Category: Agronomy

Nitrogen fertiliser is a key determinant of grain yield and the ability of cereal crops to achieve yield potential in Tasmania. In this article, senior…

Agronomy, Cropping

In Australia spot form net blotch (SFNB) is the most common foliar disease of barley. In a season where rainfall is sufficient to grow a…

Agronomy

• disease control

Russian Wheat Aphid (RWA) is a common pest with a growing presence across Australia’s key cropping regions. After detection in South Australia’s mid-north in 2016,…

Agronomy, Cropping

• pest control

Are you interested in grass and broadleaf weed control? Elders and our suppliers are running trial sites across Western Australia so that growers can assess…

Agronomy, Cropping

• Western Australia

The red soils on Russell and Tyson Moloney’s Oaklands farm need up to four times more lime than his black soils and now new technology…

Agronomy, Tech Services

• AgIntel

Gone are the days of oat being considered the poorer cousin of wheat and barley. Increased values and yields are proving that the grain is…

Agronomy, Cropping

• crop health
• oats

Herbicide resistance development in problem weed species is an ongoing problem facing growers, advisors and the grains industry as a whole. Every year the annual…

Agronomy, Cropping

• Weed control

When identifying lucerne cultivars for true grazing tolerance, PGG Wrightson national product development manager Isaac Berry recommends Stamina GT varieties that persist under set-stocked grazing…

Agronomy, Seasons

• Seed

S&W’s global lucerne-breeding program is heavily focused on producing high forage and seed yielding varieties, with high resistance across the pest and disease profiles. The…

Agronomy

• Seed

The right choice of legume can add a vital extra 20 to 30kg liveweight gain a year to store cattle, making the difference between achieving…

Agronomy, Tech Services

One of the biggest issues facing livestock producers is keeping stock fed during the winter feed gap. Pasture depletion during cooler weather and cold soil…

Agronomy, Cropping, Seasons

• Fertiliser

Conditions for slug activity and breeding throughout the south of Australia have been ideal, thanks to good rainfall since last spring. One of the most…

Agronomy, Cropping