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A guide to farm labour
04.12.2015Finding and retaining quality, skilled farm labour is an ongoing challenge for farming families across regional Australia. The fluctuating demand for labour on-farm can make it difficult to source and secure labour when required or to find enough
Region: National
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Factsheet
Farm advisory boards
01.12.2015Advisory boards can strengthen accountability to lift productivity and profitability without compromising traditional farm ownership autonomy. They can also reduce stress upon individual growers and their immediate families by sharing and
Region: National, North, South, West
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Annual Report Regional Cropping Solutions Networks Western Region…
23.10.2015This 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) operating across the western
Region: West
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GRDC Farm Practices Survey 2015
21.10.2015This report outlines the adoption of key management practices used in Australian grain-growing regions.
Region: National
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Update Paper
Effective farm business management - the challenges and…
15.10.2015• Despite increasing scale by a factor of two, costs have still increased by 50% over the last ten years. Some of this may be attributable to increased use of inputs like fertilisers; nevertheless escalating costs pose a challenge to profitability.
Region: South
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Update Paper
Trust, influence, relationships and challenging conversations
15.10.2015• Effective communication enables productivity, makes life more enjoyable and is an essential ingredient of cooperation.• We have an innate capability to copy the behaviour of others. Choose to be around, and to copy, people whose behaviour you
Region: South, North
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Narrow Windrow Burning in Southern NSW The Good the Bad the Ugly
13.10.2015Is Narrow Windrow Burning the answer to harvest weed seed management in southern NSW? Growers have shown that it def’initely works (although heavy cereal stubbles are risky) and apart from labour costsit’s inexpensive. However... time
Region: North
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Factsheet
Using profit to manage volatile business performance
01.10.2015Building financial reserves and equity in good years, to provide buffering against the impacts of low income years, are keys to financial success in today's high cost farming systems.
Region: South
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Factsheet
Managing variation in spraying speed
01.10.2015Options for Managing Variations in Spraying Speed and Maintaining Spray Quality
Region: North, South, West
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Rust diseases of grain crops - biosecurity brochure
29.09.2015This brochure includes information on rust symptoms, how rusts move, the biosecurity risks and measures you can take when overseas or hosting overseas visitors in Australia to prevent the spread of rusts.
Region: National