Research agronomist Sam Trengove says strategic tillage can be a fast & effective way to correct subsurface acidification on some soil types. See the latest results on how liming and spading can be deployed to help.

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🌱🌱 ADVISER SNAPSHOT

Insights from Pinion Advisory people development consultant Bron Stedall on shifting your perspective and dealing with strained relationships.

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Calling all grain growers, we’d love to hear from you!

Developing indicators for soil health, resilience and profitability with GRDC, but we need to hear what you think is important to measure.

Please complete/share this SCU survey:

Giacomo Betti

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Based on 2023 we estimated ~9mm in early Apr & ~5mm mid-Apr on mallee sand (no repellence etc) was enough to maintain water potentials for 50% canola emergence. These rules worked again, shame it hasn't happened in reality this time. Here's hoping we all get 5mm++ soon GRDC

Industry Leaders Pacific Seeds working closely with @southernfs with professionally managed dry matter cuts - 2024 Inverleigh #Hyola Innovation Winter Canola Trials. #Allaboutgrowereturns 👍🏻 Dan Rolls iKarl iSchilg Andrew Heinrich Tim Wilmshurst John Kirkegaard Ella McDonald Audrey Gripper GRDC

👑👑 'Grain number is king' says Prof Victor Sadras. Yield is a function of grain number & the critical period spans from late stem elongation to 10 days after flowering.

Find out how to influence yield during this time
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FAR Australia PIRSA

Great - thanks for sharing - so helpful to learn from past experiences to help growers reduce the impact of any frost.

Call out to SA growers in the Adelaide Plains anbd VIc growers in the Mallee and Wimmera - keep an eye out for mice!

Treatments going in for the new sandy soils site at Walpeup. Both paddock scale + small plot research trials. Nutrition, lime, OM, deep ripping, passive and active inclusion ripping and spading. Great to continue to work with Ag. Machinery R&D Centre - AMRDC. Kenton Porker Therese Mcbeath GRDC South

Southern Region tips - this time from 🎤 Greg Condon Grassroots Agronomy, our Southern NSW/Vic WeedSmart Ext. Agronomist!

Brown manure has largely replaced winter and long fallow, as it allows the same outcomes without the heavy reliance on glyphosate – more tips ⬇️

Peter Bird Mic Fels. Alphadisc creates soil GRDC Colin McMaster Gerard GRDC West Hi, I'm Dr Kit, pollination ecologist & postdoc at University of Southern Queensland . I've just started a project looking at #pollination in #canola . Please email me at [email protected] if you'd be interested in having us conduct our research on your property :)

🎬 GRDC VIDEO

Slugs have been a problem across the southern region. Join slug expert Dr Michael Nash whatbugsyou to discuss best management practices and the hunt for smarter slug control to help keep numbers at bay.

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Congrats Hamish! And thanks for sharing your story.

The blackleg management guide is such a helpful resource for all canola growers. The autumn 2024 edition is now out with updates provided by Marcroft Grains Pathology

We loved listening to:

✔️Nigel Hart Nige Hart
✔️Nick Carracher
✔️Dr Sheri Strydhorst Sheri Strydhorst

who spoke at the Adelaide #GRDCUpdate on the pathways to more profitable, sustainable grain production, covering research, markets & adoption

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Do you know someone who could become a great leader for GRDC? Applications are now open for GRDC Chair.

Go ahead, tap someone on the shoulder to encourage them to apply, sometimes the quiet leaders in our community need a nudge. Or maybe it's you who could step up? Apply now!

Thanks Joshua Fanning Agriculture Victoria ! Some really useful insights in this podcast for southern growers wanting to stay on top of their game in managing pulse diseases. #carbendazim #MRLs

NEW VIDEO from Bureau of Meteorology, Australia's Agri Climate Outlook service - 👀 watch the latest climate outlook for the southern region 👇👇

Agricultural Innovation Australia Ltd #AgriClimateOutlooks

🌟 LAST CHANCE🌟

Wimmera farmers, our faba bean survey closes Monday 15 Apr. There's still time to spill the beans! Join >80 other Wimmera farmers who have already completed the survey to help us understand how we can get more consistent bean yields:

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Final mixing treatment going across nutrient treatments in the mallee GRDC South long term Sandy Soil Site. We didn’t manage to break Michael Moodie new toy tractor. Thanks Stacey and Frontier Farming for footage!