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
Tips and tools for reducing snails at harvest
01.09.2018Grain growers in Western Australia’s southern high rainfall areas are advised to consider a range of harvest practices to help…
Region: West
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Paddock Practices
Top tips for canola agronomy
29.08.2018A GRDC investment has uncovered the importance of providing adequate nitrogen to canola crops at the right time in order…
Region: South
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Paddock Practices
New tool to help HRZ growers tackle yield gap
16.08.2018Three new fertiliser decision-making tools have been produced to help growers in the high-rainfall zone of south-eastern Australia tackle the…
Region: South
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Paddock Practices
Ongoing monitoring of RWA important in 2018
08.08.2018The presence or otherwise of a green bridge over the 2017-18 summer appears to be the main factor determining infestation…
Region: South
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Paddock Practices
Barley diseases to be wary of this season
17.07.2018Barley growers across the southern region should remain vigilant when it comes to monitoring their crops for foliar diseases this…
Region: South
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Paddock Practices
Why is winter the best time to control fleabane?
14.06.2018Controlling the weed, flaxleaf fleabane, continues to be a challenge for grain growers in Queensland and New South Wales, but…
Region: North
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Paddock Practices
Testing time for soil amendment economic tool
25.05.2018Allocating part of the budget to soil amelioration practices has significant benefits for farm businesses across the Western Australian grainbelt.…
Region: West
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Paddock Practices
Chicken litter trials revealing sandy soil constraint improvement
23.05.2018High-rate applications of chicken manure are showing positive signs of ameliorating sandy soils in trials on South Australia’s Yorke Peninsula.…
Region: South
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Paddock Practices
Integrated approach critical to wild oats management
17.05.2018Wild oats pose a significant and on-going challenge to grain growers across New South Wales and Queensland with recent surveys…
Region: North
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Tips for tackling post-emergent weeds
17.05.2018Mixing and rotating herbicides as part of an integrated weed management (IWM) plan is key to achieving effective post-emergent weed…
Region: West