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Climate, 05 Mar 2019
Strategies unveiled to help control fires at harvest time
Good preparation key to breaking fire and weather risks at harvest in season 2019
Updated disease ratings for wheat varieties have been published on the GRDC's National Variety Trials’...
New changes to the highly regarded National Variety Trials (NVT) program will ensure Australian grain...
Grain growers in the southern cropping region’s high rainfall zone (HRZ) are urged to undertake...
Growers looking to refine their fertiliser strategy are encouraged to use test strips this season...
Mitigating frost in cropping systems is complex, but there may be a new tool available...
GRDC takes a multi-pronged approach to supporting Australian growers in the crop production decisions they...
The latest information about soil water repellence is available in a new digital publication Soil...
Although season and soil type can influence their efficacy, wetters are another tool for growers...
The grains and cotton industries have today announced a $5.5 million investment to help minimise...
Research is continuing into finding spray drift reduction techniques.
With a wet year and high chemical prices, experience shows the importance of getting on...
While central NSW grower Paul Adam is a dedicated minimum-tillage grower, he is willing to...
A flood in 2017 that saw sand deposited across Peter Daw’s cropping country at Ravensthorpe...
An ambitious soil profile re-engineering project is underway on Mark Pearce’s Tarin Rock property in...
The largest fire in the history of Kangaroo Island has led to restoration and renewal...
Observation of local trials at the Rutherglen Research Institute has prompted north-east Victorian grower Ashley...
Cover crops show their weed suppression credentials
Crop rotation will play an increasingly important role in weed control as growers grapple with...
A study is underway to determine whether harvest weed seed control systems which create chaff...
This new tool will help preserve beneficial insects in the Australian grains industry such as...
The Australian Government’s National Residue Survey helps to manage the risk of chemical residue and...
In agriculture, confirmation bias is associated with a preference for certain brands, breeds, bright ideas...
The Herbicide Innovation Partnership, which is an initiative of GRDC and the crop science division...
Australia’s approach to herbicide mode of action (MOA) classification is being updated to align with...
Recent crop disease surveys found that chocolate spot was all too common in faba bean...
A new approach to managing Ascochyta blight in chickpeas aims to reduce the disease build...
GRDC grain storage extension specialist Ben White says that grain spills around sheds and silos...
Phosphine fumigation can now be completed using ground-level application systems, which are much safer for...
Grain storage moves beyond feed and seed to offer options for better selling strategies.
New trials in WA are weighing up the benefits of long coleoptile wheat varieties. They’re...
A new $11.6 million, five-and-a-half-year joint investment aims to address lodging in sorghum, an issue...
Soil acidity is an increasing issue across South Australia’s cropping zone. Prompt amelioration is necessary...
Researchers have estimated the lasting impacts of legumes on canola
Dryland cropping research could see some growers continue to push the boundaries of the traditional...
One of the key topics at the Maize trial field walks on March 11 will...
A research team from NSW Department of Primary Industries, with GRDC co-investment, is interrogating a...
Vigilance is vital to reduce the risk of pests causing significant yield loss in canola....
A small on-farm trial compared direct heading of canola versus windrowing at Breil Jackson’s property...
Using a technique that has become known for internet ‘deepfakes’, researchers are working to improve...
One well-travelled wild peanut has had a profound influence on food security and pest and...
In the past 30 years vetch has become an established part of Australia’s cropping landscape....
GRDC has initiated new sub-surface drainage investments in WA to help growers manage the effects...
Comparative report cards for international climate models will provide agriculturally relevant comparisons of their effectiveness...
Increasing fertiliser prices and lack of security of supply, together with a need to use...
International feed grain buyers are receiving advice on how to incorporate sprouted wheat into animal...
Growers, advisers and researchers are invited to contribute ideas about on-farm constraints or regional opportunities...
GRDC has announced the National Grower Network will replace the Regional Cropping Solutions Network and...
An extra $150 to $250 a hectare may be available to those willing to ‘tweak’...
GRDC will offer a series of free harvester forum workshops across WA designed to help...
WA growers in fire-affected areas had access to timely cropping decision support and information at...
Pieter-Willem Hendriks left his farm in France to research weed-competitive wheat in Australia
Good preparation key to breaking fire and weather risks at harvest in season 2019