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GRDC Decisions with frosted and stressed crops online 4 October 2024
Several growing regions have experienced challenging growing conditions this year and many crops have been frosted or moisture starved and are showing the signs. Do nothing or do something? What are the triggers, options and risks. Leading advisers will provide their guidance and rules of thumb. This livestream will help assess the options and the…
SA Livestock Advisor update
13 November 2024, Marion Hotel Adelaide Our event brings together Livestock advisors, consultants and key stakeholders in the agriculture industry to discuss the latest technical information and innovations for professional development. 2024 SA Livestock Advisor Update (humanitix.com) A sneak peak of speakers: Mark Ferguson, neXtgen Agri – The latest in sheep and beef breeding and…
GRDC Harvester Clinic roadshow sweeps the EP
There’s no denying combine harvesters are serious business. As new header prices inch towards the $2 million mark (don’t forget to add the front!), it’s just as well accountants don’t mind aggressively depreciating farm assets to make the numbers work harder. Machinery prices have been a hot topic of conversation for farming businesses since the…
Frost information session at Lock
About 60 people attended the ‘pop-up’ event held at Lock on Wednesday 24 September, to discuss possible options for frosted crops, hosted by Andrew Ware of EPAG Research. Above: Frost trial site at Tooligie, 23 September 2024. Andrew presented some of the temperature data collected at the GRDC funded frost trial site near Hincks Conservation…
Disc seeder survey
Have you operated in the last 5 years a DISC SEEDER (including hybrid disc/blade seeder)? If YES, we would greatly appreciate YOUR contributions to a technical review of your field experiences with the seeder and any identified research gaps, to assist our machinery-focussed research optimise the field performance of hybrid disc/blade seeders in high residue…
RDAEP seeking regional leaders for Board
Regional Development Australia Eyre Peninsula (RDAEP) is currently seeking skills-based regional leaders with vision, drive and business experience to join the RDA Board from across the Eyre Peninsula. RDAEP is an Australian Government initiative, with a national network of 50 Committees (independent and autonomous incorporated associations) that bring together all levels of government, business, industry,…
FREE Brome grass seed testing
Do you have suspected brome grass herbicide resistance or dormancy? Through the project ‘Effective control of brome grass in the southern and western cropping zones – UOA2303-006RTX’, funded by GRDC and led by the University of Adelaide, we can provide up to 20 samples of brome grass from EP paddocks and send for free herbicide resistance…
The 2024 season in pictures part 4
We continue to collect images from the 2024 season, if you have some images that show something unusual (good, bad or ugly) for 2024, please keep sending them in. They can be anonymous if you prefer. Here’s an update on the GRDC Legume extension project trial at Long’s farm, near Marble Range. This site had 120…
Sponsorship helps EP women Step into Leadership
A program that’s helping Eyre Peninsula women develop the skills to step into leadership roles has been given a boost through the sponsorship of a local agriculture organisation. Ag Innovation and Research Eyre Peninsula (AIR EP) has sponsored the 2024 Stepping into Leadership Program, run annually by Women Together Learning (WoTL), a non-profit organisation that…
GRDC online – Decisions with frosted and stressed crops
GRDC Grains Research Update, online – Decisions with frosted and stressed crops Date: Friday 4 October 2024 Time: 1:00pm–2:00pm (AEST) Venue: Online Cost: Free Decisions with frosted and stressed crops Several growing regions have experienced challenging growing conditions this year and many crops have been frosted or moisture starved and are showing the signs. Do…