Friday, November 22, 2024
"Trials are designed to encourage facilitated discussions and peer-to-peer learning regarding critical disease management decisions with an aim of showcasing diverse management strategies for disease complexes and identify optimal economic strategies that suits different crops grown in the Mallee, says Birchip Cropping Group research senior manager Dr Yolanda Plowman.
In many ways, our growers should not be relying so heavily on spraying providing all the solutions. For example, if you have signs of disease at the tillering stage, it is something of a Catch-22: you need to do the maths to see if the cost of another spray at this stage justifies the outcome.
IF you think farmers have to make some tough decisions about which crops are going into their paddocks a...
