
Tony Swan
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CSIRO Senior experimental scientist. Privileged to be working with top growers, consultants & fellow researchers to better understand & improve farming systems.
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12-05-2016 05:55:11
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.Mark Congreve is running a series of GRDC herbicide behaviour workshops in July/August. If you or anyone you know is keen, register quick. They tend to sell out fast. Details & registration: bit.ly/HerbicideWorks… GRDC North GRDC South John Cameron



🌾🌾 GROWER STORY A tough end to 2024 showed just how valuable crop diversity can be. #Barley and #FabaBeans added resilience to Zach McRae’s family farm in southern NSW. These side-by-side crops are part of Diverse Farms, a component of the Southern NSW #FarmingSystems





Barry Haskins GRDC Tony Swan John Kirkegaard FarmLink Research Mathew Dunn The project funding cycle only allowed a 3 year rotation, in reality sequences are more varied. For you the pulse/wheat/canola/wheat works others prefer double break + double cereal. Ideally looking for diversity with pulses at 20%, 25% or 30% of the rotation. Great discussion!




Thick heavy stubble+ hidden insects & herbicide wash off stubble also ⬇️ our linseed numbers to 21plants/Lm =42 plants/m2 (aim50L/m) with no impact on ChP (10 plants/Lm=20 plants/m2), alternate rows. TerbyneXtreme @500g/ha, Simizine900WG @600g/ha, [email protected]/ha all IBS





Great discussions this morning at the Farming Systems Advisor Update at Wallendbeen. Awesome work by CSIRO team as always and some interesting insights from Jeremy Whish “rainbow charts” for yield prospects given our late start to the season. John Kirkegaard Tony Swan



