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Stay safe around grain storage
14.11.2011The fundamental approach to grain storage safety is the same as for all other farming activities. The aim is to have a safe workplace for everyone on the farm, including workers, contractors, families, visitors and the owner/managers.
Region: National, North, South, West
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Yellow Leaf Spot Fact Sheet
22.08.2011A break from wheat-on-wheat, stubble management and growing resistant varieties are important risk-reducing practices for the stubble-borne disease yellow leaf spot.
Region: National, North, South, West
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Stem Rust of Wheat
05.07.2011Resistant wheat varieties have reduced the incidence of stem rust outbreaks but ongoing vigilance is needed to prevent the pathogen mutating to overcome this resistance.
Region: National, North, South, West
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Wheat Rust: The Back Pocket Guide
30.03.2011This back pocket guide is designed to help you identify the three wheat rust diseases by their different symptoms. Simply hold a suspect leaf next to the photos to identify which rust.
Region: National, North, South, West
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Cereal Root and Crown Diseases: The Back Pocket Guide
30.03.2011This guide will help you identify the common root and crown diseases that cause damage to cereal crops across Australia. Some of the diseases can be initially identified from paddock symptoms whilst others require a more careful inspection of the
Region: North, South, West
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Wheat & Barley Leaf Symptoms: The Back Pocket Guide
30.03.2011This guide will help you identify the causes of some of the more common and important leaf damage symptoms in wheat and barley. Leaf damage can be caused by a range of diseases, herbicides and a number of nutrient and environmental stresses.
Region: National, North, South, West
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GRDC Investment Process
29.03.2011How does investment planning work? This fact sheet explains aspects of the GRDC investment process. As well as providing an overview of the process, it describes the GRDC’s use of impact assessment as a method of evaluating performance.
Region: National, North, South, West
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Queensland 2011 Wheat Varieties
29.03.2011Grains industry productivity is dependent upon the continued adoption and deployment of new technologies, including the adoption of new varieties with superior yield and disease resistance characteristics. The 2010 NVT trials faced a tough season,
Region: North
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Pulse & Canola - Frost identification: The Back Pocket Guide
24.03.2011Frost damage reduces crop yield and grain quality. Early identification of symptoms allows timely crop salvage decisions to be made. Inspect pulse and canola crops between bud formation and during pod growth if night air temperature (recorded 1.2m
Region: National, North, South, West
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Snail Identification and Control: The Back Pocket Guide
24.03.2011Grain contamination by round and conical snails poses a serious threat to grain exports. Strict grain quality standards for snail contamination are imposed at the silo. Snails also cause damage to emerging crops and can clog machinery at harvest
Region: National, North, South, West