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Tillage Decisions for Better Water Storage

Soil moisture probes or soil cores allow the soil moisture levels to be monitored and decision made about the required fallow length.

David Freebairn

Store next year's seed stocks carefully

Weather damaged seed that may have a high initial germination after harvest, can loose viability quickly late in long storage.

Greg Salmond

Planning for Pastures

Planning ahead is the key to making a success of pastures.

Nick Christodoulou

What are the likely impacts of lower rainfall expectations

What are the consequences of lower in crop rain?

David Freebairn

Stubble Cover, investment for the comming fallow

Stubble cover looks like being worth its accumulated soil moisture reserves this coming fallow.

Greg Salmond

What is Fusarium Wilt of cotton?

Wilt caused by the fungus Fusarium oxysporum f.sp vasinfectum is a destructive disease in cotton.

Joe Kochman

Graingrowers spray guidelines aerial and ground rig application

Looking at the issue of landholder responsibility for spray drift on the Darling Downs and Goondiwindi districts.

Bus tours of trial sites

40 farmers and DPI staff from across south QLD, participated in three bus tours held in the Rocky Crossing, Nindigully and Boolba areas.

Amelia Jones-Trifelly

Burning stubble, what are the risks, and how to minimise them?

When burning stubble cannot be avoided in summer fallows, the risk of soil erosion is reduced if burning is delayed until the end of March.

David Freebairn

Highlights from the Nindigully Trial, & Canola performs well

Three year update on the WFS trial on their Qld Core Site at Dunkerry South. Also a short article talking about the profitability of Canola at the site.

Greg Thomas

Chickpea in rotation with winter cereals improves profitability in the nindigully trial

Profitability of Chickpea at the Nindigully site.

Greg Thomas

Still lots to learn about bastard sandalwood or budda

The incongruities surrounding bastard sandalwood, Eremophila mitchellii, continue to expand despite the endeavours of several researchers.

Richard Silcock

WFS Field Day 1999 at Nindigully

The WFS team ran a very successful field day at 'Dunkerry South', the location of the Qld Core Site.

Nick Christodoulou

Highlights of 1999 winter crop results from the Nindigully Trial

Gross margins and crop yields from 'Dunkerry South' trial site.

Greg Thomas

Farming System changes soil for the better

High levels of soil sodium reduce plant available water and crop yield potential.

Ram Dalal

Sodicity and salinity effects in Western Farming Areas

Experiments were established on major soil types in southern Qld, in 1999, to examine the effects of sodicity and salinity on wheat grain yields.

Mirella Blasi

Summer crop results from Nindigully trial site

Results of the summer crops grown on 'Dunkerry South' in 2000/2001.

Greg Thomas

Southern Farming Systems Bus Tour

 

The WFS project conducted a bus tour in September 2002, visiting southern farming regions. This trip provided the opportunity for farmers, agribusiness and researchers to visit a variety of sites in southern Australia and to exchange ideas and experiences with southern colleagues.

Nick Christodoulou

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