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September-October 2021

Production, marketing and topical articles for the Australian Grain industry.

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Feature Articles

Cold, wet winter causes rise in canola disease

A cold, wet winter has proved conducive to high levels of canola disease across southern Australia. Steve Marcroft is encouraging growers to monitor crops after reports of severe blackleg infection in canola in the south.

Farming moisture; beating weeds

Tony and Sharon Single farm with Tony’s parents John and Mary, south east of Coonamble in northern NSW with magnificent views of the Warrumbungle Range. Across the 4500 hectare cropping area at ‘Narratigah’, the weed numbers are low as a result of the Single’s ‘farming moisture’ philosophy, which involves planting whenever there is sufficient subsoil moisture to establish a competitive crop on their heavy clay soils.

Putting PA to work: Soils key in quest to bridge the yield gap

For John Stevenson, building knowledge is much like building the properties of the soil – it can be challenging, but the outcome is usually positive. As southern regional manager for Warakirri Cropping, John keeps abreast of developments at four of the company’s 10 dryland cropping aggregations. The biggest, ‘Cowabbie-Mukoora’, covers 19,500 arable hectares near Ardlethan in NSW, while ‘Orange Park’, at 8300 arable hectares, is just west of Lockhart, about 60 km south-west of Wagga Wagga.