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Salmon Gums, Western Australia
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We probably could have kept spraying the fungicides, not much leaf left now from rust, but also not long left before it’s done. The header will tell the story.
We nearly never have been able to measure a benefit from fungicide in barley. Another rain for the wheat’d be nice
Digby Graham retweeted
Why don’t hydraulic tanks have a level indicator? We can monitor every other useless function on equipment but you can’t tell me when I’m loosing hydraulic oil 😡
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So Aussie farmers, what is your most pressing concern in your situation? Fuel, nitrogen, phosphorous? Or sorted?
39%Mostly Fuel
48%Mostly Nitrogen
2%Mostly phosphorous
11%Sorted
592 votes • Final results Digby Graham retweeted
#Agtwitter. How are you utilising artificial intelligence in your ag business today? Plenty of theoretical and potential uses but I’m interested in what people’s first steps have been and what they have actually gotten value from. TIA & RT Appreciated.
No need for elevation maps when there’s frost around 😂
At least this lake country has somewhere for the cool air to go, our flat country nearly always fairs worse. Never enough hills 🤣
Headers just ticked over 400hrs for the season, bit over 2/3rds the way through. 🤞🏻a few more crops like this and 🤞🏻we don’t find too much more frost.
3rd try at lentils better than the previous attempts. However with lentil prices where they are I won’t try again next year.
Thunder south of blue line are a huge improvement on bolt.
Peas will continue to be our legume, better agronomics and harvestability
While things are looking good I thought I should take some photos!
Needs some rain and no frost to finish but could be one of our better years. on a slightly wetter year everything is a little short on N(range from 35-65N)
Photos;combat, sceptre, bolt/thunder and griffon canola
Baulk up of thunder on right, bolt on left.
Smaller seed of thunder gave more plants per m2 but the thunder is definitely more vigorous and bigger plants already. – at Salmon Gums, Western Australia
-4° last week has tuned a few hollows up 🥶. Hopefully early enough for it recover mostly. Rest of the crop looking pretty good so no complaints here!
Also interesting to see any leaf touching some stubble or chaff has been smoked.
Forget the “change the date” for Australia Day, can we change the date on MOTHERS DAY! Farming mothers draw the short straw there!
Happy Mother’s Day to all mums
Bourgault owners… really battling to get a canola rate under 2kg/ha. Got the small seed bin with double flighted metering auger, auger sleeve seems in perfect shape. More thinking it’s hydraulic related.
Hydraulic valve says it’s running just below 20% flow.
Any common issues? – at Western Australia, Australia
Heliotrope is up there with caltrop as an annoying weed. Seems to germinate from a dew and never seems too stressed. Starts flowering in a minute too. Only good thing is the camera boom seems to pick it up ok. – at Western Australia, Australia
