GRDC Grains Research Update for Advisers (Adelaide, SA) 2014
GRDC Grains Research Update for Advisers (Adelaide, SA) 2014
Published: 25 Feb 2014

The Update Proceedings Booklet from the South Australia session of the GRDC Grains Research Update for Advisers, held in Adelaide on 25-26 February 2014. The theme for this Update was Share knowledge - accelerate adoption. The full proceedings booklet can be downloaded from the download box on this page.
Proceedings Contents
Day 1
Theme: Share knowledge – accelerate adoption
Strategies and tactics to extend whole farm water use efficiency – sow on time or early, James Hunt, CSIRO
Retaining and developing pesticide options for you and your clients, Ken Young, GRDC
Maintaining market access – keeping it clean, Tony Russell, GIMAF
Concurrent Sessions
Getting the best from barley – agronomy and management, Kenton Porker, SARDI
To windrow or not to windrow in 2014? This is the question, but if so, when? Maurie Street, Grain Orana Alliance
Exploring herbicide tolerance in lentils, Chris Davey, YP AG
Pulse varieties and agronomy update, Michael Lines, SARDI
Diseases in pulse crops during 2013, Jenny Davidson, SARDI
Plant growth regulators in broad acre crops, Tina Acuna, TIA
Feeding the dragon – modernisation of China’s food industry and what it means to the Australian grains industry? Stephen Radeski, ANZ
Blackleg pod infection, resistance group monitoring and sclerotinia, Steve Marcroft, Marcroft Grains Pathology
Maintaining flexibility and options with pre-emergents, Chris Preston, University of Adelaide
Slug management practices – what is working? Jon Midwood, SFS
Maximising the nitrogen benefits of rhizobial inoculation, Maarten Ryder, University of Adelaide
Is social media working for you? Prudence Cook, DEPI, Vic
Putting social media and new information communication to work, Emma Leonard, AgriKnowHow
New canola varieties for 2014, Trent Potter, Yeruga Crop Research
Testing retained sowing seed of hybrid canola over a range of rainfall zones, Trent Potter, Yeruga Crop Research
Final Session
Students at work
Evolution of herbicide resistance in Barley grass (Hordeum glaucum Steud.) populations across cropping systems of South Australia, Lovreet Shergill, University of Adelaide
The competitive position of Australian grains in SE Asian markets – five years after deregulation, Soon-Bin Neoh, Soon Soon Group of Companies
Day 2
Concurrent Sessions
Barley variety update 2014, Jason Eglinton, University of AdelaideDo we need to revisit potassium? Rob Norton, IPNI
Cereal disease update – South Australia 2014, Hugh Wallwork, SARDI
Wheat variety research update for 2014, Rob Wheeler, SARDI
Controlling herbicide resistant radish with herbicides in the Northern Agricultural Region (NAR) of WA with a two spray strategy, Grant Thompson, Crop Circle Consulting
To guess, to probe or to model soil water – an agronomist’s dilemma, Harm van Rees, Cropfacts P/L
Biopesticides – fresh hope for the future, Gavin Ash, Charles Sturt University
Opportunities with liquid systems, Peter Burgess, Liquid Systems (SA)
Rhizoctonia control improved by liquid banding of fungicides, Alan McKay, SARDI
Seamless prediction – environmental intelligence for today, this week, next month, next season, Darren Ray, Bureau of Meteorology
Increasing agricultural production by alleviating soil constraints in South Australia, Dave Davenport, Rural Solutions SA
Soil amelioration, Roger Groocock, Groocock Soil Improvement
Refining snail chemical control, Greg Baker, SARDI
Final Session
Robotics and intelligent systems for large scale agriculture, Robert Fitch, University of SydneyAre you happy? Identify the why in you, Dennis Hoiberg, Lessons Learnt Consulting
Further Information
ICAN workshop information – insect pest management
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