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  • Grower groups encourage widespread uptake of WAND system to prevent spray drift
    Industry Insights, 10 Feb 2023
    Grower groups encourage widespread uptake of WAND system to prevent spray drift

    WAND is a $5.5 million investment being rolled out by the GRDC, the CRDC and Goanna Ag to develop a spray drift hazardous weather warning system.

  • Grower issues to the fore at GRDC summer forums
    Industry Insights, 10 Feb 2023
    Grower issues to the fore at GRDC summer forums

    The GRDC National Grower Network provides an opportunity to work with GRDC staff and panel members to prioritise local research, development and extension issues.

  • Professor digs in to director role
    Industry Insights, 23 Jan 2023
    Professor digs in to director role

    Professor Ken Flower starts his role as the new Director of the AHRI this week at The University of Western Australia’s School of Agriculture and Environment.

  • Seed-sational greetings from GroundCover
    Industry Insights, 23 Dec 2022
    Seed-sational greetings from GroundCover

    The GroundCover team wishes everybody a happy and festive seasonal break, and a prosperous year ahead.

  • Drying seedbeds provide opportunity to address low nitrogen levels in the north
    Industry Insights, 09 Dec 2022
    Drying seedbeds provide opportunity to address low nitrogen levels in the north

    While moisture profiles are strong across the region, NSW Department of Primary Industries Research Agronomist, Loretta Serafin, says it’s easy to forget how quickly the seed bed can dry out in warm, windy conditions and growers could be opting to wait for another rain event to plant.

  • Late sown cereals stand up to waterlogging
    Industry Insights, 10 Nov 2022
    Late sown cereals stand up to waterlogging

    Trials sown in Munglinup, Needilup, Green Range and Condingup with times of sowing as late as September 29 this year are producing promising early results, according to researchers and agronomists who attended field walks this spring.

  • Tasmanian grower earns top gong in agronomy awards
    Industry Insights, 03 Nov 2022
    Tasmanian grower earns top gong in agronomy awards

    A Tasmanian wheat crop has ranked first in GRDC’s 2021 Hyper Yielding Crops awards.

  • Premium Chinese products a target for wheat industry
    Industry Insights, 31 Oct 2022
    Premium Chinese products a target for wheat industry

    China is an important wheat market for Australia and research has proven that premium Chinese noodles, dumplings and steamed buns are improved by the addition of high-quality Australian wheat.

  • Improving productivity on South Australia’s ironstone gravel soils
    Industry Insights, 14 Oct 2022
    Improving productivity on South Australia’s ironstone gravel soils

    Occurring on 2 million hectares of agricultural land across South Australia and Western Australia, ironstone gravels have limited capacity to hold moisture and nutrients that prevents them being as productive as they could be.

  • Growers must be proactive to manage increased stripe rust pressure
    Industry Insights, 10 Oct 2022
    Growers must be proactive to manage increased stripe rust pressure

    Predictions of a high-pressure stripe rust season have well and truly come to fruition, with inoculum extremely high across the Eastern Australian wheat belt. Growers have been urged to focus on being proactive with management, especially prior to flowering, to preserve yield and avoid risking withholding periods at harvest from delayed foliar fungicide applications.

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