Flowering cuts on canola took place last week for our fully phased rotation trial with Terry Rose from Southern Cross University and Richard Bell from Murdoch University. This trial explores summer cover crops in a wheat, canola and pulse rotation with temporary intercrops during

We have had bees on the canola at the Fettell Centre in the RiskWi$e N Banking site. We are checking for aphids and only spray insecticide after dark to protect pollinators. 🐝 #RiskWise #GRDC #CSU #NitrogenDecisions #CWFS

Join us this Thursday for our CWFS Spring Field Day! 🗓 Event kicks off at 8:00 AM at the Condobolin Ag Research Station, with breakfast and trial tours to follow at The Fettell Centre. 🎟 Tickets are free, but registration is essential. You can book here 👇🏼

Join us this Thursday for our CWFS Spring Field Day! 🗓 Event kicks off at 8:00 AM at the Condobolin Ag Research Station, with breakfast and trial tours to follow at The Fettell Centre. 🎟 Tickets are free, but registration is essential. You can book here 👇🏼

Make the most of the wet weather – join us for great food, great company and the best of ag innovation in the Central West. CWFS Field Day 8:00 AM tomorrow at the Condobolin Ag Station. (Moved from the Fettell Centre). You can book your free ticket here 👇🏼

Attendees at today's CWFS Spring Field Day learning about plant diversity for drought resilience and soil health at our Terry Rose trial at Condobolin. #FutureDroughtFund #SoilCRC #SouthernCrossUni #MurdochUni This event is delivered with funding support from the Commonwealth

Rural Women’s Day Lunch Guest Speaker: Sarah Jacobson 🎤 Sarah Jacobson is a highly experienced agronomist with over 25 years of hands-on involvement in Central West New South Wales, including many years based in Condobolin and Forbes. With a strong background in research and

Fantastic day at the Tullamore and Burcher #diversefarms field walks. A great chance to see GRDC Southern NSW Farming Systems research upscaled to paddock scale. Grower discussions included lime incorporation, rhizobia, legacy nitrogen, weeds, diseases, storage and more.

CWFS 2025 Spring Field Day -  What a day! 🌾   Thanks to everyone who joined us for the CWFS Spring Field Day in Condobolin. With over 30 attendees, it was a day of trial updates, project insights and conversations with growers, researchers and industry reps from across the

The value of local data to guide better lucerne management at Condobolin 🌱 It was great to see so many engaged producers and industry at the CWFS annual spring field day. Despite the rain keeping us off the plots, discussion flowed around how lucerne responds to climate and

The Condobolin Agronomy Field Day-30th September. For those interested in Farming Systems Research, join us for some good discussions GRDC NSWDPI Farming Systems Experiment to delve into the legacy effects of the various systems (Exp't in it's 8th year). See you there!

AgXchange Conference 2025 🌱 Last week the National Farmers' Federation hosted the AgXchange conference on the Gold Coast, bringing together farmers, producers, agribusiness leaders, researchers, innovators and decision-makers from across the supply chain. Our Communications &

We are proud to share that Central West Farming Systems has been awarded Outstanding Community Organisation at the 2025 Condobolin Business Awards! 🏆 This award recognises organisations that go above and beyond to improve the social, cultural, and environmental wellbeing of

Market Check would like to extend the invitation to their member-exclusive Pre-Harvest Strategy Seminars. Founded over 30 years ago, Market Check has grown from a grassroots initiative into a nationally recognised, independent grain marketing advisory firm dedicated to supporting

And we’re sold out! 🥁 If you’ve missed out on a ticket & would like to join the waitlist please email [email protected] The National Industry-led Carbon Farming Outreach Program is delivered with funding support from the Commonwealth of Australia through the

What a fantastic day in Forbes celebrating Rural Women’s Day last week! 💐   Over 30 incredible women joined us for our CWFS Ladies Lunch & Learn, connecting, learning, and celebrating the power of rural women.   We kicked off with an insightful presentation from Pip Grant on the

Is it moisture stress, or pests and predators? 🐞 With spring staying stubbornly dry across the Central West, our CWFS team has been out at the Fettell Centre with our Lucerne Project, monitoring pest pressure, beneficial insects, and weed activity and we’re seeing plenty of

At the pointy end of the season with harvest now kicking off across the region! 🌾   Pictured is the Soil CRC trial site evaluation plant diversity for drought resilience ready for harvest. A big thanks to everyone who’s been part of another busy season of research, trials, and

Our CWFS team is underway with our 2025 harvest. Pictured is the Soil CRC trial site evaluating plant diversity for drought resilience. #FutureDroughtFund #SoilCRC #SouthernCrossUni #MurdochUni

This morning CWFS had a visit from Richard Bell (Murdoch University) inspecting our Soil CRC trial site. It was a great chance to walk the paddock together and dig deeper into the factors that shape successful summer cover crop decisions. The discussion gave us plenty to