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  • Growers contemplating burning to manage high stubble loads encouraged to consider implications
    Precision Agriculture and Machinery, 16 Feb 2023
    Growers contemplating burning to manage high stubble loads encouraged to consider implications

    Significantly high cereal stubble loads leftover from a large 2022 winter crop mean that some northern growers are considering burning to help manage stubble, weeds and improve trafficability prior to the upcoming season.

  • Permanent tramlines in CTF systems need maintenance
    Precision Agriculture and Machinery, 26 Nov 2022
    Permanent tramlines in CTF systems need maintenance

    Tramlines need renovating to fill in ruts and to keep the tramlines more even with the rest of the paddock. Various machines exist to do the job. Whatever machine and method are chosen, the tramlines need to be rolled or followed on with a compression wheel to make a firm surface.

  • Crop sequencing profitability and the machinery factor
    Precision Agriculture and Machinery, 04 Oct 2022
    Crop sequencing profitability and the machinery factor

    Differences of up to $60 per hectare in machinery costs have been calculated in research that considers how farming systems interact with machinery.

  • Help track the spread of insecticide-resistant Bluegreen aphids
    Precision Agriculture and Machinery, 28 Sep 2022
    Help track the spread of insecticide-resistant Bluegreen aphids

    Grain growers and agronomists are being asked to help track the insecticide-resistance status of the damaging Bluegreen aphid (BGA) as part of a new crop protection investment.

  • New study to track complete picture of nitrogen losses
    Precision Agriculture and Machinery, 21 Sep 2022
    New study to track complete picture of nitrogen losses

    A new national research project is investigating the dynamics of nitrogen (N) cycling and losses across a range of soil and environmental conditions within the Australian grains industry.

  • Grower guide provides benchmark for machinery investment
    Learning and Development, 21 Sep 2022
    Grower guide provides benchmark for machinery investment

    Machinery purchases are big ticket items for Australian grain growers, who are often presented with differing opinions around investment options.

  • How profitable is your harvester set-up?
    Precision Agriculture and Machinery, 03 Sep 2022
    How profitable is your harvester set-up?

    Measuring harvester grain losses is the first step to putting more profit in your pocket at harvest

  • Agronomist explores disc seeding pros and cons
    Precision Agriculture and Machinery, 07 Jun 2022
    Agronomist explores disc seeding pros and cons

    At the GRDC Northern Region Update, independent agronomist Neil Durning outlined his findings on the pros and cons of disc seeding

  • Disc sowing lessons shared
    Precision Agriculture and Machinery, 05 Jun 2022
    Disc sowing lessons shared

    Roger Bolte told the GRDC Northern Region Update his reasons for transitioning and outlined the minor challenges he faced in making the switch

  • Tyne machine favoured for sticky sodic clays
    Precision Agriculture and Machinery, 02 Jun 2022
    Tyne machine favoured for sticky sodic clays

    A NSW farming family found disc seeding was not suited to their soils, highlighting the great diversity of circumstances and approaches to getting each season off to its best start

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