GRDC Grains Research Update – Spring Ridge

Discuss the latest farm-ready information to improve profit, with researchers, agronomists and leading growers at the Spring Ridge GRDC Grains Research Update.

Topics:

• Sustainability - what information will growers need down the track? Practical things growers can do now. Michael Clancy (Pure Grain Network)
• Managing N losses from the farming system. Graeme Schwenke (NSW DPI)
• Building a sustainable N strategy over the long-term – what are we finding from our farming systems research? Branko Duric (NSW DPI)/Andrew Erbacher (DAF Qld)
• Companion cropping - management, yield, profit & system impact. Andrew Erbacher (DAF Qld)
• Can we survive without glyphosate? Lessons from Europe, Canada & Argentina. Impacts of a looming possible ban in the EU on grain producing countries. Harm van Rees (Cropfacts)
• Over the horizon weed technology. Derek Long (USQ)
• Problem weed research. Michael Widderick (DAF Qld)
  • Updated resistance statistics
  • Weed ecology when managing awnless barnyard & feathertop Rhodes grass
  • Adding crop competition for managing glyphosate-resistant weeds
• Managing feathertop Rhodes grass in sorghum, fallow & in crop options. Richard Daniel (NGA)
• SwarmFarm Robotics & sensors for spraying - a grower's experience. Elton Petersen (Grower)
• Practical integration of non-herbicide tactics into the farming system. Discussion led by Peter McKenzie (McKenzie Ag Consulting)

Cost (in AUD$): $30pp