Ranked #1
Boosting Underperforming Sandy Soils
Boosting Underperforming Sandy Soils
Sandy soils account for five million hectares of Australia’s southern grain growing region. Crop water use and productiv... Read more
18 Sep 2019
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11mins
Ranked #2
Lime And Managing Soil Health
Lime And Managing Soil Health
Liming to maintain good soil pH levels and avoiding yield losses is just as important as applying fertiliser for maximis... Read more
11 Sep 2019
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12mins
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Ranked #3
Irrigated Cropping Council Survey - Do the numbers before turning on the tap
Irrigated Cropping Council Survey - Do the numbers before turning on the tap
With water such a valuable commodity nowadays, it’s little wonder that irrigators ask themselves whether they are better... Read more
21 Aug 2019
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10mins
Ranked #4
Detecting & Managing Blackleg In WA Canola Crops
Detecting & Managing Blackleg In WA Canola Crops
Blackleg is a common yet economically serious canola disease in Western Australia (WA). While it has the potential to ca... Read more
21 Aug 2019
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7mins
Ranked #5
Identifying Frost Damage
Identifying Frost Damage
Valuable frost research is equipping grain growers with practical information on how to identify frost damage in cereal ... Read more
22 Aug 2019
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5mins
Ranked #6
Canopy infection by Blackleg – a new evolution
Canopy infection by Blackleg – a new evolution
Farmers in blackleg prone areas of Australia are generally competent in managing the disease in their canola crops.That ... Read more
28 Aug 2019
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10mins
Ranked #7
Sowing Summer Legumes
Sowing Summer Legumes
The GRDC is leading a $16 million project focused boosting the resilience of mixed farms via successful incorporation of... Read more
25 Sep 2019
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12mins
Ranked #8
Managing Cabbage Aphid In WA
Managing Cabbage Aphid In WA
A common pest for canola growers to monitor each Spring is the Cabbage Aphid. DPRID research officer Dusty Severtson des... Read more
4 Sep 2019
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9mins
Ranked #9
Matching Nitrogen to Crop Needs
Matching Nitrogen to Crop Needs
Nitrogen fertiliser is arguably a farmer’s biggest variable cost, year on year. Providing the correct amount of nitrogen... Read more
28 Aug 2019
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8mins
Ranked #10
Snails slow to take bait in warmer months
Snails slow to take bait in warmer months
Snails may be slow to move, but they are quick to survive baits during late Spring and Summer. This surprising developme... Read more
4 Sep 2019
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11mins
Ranked #11
Nitrogen management in wheat
Nitrogen management in wheat
Research undertaken by the Northern Grower Alliance has cast new light on the timing and method of nitrogen application.... Read more
11 Sep 2019
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8mins
Ranked #12
Trust Me – I’m a Farmer
Trust Me – I’m a Farmer
A leading science communicator says rather than educating the general public about farming, farmers should ensure that u... Read more
18 Sep 2019
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10mins
Ranked #13
Bait, Bash Or Burn – Latest Advice On Snail Control
Bait, Bash Or Burn – Latest Advice On Snail Control
Snails are one of those pests that can’t be controlled by any one tool – but a significant amount of research is happeni... Read more
8 Apr 2020
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15mins
Ranked #14
Fall Armyworm
Fall Armyworm
Fall Armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda was detected in Australia for the first time in January 2020 and a warning was issu... Read more
18 Mar 2020
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14mins
Ranked #15
Making barley grass barely a problem
Making barley grass barely a problem
Barley grass in the southern cropping region is becoming more prominent as a problem weed for croppers – as herbicide re... Read more
22 Jan 2020
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10mins
Ranked #16
Counting Nematodes
Counting Nematodes
They may be tiny but the damage they can potentially do is far from small. Root Lesion Nematodes are well known as a pro... Read more
8 Jan 2020
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7mins
Ranked #17
Who’s the Boss – making canola crops more weed competitive
Who’s the Boss – making canola crops more weed competitive
Trials in Western Australia are showing how well canola can out compete ryegrass if some simple management changes are m... Read more
31 Dec 2019
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12mins
Ranked #18
Introducing pulses to acid soils
Introducing pulses to acid soils
Growers with acid soils know full well the risks involved in growing pulses. While new acid tolerant rhizobia are on the... Read more
24 Dec 2019
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9mins
Ranked #19
Strategic Nitrogen
Strategic Nitrogen
A leading soil scientist has argued for a more strategic approach to nitrogen application. One way of doing that is by i... Read more
18 Dec 2019
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9mins