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  • Tammin grower demonstrates benefit of peer learning
    Western, 28 Nov 2023
    Tammin grower demonstrates benefit of peer learning

    Farming an expansive property at Tammin in Western Australia, Brad Jones is a pioneer in the adoption of precision ag tools. Using a problem-solving approach to adopting the tools, Brad generously shares his learning with his peers. Most recently illustrated with a demonstration of his newly purchased SwarmFarm bot ‘Vinnie’ at the September Symposium of the Society of Precision Agricultura Australasia.

  • The intricacies of a tall stubble system
    Western, 21 Aug 2023
    The intricacies of a tall stubble system

    Through the adoption of tall standing stubble, Dylan Hirsch is exploring the potential to retain more moisture in his medium to low cropping system at Latham in Western Australia. Changes are complex not only agronomically but also requiring modified equipment.

  • Amelioration solution to cropping laterite land
    Western, 10 Jul 2023
    Amelioration solution to cropping laterite land

    Reefination is a novel mechanical form of soil amelioration specific to lateritic rock formations. It is finding a role in Western Australian cropping systems where improvements in paddock performance are being achieved, as illustrated by Scott Young at Cuballing.

  • Tool to assist nitrogen decisions tested on the ground
    Western, 31 May 2023
    Tool to assist nitrogen decisions tested on the ground

    For Nick Gillett and his wife Tryphena, farming in the low rainfall zone of Western Australia, where crop performance can be thwarted by frost, every input decision is critical. Tools that can better inform these decisions are constantly being sought by Nick, including ground truthing those from start-ups such as Laconik.

  • Fallow integral to fluid decision-making
    Western, 28 Mar 2023
    Fallow integral to fluid decision-making

    Flexible decision-making is becoming more informed for Benj Graham, who farms in the low to medium-rainfall zone of Western Australia. Fallow is an important risk mitigation tool for him, and his understanding is being bolstered by being part of a GRDC National Grower Network project assisting with on-farm trials.

  • Tag-team batch and fill improves spray efficiency
    Western, 27 Nov 2022
    Tag-team batch and fill improves spray efficiency

    Efficiency gains in the mixing and batching process are one of the most effective ways to maximise hectares sprayed in broadacre agriculture and growers are finding innovative ways to achieve this. Tom and his father Phil have shared their learning experiences in the new GRDC Mixing and Batching for Agricultural Chemical Application Guidebook.

  • Benefits abound for long-season wheat
    Western, 15 Sep 2022
    Benefits abound for long-season wheat

    Long season wheats and, in particular, feed wheats are proving advantageous for high-rainfall mixed grower Ben Webb, based near Muradup, WA. Ben says they are more than dual-purpose with income from graze and grain but fill a management need to mitigate frost.

  • Peers and advisers guide novel pasture pursuit
    Western, 13 Jul 2022
    Peers and advisers guide novel pasture pursuit

    Research, support and new species developed from the five-year operations of the Dryland Legume Pasture Systems project have been credited for the production improvements in a low to medium rainfall mixed farm in Western Australia. Anna-Lisa Newman and husband Craig took on an ambitious plan to renovate pastures in their expanding mixed farming business and were guided by peers and advisers in the successful adoption of novel legume species and new farming practices.

  • Summer crops’ potential to lift system sustainability
    Western, 30 May 2022
    Summer crops’ potential to lift system sustainability

    With rainfall events becoming more intense and waterlogging more prevalent in the Great Southern Region of Western Australia, summer sowing options are being revisited. Jolene and Peter Daniel see many benefits of summer cropping as they also increase plant diversity and production system sustainability. They have been hosting a demonstration site overseen by Stirlings to Coast Farmers investigating the tactical role and economics of summer crops.

  • Mineral mulch – a new moisture-saving frontier
    Western, 04 Apr 2022
    Mineral mulch – a new moisture-saving frontier

    A flood in 2017 that saw sand deposited across Peter Daw’s cropping country at Ravensthorpe turned into a learning experience with longer-term benefits. Peter spread that sand more evenly and the crops yielded much better than average, he has now extended his mineral mulching to gravels with similar gains in yield.

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