Disease management will be a key focus of BCG’s Trials Review Day on Friday the 24th of February at the Birchip Leisure Centre. Stripe rust, chocolate spot and grey mould have caused heavy yield losses across large areas of the Wimmera, Mallee and North Central. Issues with disease have been two-fold. While the wet weather has provided conducive conditions for stripe rust in wheat, chocolate spot in beans and grey mould in lentils, it has also made management of these diseases difficult with many growers unable to access paddocks to spray or getting bogged in the process.
“With high rainfall and full soil profiles creating a green bridge, spores are likely to carry over to season 2023,” Senior Manager of Extension and Communications Kelly Angel explained. “BCG’s Trials Review Day on Friday the 24 of February will deliver strategies for growers to support 2023 disease management decisions to optimise production and ultimately, profitability.”
Nutrition, varieties, industry trends and farmer experience will also feature on the program with the latest research delivered to arm farmers with the science required to inform 2023 decisions.
“As a farmer-driven, not for profit, research organisation our event topics are determined by our farmers and supported by a robust research committee. We look forward to presenting our research from the Wimmera, Mallee and North Central regions to our members. Trials Review Day also provides local farmers with access to shared experiences and ground-breaking research from across Australia and further afield as the organisation has done for the past 30-years,” Ms Angel concluded.
BCG’s 2022 Season Research Manual will be launched at the event, giving Trials Review Day attendees and BCG members the opportunity to delve more deeply into the research presented on the day as well as additional relevant research.
BCG Trials Review Day on Friday the 24th of February in Birchip is a members’ only event. All farmers are encouraged to become a BCG member by visiting bcg.org.au/memberships/ or calling the office on (03) 5492 2787. BCG Trials Review Day and our Season Research Results publication are both free for members.
To register for BCG’s Trials Review Day bcg.org.au/events/
