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It was a big day out for local farmers learning about confinement feeding - trigger points and planning - with The Livestock Coach in Temora at the start of the month.
#SNSWInnovationHub #DecisionPoints #FutureDroughtFund #RiskWise #ConfinementFeeding @DAFFgov
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A great opportunity to improve connectivity across your farm discussing communications to farm automation. @GRDCNorth @GRDCSouth #NGN
Reminder: free connectivity workshop for grain growers, Tooleybuc NSW, next Monday 12 Oct, 8am - 11:30am, breakfast included. Bring your farm setup, leave with a practical roadmap. GRDC funded. Register: connectedfarms.co/f2f-worksh…
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🌾Grow lupins? We want to hear from you!
What’s working, what isn’t, and what could make lupins a better fit in your farming system?
Take our 7-minute grower survey and share your experience. Your input will help build a clearer picture of how lupins are managed locally and where future R&D could make a difference.
👉 Complete the survey here: bit.ly/4xZWdFR
This survey is part of a @TheGRDC funded project led by the Grower Group Alliance (GGA) and delivered locally by @FaceyGroup, helping build a better understanding of lupin management across our region and inform future R&D.
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Reminder: free connectivity workshop for grain growers, Tooleybuc NSW, next Monday 12 Oct, 8am - 11:30am, breakfast included. Bring your farm setup, leave with a practical roadmap. GRDC funded. Register: connectedfarms.co/f2f-worksh…
@theGRDC @Tooleybuc
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GRAIN STORAGE WORKSHOPS
Keeping harvest moving & protecting grain quality
What do you do when the headers are harvesting faster than you can get grain away?
Join Chris Warrick from Primary Business for a practical workshop exploring temporary grain storage options to help keep harvest moving and protect grain quality.
Drawing on experience from the GRDC Stored Grain project, Chris will step through options including:
Grain bunkers, grain bags & sheds
Pest prevention and fumigation
Other on-farm storage solutions
The practical considerations and trade-offs of each option
The workshop will help growers assess which storage option best fits their operation, harvest logistics, grain quality requirements and bottom line.
With above-average yields anticipated in many regions, planning ahead for temporary storage can help keep grain moving and headers harvesting.
FREE BBQ BREAKFAST PROVIDED by FarmLink
Two workshops – two locations
WEDNESDAY 21 OCTOBER 2026 – 8am
Anthony & Carmen Quade – 267 Gunn Rd, Tallimba
THURSDAY 22 OCTOBER 2026 - 8am
Tim Sweeney – 148-154 Bimi Thuddungra Rd, Bimbi
For more information
Mark Skewes
0408 800 681
[email protected]
@theGRDC
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Got slug pressure? We want to hear from you!
Riverine Plains is working on a project to identify practical, non-chemical ways to reduce slug damage in establishing canola & cereal crops.
As the project gets underway, we’re asking growers to complete a very short survey about how you currently manage slugs on farm. Your responses will help us establish a baseline of current practices, so we can measure whether the management strategies demonstrated through the project lead to changes in practice over time.
Fill in the survey & have your say👉 hubs.la/Q04yRS8x0
More on the project👉 hubs.la/Q04yRRvP0
This project is an investment of @theGRDC
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Which wheat & canola varieties are performing in our local conditions?🌾
See them for yourself at the Evan Moll Gerogery Field Day where you’ll walk through the National Variety Trials @GRDC_NVT & see a range of varieties growing side by side.
Get a closer look at how varieties are performing locally, hear from #NSWDPIRD on variety performance & recommendations, plus take away insights to inform your next variety decisions.
📅 Friday 9 October📍 Gerogery
👉 Register today: hubs.la/Q04yxlLD0
🌱 @UQ_News-led trials with Queensland DPI are testing integrated paradoxa grass management through the GRDC Weed Management Initiative. Combining pre-emergent herbicides with crop competition lifted wheat yield by up to 27%.
🔗 bit.ly/46HH9Sk
#WeedManagementInitiative
Sometimes figuring out your future starts with figuring out what you don’t want to do.
That's the advice from Alex Conway in the latest GRDC In Conversation episode, hosted by @humans_of_ag.
🎧 bit.ly/3VzibSA
#GRDCInConversation #HumansOfAgriculture #GrainStorage
🎧 In the latest GRDC In Conversation podcast, hosted by @humans_of_ag, Alex Conway reflects on harvesting across Australia and Canada.
🔗 bit.ly/4dDOtSC
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🎧PODCAST: Direct heading canola- practical tips for success🎧
...to direct head, or not to direct head, that is the question...
GOA's Maurie & Penny chat about:
❓Why you do it
💰Risks & rewards
🚜Header setup
🟡The impacts on yield & oil%.
LINK➡️soundcloud.com/user-22880357…
@theGRDC @GRDCNorth
🎙️ The next GRDC In Conversation is out on Wednesday!
This week, @humans_of_ag chats with Alex Conway who is part of GRDC’s Grain Storage Extension team.
#GRDCInConversation #GRDCPodcast #HumansofAg
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🌾 GRDC Southern NSW Farming Systems Project – End of Project Field Day
Join us at Iandra Castle, Greenethorpe for the final field day of the GRDC Southern NSW Farming Systems Project.
After 8 years of farming systems research, come along to explore the results and practical lessons from the project, including:
🌱 What has improved farming system efficiency since 2017
📊Economic performance, risk and crop sequences
💧Water-use efficiency – $GM/ha/mm and risk
🧮The new Farming Systems gross margin calculator
🚜Scaling results to the whole farm – logistics & storage
🌾Legumes in the rotation – N fixation, legacy and acidity
🐑Dual-purpose cropping – 20 tips to maximise grazing value
📅 Wednesday 7 October 2026
⏰ 9:00am – 12:00 noon
📍 Iandra Castle, Greenethorpe
☕ Morning tea at 9am at the Castle
🥪 Sandwiches provided for lunch at midday
👨🌾 Speakers include John Kirkegaard, Tim Condon, Mat Dunn, Tony Swan, Audrey Gripper, and Mark People & Teams.
Come along for a morning of research results, farmer insights and discussion about improving farming systems across southern NSW.
Project webpage: farmlink.com.au/ifs
@CSIRO @rms_ag_consultants @grassrootsag @rms_ag_consultants @deltaagribus Primary Industries and Regional Development @LLSRiverina @bakeragad @Agrista_au @eldersruralservices @theGRDC
#FarmLink #GRDC #FarmingSystems #PulseCrops #SouthernNSW #Agronomy #diversefarms
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📢We’ve set up FAW pheromone traps in summer crops for our monitoring network.
🦋QDPI is also running a FAW moth migration project across Australia over the next 12 months.
The latest results here thebeatsheet.com.au/key-pest…
@NSW_AGRONOMY @theGRDC @PestFactsSARDI @cesaraustralia
How do we stay ahead of herbicide-resistant weeds?
At Wellcamp, GRDC-supported researchers are testing integrated weed management strategies to tackle annual ryegrass and paradoxa grass in 🌾wheat .
🔗 bit.ly/46HH9Sk
#GRDC #WeedManagement
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🌾 CCDM researchers have identified a mutation in barley loose smut linked to reduced sensitivity to SDHI (Group 7) fungicides.
Read more:buff.ly/i41IeBe
@theGRDC @CurtinUni
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You won't want to miss this upcoming field day!
🗓️ Wednesday 7th October
🕘 9am - 12pm
📍 Iandra Castle, Greenethorpe
#DeltaAg #Agronomy @GRDCNorth @AgroJAK @grassrootsag
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🌱Interested in lentils?
Come along to the LENTIL AGRONOMY FOCUS DAY, part of the @theGRDC NSW Pulse Project.
🗓 Thursday, 1 October @ 8am @ #Narromine
Topics:
🧑🌾Paddock selection
🌿Varieties
🫘Agronomy
🚜Harvesting
Register➡️ grainorana.com.au/events/len…
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