BCG believes that, whilst still satisfying the farmer’s requirement of high yielding crops, Australian farmers can produce sufficient safe food in such a way as to be able to free up more land for nature and recreation.
Report by Agicultural Reconnaissance Technologies P/L (AGRECON).
To compare two new Rhone-Poulenc seed dressing treatments against existing products with and without Trifluralin.
To look at Zorro (barley) and Hombre (wheat) versus standards and to look at plant numbers and aphid and disease control.
To assess seeding rates in wheat and barley for optimum production and grain quality.
Report by Ian McClelland, BCG Chairman. Does our farm profitability have to be so reliant on what happens during one month in spring? How can we protect ourselves from a single event (one frosty night) that can change profits into losses? Are continuous cropping systems or short term fallow (chemical or physical) rotations acceptable risk management strategies? Is a mixed enterprise, one that incorporates a sheep one of the solutions to these challenges?
A farming systems site was established in the year 2000. Four farming systems are compared.
Nineteen experiments in the Mallee, over four years, have shown that mid-row banding does as well as top-dressing in obtaining yield and protein improvements over more conventional methods of nitrogen application at sowing (eg, broadcast, and incorporated at sowing).
The focus to date of the 2002 drought has been its agronomic, financial and emotional impact on farmers and farm businesses. Whilst this is unquestionable, spare a thought for small business!
In conjunction with the CRC for Soil and Land Management, improving the soil structure of sodic coils using gypsum and tillage techniques.
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