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How to accurately monitor and identify cereal foliar diseases  It’s that time of the season where if you’re not on the ball and checking crops regularly then disease can take off and ruin your potential crop yields. We don’t want that…
Identifying Insect Damage Nothing ruins a day more than finding crop damage. Particularly when you see fresh emerging plants slaughtered by bugs. Which is why it is recommended to frequently check emerging crops during the first 3-5 weeks. Regular checks give…
The first 100 days of a lamb’s life are when they are at the highest risk of disease and death. Getting them through this period and preventing disease is critical to having healthy sheep, and good future growth and performance….
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…
Top Tips for Effective Snail Baiting With sowing underway, snail baiting programmes should be in full swing as well. The recent rainfall we received, along with cooler nights and evening dews, will be encouraging round and conical snail activity. Egg-laying will…
The new release of two new IMI Field Peas It’s official. Grains Innovation Australia, along with AG Schilling & Co Seeds at Kadina, have been working on two new imi tolerant field peas, which have recently been released. The varieties are GIA…
Sakura Flow Mixing Guide   At the end of 2019 Bayer launched Sakura Flow, the liquid version of their Sakura pre-emergent herbicide. With 2020 wheat sowing now underway, we are now seeing the first applications of Sakura Flow in pre-emergent spraying. So,…
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…
Winter Feed Gaps: How to keep stock nourished and maximise profits In these drier seasons where broadacre cropping can be less profitable, growers with mixed enterprises can rely on livestock production to balance income. But to maximise profits, it is essential…