GRDC Farm Business Update Loxton 2019
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Understand your decision context – is it more like chess or poker? Incorporate information from climate science into risk management and decision making. Over the past century, neutral climate drivers, like we have in 2018 have delivered a wide range of seasons. It is a mistake to assume neutral drivers result in a decile 5 season....
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Assessing the yield gap and the level of yield increase that the rainfall of a modified soil site can support, along with season specific effects, is an important step in assessing the risk of sand amelioration options. For higher cost interventions knowing the likely longevity of effect is essential. Deep soil disturbance has shown effects for up ...
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• Select a grain storage option that provides flexibility to meet market requirements. • The only silos suitable for fumigation are gas-tight (meeting AS2628-2010), pressure tested. • Hygiene and monitoring are keys to maintaining grain quality in storage. • Aeration is an effective tool worthy of consideration – best paired with an automated cont...
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• In majority of cases, on-farm storage requires multiple financial benefits to cover the costs. • The most economic form of storage will be the one that suits your system, the grain being stored and the length of time it’s stored. • Permanent on-farm storage is a 25+ year investment – it’s worth taking the time to do the numbers, consider the op...
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• Well planned and implemented precision agriculture (PA) helps capture farm profit and conversely, poorly planned and implemented PA can erode farm profit. • The recipe for profitable PA adoption will be different for each farm business. • PA information sourced from outside the farm business informs what’s possible, while information from inside ...
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