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
Managing insecticide resistance in diamondback moth
09.06.2021DBM can rapidly evolve resistance to insecticides and reduced sensitivity to a range of chemistries is widespread in Australia.…
Region: West
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Paddock Practices
Select the right varieties when sowing early in the wet
06.04.2021Growers in the high-rainfall zone (HRZ) of south-eastern Australia planning to sow into a full moisture profile are reminded to…
Region: South
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Paddock Practices
Vigilant early weed management encouraged
19.03.2021With widespread, although variable rainfall across the Western Australian grainbelt this summer and into March, growers keen to preserve useful…
Region: West
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Paddock Practices
Vigilant early weed management encouraged
18.03.2021The early break for much of the southern region set up growers for good early weed control, which should have…
Region: South
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Paddock Practices
Caltrop can be controlled with careful management
26.11.2020Caltrop (Tribulus terrestris) is a significant and persistent summer weed in most grain growing regions of Australia. Strong vines, sharp,…
Region: South; West
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Paddock Practices
Grain protectant guide for growers ahead of storage
20.10.2020Grain storage specialists are encouraging growers who are planning to store grain on-farm this season to consider using protectants to…
Region: South
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Paddock Practices
Grain protectant guide for growers ahead of storage
14.10.2020A grain storage specialist is encouraging Queensland and New South Wales growers who are planning to store grain on-farm this…
Region: North
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Paddock Practices
Managing and retaining staff
18.09.2020Agriculture labour requirements fluctuate throughout the year and often peak at harvest, adding the extra challenge of staffing when grain…
Region: South
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Paddock Practices
Practical remedies to target challenges of deep ripped soils
18.09.2020Some growers experience poor crop establishment after sowing into deep ripped sandy soils, and press wheel design, steel drum rollers…
Region: South
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Paddock Practices
Managing and retaining staff
18.09.2020Agriculture labour requirements fluctuate throughout the year and often peak at harvest, adding the extra challenge of staffing when grain…
Region: West