GRDC Grains Research Update Moama 2019
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• A lack of community trust in some farm practices is leading to the potential for disruptive change. • Dispassionate facts are not competitive in many social licence debates. • The grains industry must learn how to communicate what it does in a way that the community will relate to....
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• Like El Nino and La Nina, the Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) is a major contributor to climate variability in south east (SE) Australia. • The IOD is a coupled phenomenon where the ocean and the atmosphere feed off each other’s behaviours. • The IOD strongly effects the north west (NW) cloud band activity feeding in from over Broome. • Positive IOD (+...
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• Predicting markets is impossible. The best we can do is consider a range of scenarios and plan for those most relevant to our own business. • Eastern Australia operated in a ‘Relocation Market’ for grains through 2018/19 and given season conditions to date (especially in northern NSW and southern Queensland), this looks set to continue into 2020....
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• When making decisions on spring irrigations, water price (temporary as well as any allocation / carryover), grain price and crop potential are the key factors to consider. • Gross margin tools can be used to determine the minimum yield required to give a return on water invested and to estimate financial returns to assist in decision making such...
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• Pre-emergent herbicides are an important part of weed management due to resistance in grass weeds to post-emergent herbicides. • Pre-emergent herbicides are more difficult to get right with moisture conditions and soil type being important factors to consider. • Pre-emergent herbicides are more challenging to use with disc seeding systems and som...
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• The irrigated areas of inland south east Australia are getting warmer and drier. This trend will continue which will present some challenges and opportunities. • Significant shifts in water management, crops and practices have occurred and will continue as water availability will vary and its value increase. • Irrigators have work to do to secure...
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