GRDC Grains Research Update – Pittsworth

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

Topics:

• Amelioration strategies for dispersive soils in the northern grain’s region.  Multiyear trial results and repayment periods. Cameron Silburn (QDAF)
• GHG emissions and intensities of our farming systems – what can we learn from long-term systems experiments? Lindsay Bell (CSIRO)
• Exploring soil organic carbon in long term cultivated vertosols on the Darling Downs. Meghan Barnard (UQ, PhD candidate)
• Milk thistle & fleabane: Group 14 herbicides in Downs farming systems.  How they work, what affects performance and where do they fit? Andrew Somervaille (Jubilee Consulting)
• Manipulating sorghum agronomy to suppress summer grass weeds. Jeff Werth (QDAF)
• Ryegrass – managing and stopping seed set in northern cropping systems. Garry Onus (Nutrien Ag Solutions)
• Consultant panel on problem weeds. Andrew Somervaille (Jubilee Consulting), Garry Onus (Nutrien Ag Solutions), Jeff Werth (QDAF) & Paul McIntosh (Pulse Australia/AHRI)
• Fall armyworm impacts & thresholds in sorghum & maize - management options & guidance for 2024/25, plus consultant observations from last season. Joe Eyre (UQ) & Melina Miles (QDAF) & Ross Pomroy (Nutrien Ag Solutions)
• Mungbean harvest management - swathing, desiccation & MRL's. Jayne Gentry (QDAF)
• Mitigating mungbean risk – time of sowing, soil water and management options.Kylie Wenham (UQ)
• Mungbean panel discussion. Paul McIntosh (Pulse Australia/AHRI), Jayne Gentry (QDAF) & Kylie Wenham (UQ).

(agenda subject to change)

Registration: 8:30am for a 9am start. Finish 3:00pm. Cost: $30 pp. Morning tea, lunch and proceedings provided.

Cost (in AUD$): $30