✨✨✨Are you still sowing or waiting for more rain? All our fingers and toes are crossed for more rain in eastern Australia. How did WA go for rain in the past couple of days? All at Coretext are hoping everybody records the rain they need to grow high yielding crops.

Can't wait to learn about the latest in biosecurity research when Plant Biosecurity Research Initiative symposium convenes in Cairns next Wednesday and Thursday. Fantastic line-up of speakers and events! #grains #biosecurity #GroundCover

A useful article here on open pollinated canola establishment. Comments and research from Colin McMaster GRDC GRDC North
GroundCover:groundcover.grdc.com.au/crops/oilseeds…

Always a great opportunity for Ground Cover writers to find out what's really happening for growers around the country.

Ryegrass poking up after 90mm of rain. Time for a double knock.

Coretext is delighted to partner with FarmLink Research in delivering excellence in communications by writing an article or case study for each edition of the membership magazine The Link. Coretext’s Nicole Baxter wrote this edition’s case study on Michael Baldry from Beggan…

This survey is worth filling in if you grow faba beans in the Victorian Wimmera! 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼Rohan Brill

Coretext’s Nicole Baxter checked out her family’s new self-propelled sprayer. Her brother Mark will soon fill it with herbicide for a double knock on weeds before sowing starts. How's your cropping program coming along?

#agriculture #crops #farmlife #sprayer #sowing #herbicide …

There’s a flurry of on-farm activity as grain growers sow their next crops. Our team of writers for the GRDC’s GroundCover magazine really enjoyed catching up with growers, agronomists and researchers at recent crop updates for stories in future editions.
Nicole Baxter…

Detailed site characterisation prior to kickoff for the new Gulbali Institute Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Southern NSW Innovation Hub project evaluating legacy and resilience of mixed-farming systems Charles Sturt University…a big thanks to the amazing NSW DPI Agronomy dream team for all the help and keeping it fun! 🚜

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✨✨✨How much rain did you record overnight? Is it enough to start sowing? If not, what is your trigger point?

A reminder to check labels when seed treating and particularly if sowing deeper this year - 40% reduction in coleoptile length with seed fungicide on left and no reduction with seed fungicide on right. READ LABEL if unsure #longcoleoptilewheat ⁦GRDC⁩

Coretext writer Nicole Baxter, bottom left, enjoyed meeting Charlie Condon at the Rohan Brill and GRDC Faba Bean Focus morning yesterday. An informative session with plenty of interest from growers and advisers.

GRDC, in partnership with AMPS, invites growers and advisers to attend one of four FREE on-farm Winter Planter Setup Workshops being held across north-west NSW and southern Queensland in April.
Read more: bit.ly/3vtu28g
📷 Nicole Baxter

FAR Australia Rohan Brill GRDC

Fababean morning at Ganmain. Great speakers from NSW DPI Agronomy FAR Australia and Rohan Brill. Day made possible by GRDC Pulse D&E investment.

✨✨✨ An excellent morning on faba beans today curated by Rohan Brill and Graeme Sandral with GRDC investment. A terrific line-up of speakers including Mathew Dunn, Tom Price, Rohan Brill, NSW DPI’s Kurt Lindbeck, Mal Kolhaghan, Ben Cruikshank, Stephen Cooper and Grassroots Agronomy. Thank…

Happy World Meteorological Day! Coretext writer Claire Crawford recently met up with Bureau of Meteorology, Australia's Claire Yeo and Jonathan How to learn some things about forecasting from the meteorologists themselves.

Hear some of their agriculture weather insights at: bit.ly/3VshQ1V

An interesting graphic based on information from the GRDC supported Wallup Ag Group published in GRDC GroundCover magazine. We enjoyed putting this infographic together from what the Wallup Ag Group found on their study tour of the Netherlands.