How And Why To Use Recycled Organics Compost In Vegetable Production
Dr Kelvin Montagu (AHR) outlines some reasons why a grower might consider incorporating recycled organics into their farming ...
The Economics Of Using Recycled Organics Compost In Vegetable Production
Liam Southam-Rogers (AHR) runs through the economic outcomes of two demonstration trails established for the project. Mulyan Farms ...
Summer cover cropping for weed management
In 2019 and 2020, the University of New England worked with the team from the Greater Sydney Local ...
Cover crops for weed suppression in snow peas
Figure 1. Inter-row ryegrass cover crop and snow pea on trellis (July 2020) Kim Ngov grows vegetables near Campbelltown ...
Integrated Weed Management, using cover crops and strip-till (6 minutes)
Agronomists, Dr Pieter Van Nieuwenhuyse and Marc Hinderager, discuss the outcomes from a case study carried out on a ...
Benefits of cover crops and strip-till for pumpkin production – interview with Michael Camenzuli from Bathurst (6 minutes)
Harvesting is twice as fast as in conventional tillage as the pumpkins need no wash. This means a cost ...
Podcast: Cover crop trial at Cowra, NSW, with Marc Hinderager (6 minutes)
Agronomist, Marc Hinderager, has been working with the growers in Cowra and reports on the results of this cover ...
Irrigation monitoring in potatoes Part 1: Practical use of IrriSAT and soil moisture sensors
About the farm The 1,000 ha farm is located at Billimari near Cowra, NSW, on loam and sandy loam ...
Irrigation monitoring in potatoes Part 2: Practical use of satellite information
This case study looked at what extra information could be obtained from paddock satellite images used to monitor crop ...
Cowra cover crop and strip-till a winning combination for soil health
Cover crops provide multiple benefits, including reduced soil crusting, increased infiltration rates, reduced compaction, weed suppression and nutrient cycling. ...
IWM on a Bathurst pumpkin farm: Advantages & drawbacks of ground cover use, tillage and residual herbicides
Grey pumpkins (var. Sampson) were planted the week of 4 November 2019, following strip tillage of terminated ryecorn and ...
Seasonal rainfall outlook for vegetable growing regions (January – March 2020)
A drier than average summer is forecast for most regions, with most regions likely to receive less than their ...