Farmer/Farm consultant working with farmers and industry projects across SA and the southern region of Australia. enjoy flying, fishing, walking, playing guitar
Undalya, cummins,tooligie hill
Joined August 2011
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Capeweed research update: weed pressure was massive..the yellow in the aerial image is all capeweed. Control has been excellent.. mixes and timing need tweaking but we are nearly ready..residue samples have been sent off to gain permits.. we are one step closer
The capeweed in lentil trial is underway ..thanks to @SAGrainTrust for the funding. This project is looking at pre and post emergent control options spread across three sites to test solutions on different soil types and varieties.
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T-Ports Wallaroo making history with the first ever load of Lentils being delivered by Paul Jarrett yesterday direct to our Port silo’s for AGT Foods!
YP/MN/EP Growers, please contact Riley McDonald AGT Foods on mob: 0429 459 301 to participate (contract only).
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Spent a couple of hours at our #WarakirriCropping Hopetoun aggregation. Proud of the job our farm and agronomy teams have done this year. It’s one out of the box for the Mallee 😍 – at Hopetoun, Hopetoun (Vic.)
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My river system explainer for city folks. All the spring rain fell to the north side of the Great Dividing Range which is why all the dams are at >100% capacity. Water must be released from them or the dam walls will end up collapsing and decimating everything and everyone. 1/3 – at Swan Hill, Victoria
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Soil acidity taking it’s toll on grain legume prod’n. Areas in specific soil types down into the 5’s.
Area traditionally grew wheat / canola and it’s not until legumes enter the mix that pH becomes evident.
Lentils with no lime history vs lentils with lime applied 2020 + 2022.
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🟡GRDC SANDY SOILS MASTERCLASS🟡
30 AUG - MURLONG
31 AUG - BUCKLEBOO
More information and program coming soon
🟡Registration Link - bit.ly/3BAn69K🟡
@grdcsouth #EPAg @SA_PIRSA @CSIRO @PinionAdvisory @UniversitySA
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Nick Poole pushing the Warakirri WA team on the learnings & principles for all regions from @far_australia Frankland River Hyper Yielding trial site. Big thanks to @far_australia and host farmer Kelly Shields 👊
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A must read for well intentioned folks creating DSTs. 15 rules for it to be useful &- it helps if it’s drinkable or edible #farm decision making Decision support tools for agriculture: Towards effective design and delivery - ScienceDirect. sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Is it any wonder the ag industry has lost faith in weather forecasting, when the prediction goes from the first snapshot at lunchtime (looking good for SA) to the second one on the same evening???
How can you predict one extreme to the other within a few hours?? 🤷♂️
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Spot the difference between Seed Terminator and not. Ideal situation for Weedit Dual mode 50% blanket rate will get the selfsown and 100% spot for the larger broadleaf. In dual mode you purposely deactivate sensors to ignore cereal and only hit large weeds
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Vegetative frost in #lentils at Nhill pulse agronomy site. Huge differences. Ace and Jumbo2 look good, Hurricane badly affected.
Listen in😁 - some good stuff in breeding programs. @theGRDC @AudreyDelahunty @mawalagedera @matthew_sparke
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#Bentil observations. Lentils certainly gaining some extra height from trellising up beans.
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Gearing up for the Lower EP Ag Expo on Tuesday. To register go to eventbrite.com.au/e/lower-ep… @SAGrainTrust @Livestock_SA @epag100 @Ware_AH
