Ag Excellence News and Updates
Applications for the 2013 Ag Excellence Sustainability Award are now open. Farmer driven grower groups within South Australia are eligible to apply. The winning group will receive prize money…
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Just in case you missed the October edition of our bi-monthly e-news, you can find it here.
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Australian Grain Free Air CO2 Enrichment (AGFACE) program scientists are studying the responses of field grown crops to elevated carbon dioxide (CO2). The aim of this study is to…
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Selection of the nozzle is the most critical factor in all spray application. Craig Day from Spray Safe and Save discusses the factors to consider to ensure safe spray…
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Spray nozzles have a significant impact on spray quality, but adjuvants also play an important part. Jorg Kitt from Nufarm explains the use of adjuvants to reduce spray drift…
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NIR technology detects weeds so that only weeds are sprayed and not the whole paddock resulting in significant savings. Brendan Williams from WEED it explains the technology at the…
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For a herbicide to effectively kill weeds it needs to get inside the plant, it needs to get to the tissue where the herbicide can work, and it needs…
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Delta T is the relationship between temperature and relative humidity that gives a score for deciding the best times to apply sprays on crops. John Both from NuFarm at…
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Each year the Eyre Peninsula Agricultural Research Foundation (EPARF) host a member’s day to reward those who have committed to the operations of the Minnipa Agricultural Centre. EPARF, through…
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Ben Wundersitz discusses mice baiting strategies in his farming operation on the Yorke Peninsula. Monitoring for mice activity begins in March. It pays to be pro active in controlling…
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