Mindset and Money Matters Webinar Summary:
Monitoring crops and conditions in the lead up to harvest can provide useful information for effectively planning your farming logistics and business decision making. Jump in the virtual ute cabin with Dr Kate Burke, Think Agri and Louisa Ferrier, BCG, to gain some strategies to assist with the final stages of the 2024 growing season.
Speakers:
- Dr Kate Burke, ThinkAgri
- Louisa Ferrier, BCG
Watch the webinar:
Templates:
Download the Liver Cleanse template
Download the Revenue Table template
Yield Calculation:
| Estimating yield in-paddock for cereals Grain yield (t/ha) | Example |
| Count number of heads/m of crop row x 100 / row spacing cm
(do this at least 5 times to get an average) |
60 heads x 100 / 30.5 = 196 |
| Count number of grains/head | 24 (grains/head) |
| Number of grains per m2 = number of heads/m2 x grains/head | 196 x 24 = 4704 |
| Yield t/ha = number of grains per m2 / 100 x 3.6g (grain weight) / 100 | 4704 / 100 x 3.6 / 100 = 1.69 t/ha |
- Row spacing conversion: 7 inch = 17.8cm, 9 inch = 22.9cm, 12 inch = 30.5cm, 14 inch = 35.6cm, 15 inch = 38.1cm
- 1000 grain weights: (examples from 2016) Hindmarsh 3.2g, Compass 4.2g, Yitpi 4.2g, Scout 4.1g.
Frost resources:
- GRDC Grains Research Update, online – Decisions with frosted & stressed crops (Oct 4)
- GRDC Frost management webinar
- GRDC Frost Management resources
Wellbeing resources:
- ifarmwell.com.au – a free online tool kit to help farmers cope effectively with life’s challenges. (Mentioned by Mark Modra at the BCG Main Field Day).
This project was supported by the Australian Government’s Future Drought Fund.
