Paddock Practices
Paddock Practices
Our Paddock Practices series provides in-depth research, development and extension (RD&E) information about topical and timely grain growing issues to inform on-farm decision making, targeted at national, regional and sub-regional levels.
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Paddock Practices
Updated guide helps reduce risk of pre-emergent herbicide carryover
12.02.2024Pre-emergent residual herbicides are an important weed management tool in Australian cropping systems, as they can be used to control…
Region: West
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Paddock Practices
Pest control with precision – the Beneficials Chemical Toxicity Table, a decision-support tool
24.01.2024Insecticides are a crucial tool, yet there is an increasing dialogue about the significance of beneficial insects, which play a…
Region: National
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Paddock Practices
Variety selection key to controlling SFNB in low-rainfall barley
30.11.2023Selecting the right variety can significantly reduce the impact of spot form net blotch (SFNB) and optimise economic returns in…
Region: West
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Paddock Practices
Important notice of immediate changes for canola treated with haloxyfop
27.04.2023Australian canola growers and farm advisors are notified that the European Union (EU) has announced it intends to reduce the…
Region: National
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Paddock Practices
Everything you wish you knew about farm safety in WA
26.04.2023Agriculture is a high-risk working environment. It has a unique combination of workplace hazards, which include plant (such as tractors,…
Region: West
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Paddock Practices
Variety selections for fungal disease management in 2023
06.12.2022A high incidence of fungal disease in Western Australia’s Albany and Esperance Port Zones during the 2022 season has led…
Region: West
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Paddock Practices
Managing canola harvest to minimise rain risk
27.10.2022Canola growers across the country are being urged to consider their harvesting options and maintain a degree of flexibility.…
Region: North; South
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Paddock Practices
Managing diamondback moth
06.09.2022Diamondback moth numbers have been found above economic threshold – damaging canola in some eastern and northern grainbelt areas of…
Region: West
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Paddock Practices
WA growers urged to monitor amid reports of mouse damage to crops
06.07.2022Growers across the WA grain belt are encouraged to actively and frequently monitor for mouse activity, with the recent detection…
Region: West
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Paddock Practices
Dry sowing and pre-emergent herbicides
21.03.2022Obtaining consistent performance from a pre-emergent herbicide used with dry sowing is often difficult, as it is impossible to predict…
Region: National