Jon Thelander

Seednet Regional Manager - North East Australia. Views expressed are my own.

[GRDC National Variety Trials (NVT) @GRDC_NVT]

@GRDC_NVT would like to announce the release of the NVT results for FBA Coorong faba bean, bred by Adelaide University! For all the NVT results on yield, quality, and disease ratings head to https://t.co/MgSL6FnG7S.

[GRDC National Variety Trials (NVT) @GRDC_NVT]

@GRDC_NVT would like to announce the release of the NVT results for FBA Barmah faba bean, bred by Adelaide University! For all the NVT results on yield, quality, and disease ratings head to https://t.co/MgSL6FnG7S.

[David Clegg @clegg1604]

APB Bondi Kaspa type field pea doing well at Quairading,WA. High yielding with improved disease and virus resistance. Improved rating for Boron and salinity. Expecting good seed supply for 2026 plantings ⁦@AuSeednet⁩

[Stuart Ockerby @StuartOckerby]

New Lentil variety for 2026 “ALB Dane” (ALB2321) at the BCG Main Field Day yesterday. The recent AgVic releases have had a 🐕 naming theme, Kelpie & Terrier, with no real correlation, but not this time, “Great Dane”, big dog & big Lentil.

[David Clegg @clegg1604]

16 ewes/ ha + lambs grazing DG Hotham mid season Truflex canola germinated Anzac Day, Pingelly WA. Flower buds just forming so sheep will be removed soon. Hardly making a dent in the growth. Should be more grazing of spring canola! ⁦@Dyna_Gro_Seed⁩ ⁦@NutrienWAagri⁩

[Grains Australia @GrainsAustralia]

📢 New accredited malting barley

Grains Australia has accredited Laperouse as malting barley.
🌾 Medium to high fermentability
🌧️ Suited to medium rainfall areas

Read the full media release 👉 https://t.co/AElWgfmBp2

[Stock Journal @stockjournal]

The breeders of a new imi-tolerant lentil are confident a solid agronomic package, headlined by strong ascochyta blight resistance, will see good demand from growers.
https://t.co/x7NZlL5aSj

[Seednet_au @AuSeednet]

Introducing new pulse variety benchmarks.
ALB Terrier: new benchmark for lentil disease resistance.
APB Bondi: new benchmark Kaspa type field pea.
Meet the breeders at Hart Field Day on Tue 17th September.

[Seednet_au @AuSeednet]

New, broadly adapted barley variety under evaluation for malting and brewing.
High grain yield and excellent physical grain quality.
Seed available from Seednet Partners for 2025.
https://t.co/14QaABguYh

[NSW Agronomy @NSW_AGRONOMY]

DBA Mataroi:
· Recent release from the @nswdpi Tamworth Durum program
· Durum classification extended to Sth region in 2023 (Nth in '22)
· Best long-term NVT yield results of the Tamworth varieties: Nth & Sth

More info⬇️
https://t.co/RDiSPAmTIz

@GRDC_NVT @AuSeednet @GRDCNorth

[Stuart Ockerby @StuartOckerby]

Newton “Winter” Barley seed crop at Illabo last Thursday, sown at 15kg/Ha.

[John Kirkegaard @AgroJAK]

Canola on right after fabas and on left after wheat - crop on right coming home with wind in the sails on extra water and N. Effects on yield, costs, inputs, profit, weeds, disease, all important to track over the years in the @GRDC @NSWDPI @CSIRO Farming Systems Project

[Stuart Ockerby @StuartOckerby]

Last week at Mundoora SA, grower happy with his decision to retain seed and sow again 150 HA of Reilly Wheat.

[Jon Thelander @JonThelander]

Congratulations to University of Sydney PBI, Narrabri Field Day. Showcasing great research & developments.
Audrey & Ash (Ag Vic) Lentils for the North. And Abdus (Uni of Sydney) Northern Faba bean breeding.

[GRDC National Variety Trials (NVT) @GRDC_NVT]

Bred by SECOBRA and commercialised by @AUSeednet, SCA21-Y003 Barley is now commercially available. All the independent @GRDC_NVT results on yield, quality, and disease ratings can now be found at https://t.co/MgSL6FnG7S.

[GRDC North @GRDCNorth]

Pulse performance in regionally relevant environments
"Faba beans were the standout pulse crop across southern & central NSW pulse agronomy sites in 2021 & 2022, for grain yield & net N contributions to soil" @brill_ag @MaurieStreet
Paper: https://t.co/qK1khnSKz1
#GRDCUpdates

[Stuart Ockerby @StuartOckerby]

Photo 1&2 BASF Kingston left AGT Coota right. Photo 3 BASF Kingston & Photo 4 BASF Kingston right DBA Vittaroi left, all in the same irrigated paddock at Coleambally last Friday.

[Jon Thelander @JonThelander]

New PBA Ayla Faba beans, near Rowena.

[Stuart Ockerby @StuartOckerby]

Yesterday, 80kg Bennett Wheat & 1kg Tillage Radish sown at Gerogery NSW on March 18 with 80kg of Flutriafol MAP & 50kg of Urea. Grazed by sheep & cattle from May 5 to 17, will get another graze next week.

[Lee Hickey @DrHikov]

Check out these beauties! 😍

DBA Aurora durum wheat lines with modified root traits developed by @theGRDC postdoc fellow @samir_alahmad

Exciting times as we plan yield trials on farms and in partnership with breeding companies to determine value of root traits across Australia