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Calculating canola seeding rates
The time for sowing canola is upon us, making it important to revisit our understanding on seeding rates. Getting this right is critical to ensure we reach our ... [more]
Don't ignore phosphorus in 2012. Base rates may not be the answer!
In recent years, significant crop responses to phosphorus (P) application have been rare and now it is all too easy to ignore the value of this element in conti ... [more]
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Monday 14 May
BCG has now sown over half of our trials for the 2012 season. Trial sites at Quambatook, Horsham, Hopetoun and Yanac have now been finished and the Sea Lake and Chinkapook trial sites are 90% complete. This week we will be sowing trials at Rupanyup, Marnoo, Ouyen and Kyalite which will make us approximately 70% through the sowing program. At the Wimmera livestock and no-till site at Quantong, bulk density soil samples, weed seed excavation and soil aggregation tests will be carried out. [less]
BCG has now sown over half of our trials for the 2012 season. Trial sites at Quambatook, Horsham, Hopetoun and Yanac have now been finished and the Sea Lake and Chinkapook trial sites are 90% complete. This week we will be sowing trials at Rupanyup, Marnoo, Ouyen and Kyalite which will make us appro...[more]
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 | Web 2.0 for Biodiversity Using Web 2.0 Technologies to enhance biodiversity on-farm...[more] |
 | Profit through knowledge Grain and Graze 2 is a major research and extension program to boost farm profitibility while helping to protect the environment....[more] |
Managing the autumn feed gap is something northern Victorian farmers are coping with better this year thanks to an initiative delivered by BCG through the Grain & Graze 2 program and with support from...[More]
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