PBI Narrabri

The Plant Breeding Institute of the University of Sydney based at the IA Watson research centre at Narrabri performs research for the benefit of grain growers.

[PBI Narrabri @pbinarrabri]

@theGRDC’s GroundCover talks about how researchers are developing ways to help wheat beat the heat! @BradPosch @Coast_Onoriode @OwenAtkin @PlantSci_ANU @PlantEnergyBiol @Sydney_Science @VicGovAg @agtbreeding @BCG_Birchip @Uni_Newcastle
https://t.co/oHSyp1PBYQ

[PBI Narrabri @pbinarrabri]

🌱🌱Check out our 2021 virtual field day! Hear about what’s happening on the farm, a new variety release and some of our current research 🌱🌱
@SiaSydney @Sydney_Science
https://t.co/kgVs3gDQze

[PBI Narrabri @pbinarrabri]

This year marks 60 years of field experiments at the PBI Narrabri! To celebrate, we planted @agtbreeding SUNPRIME and SUNLAMB wheat varieties using the same involved process that we would to plant our field experiments🌾@theGRDC @SiaSydney @SydneySOLES @Sydney_Science

[Sydney Agriculture @SiaSydney]

For National Agriculture Day this year we are highlighting the work of our world-class soil scientists who are rethinking how the Earth's skin - our living soil - can be used in the fight to control climate change. @BudimanSoil @spadarian
https://t.co/nSVuH6VPIy #AgDayAU

[Sydney Science @Sydney_Science]

NSW Government + industry have joined forces with @SiaSydney to invest in a new research centre.

Based at @pbinarrabri, the centre will focus on adapting crops for drought tolerance, food security solutions & boosting farmer productivity.

Read more: https://t.co/ol2AzKWSMN🔗

[PBI Narrabri @pbinarrabri]

Scoring an early selection of faba beans for the breeding program.

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We are ready for harvest with the return of our two mini headers after some specialised maintenance in Victoria. They are now social distancing until November.

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Screening faba beans for heat and tolerance as part of Erasmus’s Phd project. #NationalScienceWeek

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Our canola growing alongside the Newell Highway is looking picture perfect.

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Harvesting our summer grown chickpeas and happy with the result just before the rain.

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Our crops and landscape looking great.

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We are underway with the 2020 wheat planting.

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In north west NSW you are probably seeing these guys. caper white butterfly migration.

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Harvested our millet today before the rain. 34 t should feed alot of budgies. Today’s soil coring also found excellent soil moisture ready for winter crops.

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Getting ready for the GrainGrowers University student crop competition September 7 in Narrabri. @GrainGrowersLtd

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Following the rain. They are called Darling lilies and have sprung up around the north west. Enjoy.

[Matt Notley @chewy_notley]

Another precision agronomy course on again in the north #Narrabri #agskilled thanks to @pbinarrabri for having us. @TocalCollege @MMultispread @Proagrica for providing the resources #farmdata #spreadtest #yielddata #economics nice bit of rain overnight

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@Sydney_Science agronomy students on tour in Narrabri this week.

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You might call it pigweed but at the moment it should be on your dinner table. Enjoy its lemon taste while fresh straight from paddock.