GRDC Grains Research Update – Emerald

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

Topics: Wednesday 29 November 2023

• Farming systems research in the Northern Grains Region and implications for key decisions driving risk and profit in Central Queensland. Yield, economics and seasonal risk. Lindsay Bell (CSIRO) & Darren Aisthorpe (DAF Qld)
• Water - making the most of our greatest and most often yield limiting asset. Lindsay Bell (CSIRO) & Darren Aisthorpe (DAF Qld)
  • Fallow efficiency and the impact of cover in different rainfall situations
  • Water use efficiency in different crops and farming systems and impacts on yield
• Nitrogen cycling and management decision making in Central Queensland farming systems. David Lester (DAF Qld) & Doug Sands (DAF Qld)
  • N availability and recovery across the farming system
  • N impacts on productivity
  • Implications for management in CQ
• The role of legumes in CQ farming systems. Doug Sands (DAF Qld) & Darren Aisthorpe (DAF Qld)
  • How much N do they use and leave for subsequent crops?
  • Soil disease impacts and soil health issues in the crop sequence
  • Water use and ground cover impacts for fallow efficiency
• Panel discussion: Key farming system decision points for profit in CQ farming systems. Darren Aisthorpe (DAF Qld), David Lester (DAF Qld), Doug Sands (DAF Qld), Lindsay Bell (CSIRO), Belinda Chase (Iker Ag) & Josh Bell (JB Ag Services)
  • Managing cropping opportunities and responding to seasonal variability
  • Factors driving cropping opportunities for 2024
  • Nitrogen strategies - getting N on in a timely manner; spreading vs incorporation; use of manure
  • Factors driving N decision making for summer 2023/24.

Cost (in AUD$): $30pp