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They’re here. Already, we are seeing some Russian Wheat Aphids this season. Which is a timely reminder to check your cereal crops for all insects, especially early sown crops or crops planted in paddocks that had a bit of a…
What a start! We haven’t seen season-opening rains like this in a long time. Some areas have even received well over 90mm of rainfall for April! As good as this is, it does mean we are going to see a…
Revolutionary Herbicide Overwatch Now Available For Australian Market From FMC Australiasia Pty Ltd Overwatch® Herbicide from Agricultural Sciences Company FMC, has officially been registered and will be available for the 2021 winter cropping season as a control for annual ryegrass and a…
A quick look at new precision crop technology: Decipher Proudly owned and backed by Wesfarmers, DecipherAg is leading the way in terms of precision agriculture. Used by farmers and agronomists all over the globe, Decipher uses biomass data collected in season,…
Rhizoctonia Root Rot: What is it and 5 Tips on How to deal with it. It has been another excellent season for Rhizoctonia patches to show up and hold up our crops. If you haven’t seen this before, it shows up…
As the season gets later, we come into contact with the next wave of insects that have the potential of damaging our crop yields. It is important to know what pests and beneficial insects numbers are in your paddocks so…
Do you know what’s going on in your paddock? Here is why tissue testing is a must. If you’re looking at an underperforming paddock and seeing unhealthy plants, the easy answer might be just to apply a trace element. It is…
There has been some talk about Syngenta’s newly released Group G spike B-Power. You may be familiar with the name, or the active Butafenacil, as it was used in a mix in the product Logran B-Power. B-Power controls a number…
The answers are in the dirt. If you want to save money on fertiliser, you should be soil sampling. Soil sampling is an extremely beneficial and accurate method to improve decisions regarding nutrient inputs. You can know exactly what is in your…
What do we mean by spray topping and crop topping? Aren’t they the same thing? Well yes. The aim of the game is applying herbicide late in the season to try and help manage weeds. But in practice, the two strategies…