Farmers are urged to closely monitor cereal crops and grass-based pastures for armyworm, with Victorian grain growers increasingly reporting the pest at damaging levels. (more…)
Tag: crops
Check now for late brome germinations
Populations of the highly competitive weed brome grass have been reported as spreading in western Victoria and now is the time for grain growers to be scouting crops to check for late germinations. (more…)
Blowhard farmer grows huge canola crop
A farmer near Ballarat has grown a huge crop of canola weighing in at 3.6 tonnes per hectare. (more…)
Tourello farmer grows monster canola crop
A farmer near Clunes has grown a monster crop of canola weighing in at 3.75 tonnes per hectare. (more…)
Have you spotted the parallels?
Epidemic, incursion, outbreak: call it what you like, you should take note of what’s happening in Australia in response to COVID-19, because a crop or livestock pest or disease outbreak would play out quite similarly. (more…)
Farmer makes $3600/ha with graze and grain canola
Southwest Victorian farmer Tom Wilson went into his first season growing graze and grain canola not knowing what to expect, but after seeing returns of $3600 per hectare, he’s sold on the idea of the dual-purpose crop. (more…)