    Fiona and Craig Marshall welcome scrutiny to fine-tune their agronomy

  • ‘Great season’ highlights water use efficiency
    Northern, 05 Nov 2021
    ‘Great season’ highlights water use efficiency

    This year’s grain harvest is looking great at Russell and Jacqui Taylor’s farm on Queensland’s Darling Downs with the help of some well-timed rain

  • Innovation blossoms on a need and a welder
    Northern, 02 Nov 2021
    Innovation blossoms on a need and a welder

    Finding there was no machinery that could roll his cover crops, this Queensland grower decided to build a machine himself and is now busy fielding calls from other growers interested in purchasing his Auscrimper

  • Wet winter brings promise – and challenges
    Northern, 24 Sep 2021
    Wet winter brings promise – and challenges

    As spring arrives, grain growers tell Ground Cover magazine how they have navigated through wet and overcast conditions. Excellent and timely rainfall also mean growers across many regions are expecting bumper harvests in 2021-22.

  • Growers extol multiple soybean benefits
    Northern, 16 Sep 2021
    Growers extol multiple soybean benefits

    Sugarcane growers diversifying into grains crops find multiple benefits

  • Soybean supply sweetened by coastal plantings
    Northern, 14 Sep 2021
    Soybean supply sweetened by coastal plantings

    Strategic GRDC investments in research, development and extension are helping innovative sugarcane growers try soybeans, improving continuity of supply for local processors

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