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Hyper Yielding Cereals Project
Episode 72
Grain growers in Tasmania could be averaging cereal yields of 7 tonnes per hectare. The top 10 percent of those growers could be doing double that to…
7 years, 3 months ago
Aphids in wheat
Episode 71
Researchers at the Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries are testing the law of unintended consequences – in this case whether wheat var…
7 years, 3 months ago
Hyper Yielding Cereals - WA Study Tour
Episode 69
After identifying a need to lift cereal yields to take advantage of the extensive soil amelioration work that’s been happening in Western Australia a…
7 years, 4 months ago
Grazing cereals reap big benefits
Episode 70
For many central western NSW grain growers in 2018, the decision to graze their cereal crops reaped big rewards. But it’s not as simple as letting a …
7 years, 4 months ago
Tips On Monitoring For Insects In Early Season Canola
Episode 67
Monitoring a crop is an integral part of a growers integrated pest management (IPM) strategy. Not only does it reveal if any damage is occurring, it …
7 years, 4 months ago
Birchip Cropping Group Seeder Demo Day
Episode 68
The Birchip Cropping Group (BCG) seeder demonstration day was held in April 2019 to compare six commercially-available conventional seeders and preci…
7 years, 4 months ago
Closing The HRZ Yield Gap
Episode 66
Grain yields in the high-rainfall zone (HRZ) have always posed a paradox, remaining far lower than modelling had predicted. However, that is now chan…
7 years, 4 months ago
Crown rotten luck
Episode 65
It’s actually not about luck. Controlling Crown Rot is about good management. On this podcast, senior plant pathologist, Andrew Milgate, from the NSW…
7 years, 5 months ago
Value of field days to grain growers
Episode 64
Hagley in northern Tasmania is the site of an extensive trial dedicated to helping the state’s grain growers to achieve higher yields of quality feed…
7 years, 5 months ago
Emerging management tips for early sown winter wheats
Episode 63
Winter wheat varieties allow wheat growers in the Southern Region to sow much earlier than currently practised, meaning a greater proportion of farm …
7 years, 5 months ago