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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)
- Short term cover crops improve fallow efficiency
- Scientist says “GMOs could benefit Australia”
- Diary Dates
Issue 32 - September 2006 (151KB, PDF)
- Wheat streak mosaic virus under scrutiny
- PestFacts – a free service targeting insect & mite pests
- Diary Dates
Issue 53 - Winter 2008 (271KB, PDF)
- No Doubt On Cost-Effectiveness
- Good news on N volatilisation
- Barley Disease Puts Focus On Crop Rotation
- Plumbing The Depths Of Root Penetration
- ‘Be proactive’ on stripe rust
- Multiple influences on germination
- Growers ‘on track’ to tackle climate change
- Managing The Market Environment
Issue 52 - Winter 2008 (607KB, PDF)
- Australia ‘well placed’ to face new stem rust strain
- Facing up to the challenges
- Knowledge is power
- Rotation can reduce Pythium impact
- Narrow window for Cercospora control
- Clearer picture from new P test
- If you must do it, do it right
- Email ‘heads up’
- Ten tonne yield = ‘exciting future’ for irrigated wheat
- Pestlinks resource
- Gene technology workshop
- PA symposium
Issue 51 - Autumn 2008 (270KB, PDF)
- Scene set for GM canola production
- SA ‘validation’ for blackspot model
- Time for vigilance
- Don’t ‘use up’ trifluralin
- Beware the green bridge
- No surprises in root disease results
- Benefits from using rhizobia ‘every year’
- New fact sheets for mixed farmers
- IPM option ‘for those who want it’
- Nuffield scholarships
- Costs, prices lifting GPS benefits
Issue 50 - Summer 2008 (271KB, PDF)
- 2008 Updates in review
- No need for market fear
- Expect market volatility
- No water, no crop
- Take control early
- Questions raised on breeding objectives
- Alpha line on rust
- Changes to herbicide mode of action groups
- Early sowing pays off
- Diary dates
Issue 49 - Summer 2008 (148KB, PDF)
- New low-risk farm guide
- Risk management challenge
- GM canola – warning
- Variation in nutrient carry-over
- What about N?
- Make or break options
- Summer moisture critical
- Cost cutting considerations
- Predicta B ‘back home’
Issue 48 - November 2007 (295KB, PDF)
- Complex influences on weather patterns
- Website built to work
- Juncea canola gaining momentum
- Canola hay – a new dimension
- New triticale stripe rust
- NUE cereals could halve nitrogen bills
- Risk management focus for 2008 Updates
- New phosphine resistance challenge
- Victorian Update moving
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