Planning for Summer – Irrigation and Water Management
As crop growth and water use increase with the warmer weather, it’s a good time to think about ...
Biofumigation Cover Crops PART 2 Pest & diseases & impact on soil-borne diseases
There are many brassica species and cultivars that can be grown as biofumigants or cover crops. These brassicas ...
Biofumigation Cover Crops PART 1: What variety and when?
There are many brassica species and cultivars that can be grown as biofumigants or cover crops. These brassicas ...
Bulletin November 2019
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Managing salinity in vegetable crops
Salinity issues can appear in all major vegetable production areas; they can come and go depending on weather ...
Bulletin October 2019
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Should you be making hay from your cover crop?
With hay prices through the roof, and farmers desperate for fodder to keep their breeding stock alive, it is ...
Bulletin September 2019
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Cover cropping – Healthy soil, healthy crop, healthy profit
NRM North Tasmania Agriculture Landcare Facilitator, Adrian James, visited M.G Farm to film the healthy soil resulting from green ...
Fungicides and Fungicide Resistance
There are about 30 oxalis species in Australia, including soursob and creeping oxalis, which are discussed here. Preventing the ...
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 ...
Irrigation water quality for vegetables
When irrigating vegetable crops, the use of poor water quality can affect both the crop and soil in which ...