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How Nitrogen Stabilisers Can Ensure Your Urea Doesn’t Go To Waste.

In today’s uncertain economy, you want to ensure every dollar you spend is used efficiently. If you’re like most farmers, one of the big input costs this year is your urea fertiliser. So how can you ensure that your urea…
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Ascochyta In Lentils: Why You Need To Be Extra Vigilant This Season.

Ascochyta Blight can be a dangerous disease for lentil crops. And this season, SARDI is warning that the varieties PBA Hurricane XT, PBA Hallmark XT and PBA Highland XT need to be monitored particularly closely for disease outbreaks. Their testing…
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What You Can Do To Maximise Lamb Survival.

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….
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What Mouse Bait Should You Use?

Okay, we admit, it’s getting confusing. Sterile mouse bait. Non-sterile. Pellets. And now there’s double strength. So, should you use normal strength sterile? Double strength sterile? Normal strength non-sterile? Or double strength non-sterile?   First, why is there now a double strength? In…
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3 Options For Controlling The First Flush Of Weeds Before And After Sowing

Whether you’ve finished sowing or just started, last week’s downfall has been a good break for all. However, it also means that we will begin to see our first flush of weeds for the season. So, whether you have sown…
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Frost Zones: What are they and why you should be frost zoning your farm!

A lot of time, money and effort can be pumped into a crop during the growing season to try and attain maximum yields, only to be spoilt by a frost. However, there are things you can do to manage the…
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Lentil Growers Get Excited! There Are 4 New Imi-Lentil Varieties On The Horizon!

Lentil Growers Get Excited! There are 4 New Imi-Lentil Varieties on the horizon. Here’s a summary below:   GIA Thunder (GIA2002L) IMI Lentil   GIA Thunder lentils are an imi-tolerant, high-yielding, and broadly adapted premium small round red lentils planned for commercial release later…
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Attention: Pea Growers. Field Pea Blackspot Update 2022

Pea Growers beware – early forecasts point to a high to medium risk of Blackspot in seedling field pea crops sown in early to mid-May across most of South Australia in 2022. When new crops are emerging and establishing, spores released…
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6 Reasons Guerrilla Is A Winning Tool In The War Against Hard-To-Kill Weeds

Have you ever sprayed a paddock with paraquat, only to find weeds burnt but still living? Or perhaps you’re concerned about resistance and looking for another tool? Imtrade’s new Guerilla herbicide could be your answer. Imtrade released Guerrilla back in March…
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Overwatch’s New Rego In Beans and Peas! And 7 Tips To Get The Best Out Of It

New Rego in Field Peas and Faba Beans: Exciting news for Overwatch users! Overwatch is now registered to be applied IBS before field peas and faba beans – just in time for sowing this year. Faba beans and field peas look to…
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