Dryland Farming
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Famers hit the pours button
THE rain appears to have stopped – for now. So has the harvest. Some growers have already lost a week or more, others are just…
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Laughter and learning keys to Cameron’s success
CAMERON Warne has a wide grin on his face as he leans on his ute door, looking out across the windrowed canola on his farm…
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Rotate weapons to beat cereal killers
WITH harvest underway – or just around the corner – graingrowers in northwest Victoria and the Mallee need to be aware of the greater choice…
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Harvest looking good if rain stays away
JUST a few millimetres of rain were enough to cost grain grower Brett Hosking a day of his canola harvest – in the first paddock.…
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Aligning chemical regulation with international grain markets
GRAINGROWERS Limited says if you ever want to see the chaos caused by the smallest of numbers, consider the impact of maximum residue limits (MRL)…
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Canola focused field day
Broadacre farmers and agronomists will have a ringside seat as the latest in canola varieties, trial results, disease management tactics and farming systems insights are…
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Corn silage provides cost-effective fodder
After the drought that stretched across the NSW Northern Tablelands in 2018–2019, many producers went on the hunt for cost-effective ways to replenish and improve…
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Grain growers urged to keep it tight
WITH more growers opting to store grain for extended periods, growers are reminded of the benefits of gas-tight sealable storage in controlling and preventing insect…
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Record run ends as winter crop tipped to fall
Australian winter crop production is forecast to fall from record highs due to below average rainfall for winter and spring. ABARES executive director Dr Jared…
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Wimmera-Mallee cropping land now second on national value list
The Wimmera-Mallee cropping region is just one of two (the other is eastern Western Australia) to hold its spot in Australia’s top five cropping regions…
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Sowing trials spread wide
BIRCHIP Cropping Group’s main research site this year will be at Kinnabulla, 25km north-west of Birchip, on the Kinnabulla West Road. On the property of…
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EU herbicide change hits export canola
NORTH-west Victorian canola growers and farm advisers are being notified the European Union will reduce the maximum residue limit (MRL) for the herbicide haloxyfop.To meet…