GRDC Grains Research Update Cleve 2019
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• Highest yields for winter wheats come from early to late April establishment. • Highest yields of winter wheats sown early are similar to Scepter sown in its optimal window. • Slower developing spring varieties are not suited to pre-April 20 sowing. • Different winter wheats are required for different environments. • Flowering time cannot be ma...
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• Try to add as many ‘one percenters’ into your farming system as possible to reduce annual ryegrass setting seed into your soil weed seed bank. • Implement both sowing and harvesting integrated weed management (IWM) strategies. • There is a fit for east-west (E/W) sowing, but the yield response is greater for wheat compared to barley. • At sowing,...
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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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• 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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Lentil production from sowing to harvest is largely driven by paddock history and variety selection. • Understanding the agronomic characteristics of lentil varieties will influence the subsequent management of weeds, disease, the opportunity to spray top, and harvest timing....
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