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Monday 21 May, 2012

Sowing will continue this week but on a slower scale, with 70% of the trials in the ground. Sowing will be taking place at the farming systems site at Jil Jil, main research site at Birchip and Ouyen. With some rain forecast for later in the week, hopefully we get a good even germination. Aside from...[more]

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