GRDC Update Newsletters

To read current newsletters produced as part of the GRDC Grains Research update program, click on the following links below.

GRDC Northern Region Grains Research Update Newsletters

GRDC Southern Region Grains Research Update Newsletters

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GRDC Northern Region

Issue 62 - Summer 2012

Climate change
Climate champions
Adapt or die - how grass weeds adapt to our farming systems
Local rainfall data improves accuracy of weather forecasts
5 minutes with northern panel member William Martel
Subscribe to new northern IWM e-news
Carbon a key topic at February/March grower Updates
February/March northern Grains Research Updates - add them to your diary!

Issue 61 - Summer 2011

5 minutes with panel member Keith Harris
High moisture grain, insect pests and safe storage
Glyphosate resistant Johnson grass?
Changes to MRL's in stored grain
Want to learn about PA?
Dimethoate permit for mungbeans comes with conditions
Innovative collaboration means better research
February/March northern Grains Research Updates - add them to your diary!

Issue 60 - Spring 2011

Care with cereal fungicide MRL's this season
Re-thinking farm management is needed for problem weeds
Atrazine resistance in wild radish in WA a wakeup call for the north
Desiccating Crystal mungbeans - tips to get it right
New herbicide trial results on NVT website
New fact sheet and website on End Point Royalites (EPR)
New mouse control fact sheet
New northern region yellow spot fact sheet
Call for Tenders GRDC investment plan 2012-13(Open and Multi-stage tenders)
Diary Dates

Issue 59 - Winter 2011

Barley leaf rust - lessons from 2010
Floods and beneficial fungi - issuese for summer crop rotation
Is safflower an option?
Selecting for resistance - number of seasons or number of sprays? Some basics!
WeedSeeker permit allows flexibility in NSW fallows
2011 - a bad year for stored grain insects
Dates for coming GRDC Updates for your diary

Issue 58 - Winter 2011

The Sweep Net insect identification and IPM support service
First Australian glyphosate resistant broadleaf weed confirmed
Glyphosate resistant Windmill grass foiling weed-free fallows
Stubble, sowing date, and break crops the topics for new fact sheets
Applications for the Australian Rural Leadership (ARLP) now open
Plant Health Australia Launches Biosecurity Online Training (BOLT)
On-line exotic pest identification tool
Dates for coming GRDC Updates for your diary

Issue 57 - Summer 2011

N contribution from chickpea with different amounts of biomass
Fungicide resistance in cereals - what's the risk?
On-line crop calibration soil test database
New fact sheet on Phomopsis in sunflowers
Fleabane likes to be on top
What you didn't learn at Uni!
Dates for February/March 2011 Northern GRDC Grains Research Updates for your diary

Issue 56 (Enewsletter 2) - October 2010

Patterns of resistance in wild oats to Group A herbicides
Seed testing for resistance
Tillage in no-till fallows - one step forward three steps back?
Seed bank dormancy - 2010 seed to hang about longer than usual
Fallow options or barnyard grass should not include Group A

Issue 55 - Summer 2010

Fumigating in a silo bag with phosphine?
Wheat variety choice - critical when nematodes present
Encouraging the 'good guys' in your soil
Flag leaf contribution to yield is lower in a dry finish
Resistance to paraquat discovered in ryegrass
UNE pest ID service takes wing
Safe mouse management
Succession planning factsheet
Dates for the February/March 2011 Northern GRDC Grains Research Updates for your diary

Issue 54 (Enewsletter 1) - August 2010

Summer crop selection important for nematode management
Helicoverpa management in chickpeas
Making it easier to pick a pasture
Fast facts on-line
August/September northern GRDC Updates - put them in your diary now!
Google maps now on NVT website
Locust warning due to improved soil moisture
Southern Qld farming systems final results field day
Promote your event on enhanced GRDC website
Northern region diary dates

Issue 53 - Winter 2010

Have you heard the buzz?
MCPA - first herbicide to be assessed under the APVMA's new spray drift regulatory program
An Australian standard for sealed silos
Large response from nematode sessions at the Updates
GRDC workshop helps advisers drive adoption
Agricultural Consultants - boost your skills
August/September GRDC Updates - dates for your diary

Issue 52 - Autumn 2010

Chickpeas and P
Managing paddock variability / PA workshops
Black layer is still best indicator for pre harvest spray out in sorghum
Market potential strong for mid-oleic canola's in Australia
Thrips damage and tip necrosis in faba beans

Issue 51 - Summer 2009-10

New threshold for Helicoverpa in vegetative soybeans
Potential for higher Helicoverpa thresholds in flowering mungbeans
New mungbean management guide
beat sheet not showing all pod sucking bugs in soybeans
High level phosphine resistance is widespread - management critical for clean grain
HatTrick and other variety guides on line
Visual quality charts for pulses on-line

Issue 46 - Summer 2008

New thresholds for Helicoverpa in mungbeans
Rutherglen bugs – on the threshold?
Sorghum desiccation water savings confirmed
‘If soil carbon is included in emissions trading, how will it work?’
Biosecurity online
Updates now online
Diary dates

Issue 45 - Spring 2008 (599KB, PDF)

New guide to Feathertops Rhodes grass
New mungbean varieties
Multiple fumigations breeds resistance
Wheat classification moves to GRDC
An environmental plan for grains
New irrigated grains manual
Interested in soil carbon
Diary dates

Issue 44 - Winter 2008 (626KB, PDF)

Air Induction (AI) nozzles are different
Using satellite imagery to measure crop variance
Chickpea mould false alarm
Go early on net blotch
Top ten tips for crop productivity
Safflower: unexploited potential and world adaptability
WATERpak – for irrigated grains
Diary Dates

Issue 43 - Winter 2008 (755KB, PDF)

The economics of precision
Nematodes survive the drought
Big choice on summer crops at Dalby Update
Business Management Updates provide the questions
Crown-rot and yield
Subsoil constraints cost northern region growers $112 million annually
Pestlinks – Integrated Pest Management (IPM) information on the web

Issue 42 - Autumn 2008 (807KB, PDF)

Carbon trading and the science behind it
Carbon emissions and storage – what is the effect of farming system?
Changes to herbicide classification
Alpha line on disease resistance
IWM workshop for advisers
IPM Blog – “The Beat Sheet”
Diary Dates

Issue 41 - Summer 2008 (782KB, PDF)

Australian feed grains supply chain
Premium grains for livestock – quality pays
Managing insects in grain sorghum – IPM
Want to become a GRDC regional panel member
Diary Dates

Issue 40 - December 2007 (478KB, PDF)

Sorghum row spacing, fallow cover and soil water accumulation
How aggressive should my cropping system be?
Sorghum rust and yield loss in Southern Queensland
Developments in soil biology – inoculants
Dealing with a diminishing workforce
Handout on managing sodic subsoils online

Issue 39 - September 2007 (257KB, PDF)

Benchmarking sunflowers in NNSW & SQLD
Improving reliability in rainfed corn
Additional phosphorus required?
Millet cover crops to augment VAM
Chickpea Heliothis thresholds
Latest on rust
Diary Dates

Issue 38 - August/September 2007 (416KB, PDF)

How dependent are crops on stored soil water?
Rusts – be vigilant for swift response
Word swap at WTO - implications for grains industry
Advice on guidance systems
New legume inoculant formulations
Certified mungbean agronomy courses
Diary dates

Issue 37 - July 2007 (462KB, PDF)

Wild oats resistance options
Kit tackles chemical runoff
Ready – Set Grow! Emerald farming systems forum and Update
Diary Dates

Issue 36 - May 2007 (153KB, PDF)

Glyphosate resistant barnyard grass
Maintain vigilance on stripe rust in 07
Diary Dates

Issue 35 - February 2007 (151KB, PDF)

Double knockdown on fleabane
Diary Dates

Issue 34 - December 2006 (832KB, PDF)

Green Vegetable Bug Adult Equivalent (GVBAEQ) – a new way to determine sucking pest thresholds
Keep up to date with what's new on GRDC's website
Diary Dates

Issue 33- November 2006 (174KB, PDF)