Long-awaited 2020 Precision Ag Expo delights Tassie farmers
Patience was indeed a virtue for Tasmania’s agriculture industry after the 2020 Precision Ag Expo successfully went ahead on ...
TIA Honours students share key project findings
The 2020 class of Agriculture Science Honours students at the Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture recently presented the findings ...
Wet end to 2020 – Seasonal climate outlook for vegetable growing regions (October – December 2020)
A challenging 2020 will end wetter than average for most regions. This will allow regions still suffering from water ...
Mixed cover crops trial for soil health: Soil First Tasmania demonstration site podcast (14 min listen)
This podcast looks at the value of on-farm trials, and the support given to practice change by membership of ...
Article: Harvest Farms analyses irrigation
Tasmanian leafy salad growing operation Harvest Farms is taking part in a trial with SWAN systems, an irrigation 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 ...
Group A Herbicide Resistance in Tasmanian ryegrass populations
Recent surveys of Tasmanian ryegrass (Lolium spp.) populations have shown a significant increase in Group A herbicide resistance. John ...
Precision Agriculture Tasmanian RD&E project
The Precision Agriculture (PA) Project was an on-farm research, demonstration and extension project funded by the Tasmanian Department of ...
Damping off in spinach: Best bet fungicide and biologicals Trial 2016/2017
A preliminary field trial was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of chemical and biological control treatments for damping off ...
Erosion control machinery – Harvest Moon, TAS case study demonstration site
The Soil Wealth and Integrated Crop Protection case study demo site in north west Tasmania is Harvest Moon. This ...
Strip-till in Tasmania; A reduced till farming system
Strip-till is a system of cultivation that works strips of soil where the crop will be planted or ...
Strip-till in Tasmanian vegetable crops
Strip-till is a system of cultivation that works strips of soil where the crop will be planted or sown ...