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Technical Bulletin No. 11 – 29.08.25
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- Recent rainfall across the region has provided a welcome boost to yield potential for 2025.
- Growers are finalising winter weed control programs.
- Cereal crops currently range from mid tillering to early stem elongation.
- Reports of stripe rust around Boort and Nullawil
- The BioScout unit installed at the BCG Main Site, Birchip has detected low levels of rust spores (see below).
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Technical Bulletin No.5 9.6.2023
- Sowing is wrapping up across the region.
- Urea was going out before rain this week.
- Weed management in early-established canola is largely complete, with remaining crop types to occur in the next couple of weeks.
- Establishment is patchy and is driven by cover/moisture. This rain will hopefully even establishment.
- Resowing is occurring where slugs have caused severe damage. Some are saying damage is the worst they have seen.
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Technical Bulletin – 24 October 2016
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Technical Bulletin – 28 September 2017
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Technical Bulletin No. 8 21.7.2023
- Black keeled slugs are still causing many issues where they are found. Particularly if management was compromised due to access issues for spreading bait. No crop type has been safe.
- Blackleg levels in canola are very high in some Wimmera crops due to high pressure and early sowing.
- Powdery mildew in wheat has been reported about two weeks earlier than last year in the Mallee.
- Net form net blotch (NFNB) and Septoria are present in barley and wheat respectively. Fungicide plans are being actioned where risk is greatest.
- In the northern Mallee there has been some crop wilting despite good moisture—suspect compaction is the cause. It is a good time to check and identify areas that can be managed out of season. Other than that, growers are quietly positive about the season.
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Technical Bulletin – 30 May 2018
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Technical Bulletin No. 10 – 09.08.24
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Technical Bulletin – 8 August 2018
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