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Optimising seed-saving strategies starts at harvest
13.12.2022Fungal diseases have hit grain crops across southern Australia hard this season, so growers need to plan their harvest to help them retain high-quality seed suitable for sowing next season.
Region: South
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New crop guide helps growers pick winners in South Australia
14.11.2022GRDC has released the 2023 South Australian Crop Sowing Guide to help South Australian grain growers determine the best crop variety for their situation.
Region: South
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New guide makes crop variety choices easy for Victorian, Tasmanian…
14.11.2022For the first time, results from the National Variety Trials in Tasmania – such as this trial at Hagley, Tasmania – have been published as part of the 2023 Victorian and Tasmanian Crop Sowing Guide.
Region: South
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Warning issued for growers harvesting wet paddocks
07.11.2022Exceptional rainfall across southern and eastern Australia means many growers will be faced with harvesting crops in very wet conditions.
Region: South
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Keeping crops a head above water
17.10.2022With wet conditions saturating large areas of crop production land across Victoria and Tasmania, a GRDC project is identifying ways to maximise crop performance when waterlogging occurs.
Region: South
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Improving productivity on South Australia’s ironstone gravel soils
14.10.2022Occurring 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.
Region: South
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Grower input to guide GRDC investments
15.09.2022Key topics identified included the difficulties of nitrogen application decision-making, especially with the current high cost of urea, management of early stripe rust infections, and the desire for smarter weed management strategies that minimise
Region: South
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Victoria the focus of GRDC Southern Panel tour
02.09.2022The Southern Panel together with GRDC staff will tour rural Victoria to connect with growers, researchers and industry.
Region: South
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Wild radish seed targeted for destruction
01.09.2022Growers are planning their weed management activity to control one of the most problematic and competitive broadleaf weeds – wild radish – and its seed is on the hit list.
Region: South
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Masterclasses to rip through sandy soil limits
08.08.2022Grain growers from across South Australia and western Victoria are set to tap into the higher grain production potential of their sandy soils through masterclasses in August and September.
Region: South