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2024 frosts in SA underline need for management rethink

3 weeks ago | groundcover.grdc.com.au | Sandra Godwin |Melissa Marino

South Australian grain growers faced devastating frost damage in 2024, prompting experts to emphasise the importance of frost management strategies for the 2025 growing seasonThe 2024 growing season dealt a severe blow to South Australian grain growers when frequent, widespread frost events severely damaged crops, many already struggling in the dry conditions.
Moree cotton crop 'setting up nicely' after wild summer storms, wet winter

Jan 15, 2025 | theland.com.au | Sandra Godwin

Picking time at Caroale for Moree farmer Mick Humphries and wife Emma, with children Thomas (from left) Grace and Ascher. All going well, this season's picking will start in mid-April. Pictures supplied. It's been a nervous start to the cotton season for Moree farmer Mick Humphries, who has been keeping a close watch on the weather forecasts.
Waiting for the header in the Golden Triangle after dry finish

Nov 28, 2024 | theland.com.au | Sandra Godwin

Ross Graham and kelpie Tay Tay in a field of Illabo wheat ready for harvest at the family farm Wandella, north of Cowra. Pictures by Vivienne GrahamAfter a wet winter and a dry finish, the cropping season is almost over for Lachlan Valley mixed farmer Ross Graham who is waiting patiently for the header to arrive.
How the Kahl family has fine-tuned their Namoi cotton operation

Nov 22, 2024 | theland.com.au | Sandra Godwin

Merced Farming operations manager Sam Kahl in a field of Sicot 748B3F cotton at Glencoe, near Wee Waa. Gross margins, timing and availability of resources - not top yields - are the guiding light for the cropping team at Merced Farming in the NSW Namoi Valley.
'Back to normal summer': Brilliant season start for rice in MIA

Nov 14, 2024 | irrigator.com.au | Sandra Godwin

After three wetter years, third-generation rice grower Justin Sutherland is looking forward to a return to more "normal" summer conditions. Subscribe now for unlimited access. or signup to continue reading All articles from our websiteThe digital version of Today's PaperBreaking news alerts direct to your inboxAll articles from the other in your area"It feels like we're going back into a normal summer for once," he said.
Brilliant season start for Matilda rice at Coleambally

Nov 14, 2024 | theland.com.au | Sandra Godwin

Anthony Avery and Justin Sutherland in a field of Matilda rice at Gunnawarra, south west of Coleambally. Picture by Justin SutherlandAfter three wetter years, third-generation Riverina rice grower Justin Sutherland is looking forward to a return to more "normal" summer conditions.
Riverina farmer plants new corn variety for bigger yields

Oct 31, 2024 | theland.com.au | Sandra Godwin

Fifth generation Riverina farmer Thomas Moloney looks forward to seeing how a new corn variety, Pioneer Seeds P0937, performs this summer. Picture by Thomas MaloneyAttracted by the potential for even bigger yields, fifth generation Riverina farmer Thomas Moloney has just finished planting a new corn variety near Jerilderie, and is looking forward to seeing how it performs.
South Australian tomato growers expected to remain in quarantine for several months

Oct 29, 2024 | theguardian.com | Sandra Godwin

The Australian tomato industry is still reeling from its biggest biosecurity threat to date, two months after an exotic disease put three South Australian businesses in indefinite quarantine, causing $20m in losses and shutting down some interstate and international trade. The tomato brown rugose virus is thought to have arrived in seeds imported from Europe in May.
Canowindra farmer dodges frost damage with crop strategy

Oct 23, 2024 | theland.com.au | Sandra Godwin

Canowindra mixed farmer and Elders area agronomist Ben Romeo in a paddock of Sunlamb wheat at Bellevue. Canowindra mixed farmer Ben Romeo is counting his lucky stars that this year's crops appear to have escaped major damage from three days of frost last month.
Early support essential for ‘light bulb’ moments

Oct 16, 2024 | groundcover.grdc.com.au | Sandra Godwin

It reportedly took Thomas Edison thousands of attempts before he succeeded in making a light bulb suitable for domestic use in 1879. Trial and error was an important part of the American inventor’s process, but so was testing numerous ideas and products.