Did you see our gallant leader in The Land talking about: "Increasing wheat sowing rates to combat weeds- Impacts on yield & quality in low rainfall zones". 🤨Some of the results might surprise you: 🔼71% yields increased or no effect when populations increased​. 🔽Lowest

Crop competitiveness- measured as NDVI​. 🔼All varieties grew more biomass (competition for weeds) under higher populations.​ 🌾Some varieties were more competitive than others for similar populations​. 🔼Any increase in population increased weed competitiveness.

If you can't get the above link to work, try this one ⬇️ grainorana.com.au/documents?down…

Have a listen to my chat earlier in the week with Brad & Steve. Some 'handy hints' for this cropping season 👍

🤔Sowing canola soon? Listen to my chat with GOA's Maurie Street on avoiding establishment losses in canola, while maintaining yield. Mauriestreet GRDC North GRDC

⬇️A handy table below that may help with some sowing decisions ⬇️ 🦠How diseases are transmitted in canola & pulse crops. NSW Agriculture GRDC North GRDC GRDC South GRDC West Steven Simpfendorfer Brad Baxter Joop van Leur

🧐Out on that spray rig or planter? Bored? Have a listen to my chat with GOA's Maurie Street on the importance of good quality water for spraying 👍

Another table that might be handy this time of year on how diseases are transmitted. …today its CEREALS 🌾 NSW Agriculture Steven Simpfendorfer Brad Baxter GRDC GRDC North GRDC South GRDC West

🗞️See this article in The Land the other day on chickpea & faba diseases??? Here are the links to the original papers: 🌿For chickpea⬇️ dpi.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/… 🫘For faba bean ⬇️ dpi.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/… NSW Agriculture Steven Simpfendorfer ChickpeaBreedingAustralia Joop van Leur NICOLE DRON

🚜The GOA team has got the ‘big gear’ out sowing one of our pulse trails at Ponto. 🌿This is the first 'time of sowing' trial for vetch & faba beans. Stay tuned for updates! GRDC North GRDC Mauriestreet ben obrien Rohan Brill GRDC South PaulMacWeedsmart-Pulse

🎧PODCAST: blackleg in canola, with Kurt Lindbeck & Steve Marcroft🎧 🎤Listen to NSW DPIRD's Kurt Lindbeck & Steve Marcroft talk all things blackleg in canola: -disease life cycle -seedling blackleg versus upper canopy infection -how to know the risk in your paddock -varietal

🎧PODCAST: Clethodim in canola🎧 GOA's Maurie Street gives us the good oil on clethodim use in canola, based on 20+ GOA trials. -How to avoid damage. -Timing (it's not as easy as you think). -What damage looks like. -The impact of damage on yield. LINK⬇️ soundcloud.com/user-228803574…

🎧PODCAST: Aphids & viruses in broadleaf crops🎧 We talk to NSW DPIRD's aphid & virus experts, Joop van Leur, Zorica Duric & Solomon Maina on: -Viruses: the basics & why they mutate & how they are transmitted. -Aphids: which ones are an issue to us in winter cropping.

🥳🎉Best day of the year @ Trangie=JUNIOR JUDGING 🎉🥳 📅Next Monday, 7th July. Starts @ 8.30am. NSW Agriculture NSW Farmers Kath Donoghue Heuston Agronomy Services

The team from GOA invite you along to the 2025 Central West @grdc NGN forums. 🤔Have your say on the issues that keep you awake at night that might help guide GRDC investments in YOUR area with YOUR levy $$$$. 🧐Hear the latest research from YOUR backyard with farmer-ready

Livestock Emissions Field Day Hear about carbon, emissions & DPIRD's research re low methane livestock, measurement tools, low methane pasture species & feed additives. 📅9:00am – 3:30pm RSVP now: events.humanitix.com/trangie-field-… Uni of New England NSW Climate and Digital Agriculture Meat & Livestock Australia

🎧PODCAST: cereal disease update with Brad & Simphy. Join us for our first in-crop chat about what is AND what isn’t happening in the paddocks at the mo. LINK⬇️ on.soundcloud.com/s2yAYcnEfrKQjO… GRDC North GRDC GRDC South Steven Simpfendorfer Brad Baxter

❓CANOLA: To spray, or not to spray, that is the question❓ To help with decision making, listen to our PODCAST: 🎧Should we be spraying CANOLA in low to medium rainfall zones with fungicides in 2025?🎧 LINK🔽 soundcloud.com/user-228803574… GRDC North GRDC South Mauriestreet

📅Tuesday: PARKES and CANOWINDRA...it's your turn for the GRDC NGN Forums. GOA's Ben & Maurie & Rohan Brill will talk on local research into: 🚜Riskwi$e-N decisions 🦠Wheat foliar diseases-ratings matter 🟡Managing phosphorous in canola 🌿Vetch GRDC North Rohan Brill