The Victorian crop sowing guide assists growers in making variety choices for the season ahead in discussion with consultants, advisers and marketing agents.
A simple but accurate formula for estimating cereal grain yield or loss. This is useful for crop insurance, grain marketing, budgeting and preparing for harvest and storage.
To identify different cereal species, close observation of the seedlings at the junction of the leaf-sheath and leaf-blade is required.
Decimal (or Zadoks) growth scale of cereals is recognised internationally for research, advisory work and farm practice.
Simple methods to estimate the yield of a range of field crops for use by farmers and agribusiness.
There's a perception that the carbon component in stubbles is lost by burning and that burning stubbles even occasionally seriously affects soil carbon levels.
Brome grass has evolved to thrive and persist in modern cropping systems it requires three consecutive years of dedicated control using a variety of methods.
Crop stubble can provide a valuable source of nutrition to sheep in summer and autumn and help reduce the stubble load.
Crops that fail due to frost, moisture stress or other limiting factors may be cut for silage or hay as an economically viable option.
The quality of sowing seed is critical to a crop’s success. Good quality seed is harvested from well-nourished plants.
We acknowledge the traditional Aboriginal Owners of Country throughout Victoria, their ongoing connection to this land and we pay our respects to their culture and their Elders past, present and future.
