GRDC Grains Research Update Bendigo 2018
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On-farm, automated technologies tend to have a faster adoption rate and quicker financial payback than data intensive counterparts in precision. Data intensive technologies have great opportunity for improved profitability, if those data are used to their fullest extent. One of the most profitable uses of precision agriculture (PA) and farm data is...
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Science communication is effective when it helps to create positive and evidence-based change in peoples’ lives; for grain growers, that means they have the ability to make decisions that increase their profitability and sustainability. Science communicators are most effective at creating positive change when they listen to and understand the needs...
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Match canola varietal phenology with sowing date so that flowering starts at the optimum time for your environment. Hybrid canola varieties respond better than open-pollinated triazine tolerant (OP TT) varieties to high rates (above 100kg/ha) of nitrogen (N) provided flowering date is close to the optimum start of flowering (OSF) date. Moderate rat...
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Half of the weather models surveyed had drier predictions for autumn throughout Victoria (VIC). During 2017, models performed satisfactorily at predicting the weather, despite the early El Niño prediction being wrong. Modern computer climate models look at much more than just El Niño and La Niña when making their predictions....
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The final yields and gross margins in 2017 of wheat and barley were strongly influenced by key weather events. • Delayed sowing of wheat by nearly three weeks at one site significantly improved establishment and average yields by 1.5t/ha by avoiding a 56mm rainfall event a day after sowing. • Minimum temperatures at Westmere on four consecutive day...
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