2018 Annual report – Western region Regional Cropping Solutions Network
Published: 1 Dec 2018
This report outlines some of the local research, development and extension (RD&E) priorities identified by the grain grower, adviser and researcher members of the GRDC Regional Cropping Solutions Networks (RCSNs) that operate across the western grain-growing region of Australia.
In this report
- Foreword
- Executive summary
- About the RCSN - feeding into the investment cycle
- Coordination and facilitation of western region RCSN groups
- RCSN operations
- Priority issues identified by the RCSN groups for the western region in 2018
Across all the RCSN port zones, priorities identified by members in 2018 for RD&E include:
- Soil constraints (lime incorporation, deep-ripping, post-amelioration management);
- Very early crop establishment (emergence, heat/frost impact, weeds);
- Disease, pest and nematode control and management (varieties, fungicide/insecticide use, row spacing, plant density);
- Technology in agriculture (costs, replacement, engineering options);
- Summer weed control;
- Weed control and glyphosate resistance management;
- Crop nutrition (micro and macronutrients);
- Crop sequencing;
- Frost and heat stress-risk mitigation and management;
- Drainage options for water/erosion management;
- Business models and decision-support tools; and
- Stubble/residue management.
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Region: West
ISBN: 978-1-921779-80-0 (print)
ISBN: 978-1-921779-79-4 (Online)
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