Picking in full swing with winter crop being planted close behind. Need to be actively managing the glyphosate resistant ryegrass population beneath the canopy to keep numbers down in subsequent rotations.

How many do you do? What is the sweet spot? As canola is emerging across the district we are out checking stands to work out replanting and management strategies. Luckily with a generally good start we are seeing some healthy stand number.

The seasons of change. A week ago we were handpicking samples out of a cotton trial, this week it’s picked, mulched and disced ready to sow barley in front of the next rain end of this week.

Do you see what I see 👁️?

Capitalising on stored soil moisture most Dryland farmers sow on! The difference between worked and sprayed fallow management very obvious now with stubble holding good moisture while worked paddocks drying out. This barely emerging in just 4 days.

Picking Underway!! We have seen a flurry of activity over the weekend with the green lie detectors rolling in. If early yield indications are anything to go by we should see some stellar results! Looking forward to tracking varieties, farm setups & mngmt decisions to review

Field preparation underway for seed canola. This field grew 🌽 over summer then was harvested, mulched & burnt. Fertiliser has been drilled into the hills and the cultipacker is now running to reform the hills and improve the soil tilth. This field will be planted in 4 weeks time

Winter crop away! Good rains has seen Dryland crops in and up over the last couple of weeks. These oats powering out of the ground in just 5 days along with the lucerne sown with it.

Last effective flower tagged 14/2/24 and one position above fully mature.
By the end of the week majority of fields will have had 1st pass defoliation done and into 2nd passes. Looking forward to see some April picked cotton this year in the Southern Valleys.

Hills are taking shape for next cotton season across the Murrumbidgee valley. This field will be gased this month then sit fallow until planting in October.
Improving our ground prep and getting hills up prior to picking has been a key focus of the Summit Ag team ✅ 🌱 🌱 🌱

Pre irrigation has been underway over the past two weeks on fallow winter crop ground prior to planting. Pre irrigation allows us to take advantage of cheap surface water & fill the profile prior to planting. It will also promote a weed germination that can be controlled. 💧 🌾

Cotton defoliation well under way. Incredible conditions have seen a number of, especially northern crops, 2 passes completed and likely that’s all they’ll get. We can’t wait to see a picker in the next couple weeks!

Last week we were lucky enough to host a ripper field day at Benerenbah looking at Mepiquat Chloride applications and timings with CSIRO . We’ve had some great feedback including some of the best grower discussion we’ve seen in ages. We can’t wait to finalise these results.

Guess who's back...
Hand lenses are out, we have seen a big influx of Whitefly numbers over the last few weeks, with warm weather they are building up quickly, the question is will the beneficial build up quick enough this late in the game?

Last week saw the harvest of some Barenbrug Australia seed Sorghum at Carrathool with some cracking results! 🙂

Last week saw the harvest of some Barenbrug Australia seed Sorghum at Carrathool with some cracking results! 🙂

One week to go
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Cotton Australia
Southern Valleys Cotton Growers Association
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CSIRO

Warmer than average temperatures for March driving boll size through the center and top of the canopy. How good is it!
Carrathool library, NSW

a-MAIZE-ing

We have some great on-the-ground research this year looking at Mepiquat application rates and timings! Find out how hard you can go with Hayden Petty and CSIRO 's Katie Broughton - details below
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CRDC
ADAMA Australia