SFSTas

SFS Tasmania
On-farm research, small-plot trials, extension and everything in between. Improving productivity sustainably in the HRZ 🌾🚜🥔🌽🐑
#livingthedream

[SFSTas @SfsJill]

Thanks to Marek from
@Ag_Logic for speaking to the Tas Optimising Irrigated Grains discussion group about informed irrigation decisions. Great discussion about #irrigatedgrains in the Northern Midlands and how to optimise our irrigation strategies for our soils 💧

[SFSTas @SfsJill]

Charcoal at 20cm in new cropping development in Cressy... unintentionally biochar??? #SoilHealth #soilcarbon #nlp2022 #nrmnorth @nrmnorth @SouthernFS

[Peter Boutsalis @PBoutsalis]

Prevent or slow down Glyphosate & Paraquat resistance in ryegrass this autumn by using the Double-Knock strategy.

[SFSTas @SfsJill]

So awesome to be partnering with @far_australia on #hyperyieldingcrops, awesome results well above 12t/ha in the Awards paddocks too! #kickinggoals #livingthedream #hrzbest

[FAR Australia @far_australia]

Tasmania wheat yields recorded as part of the @GRDC’s #hyperyieldingcrops project are the highest since the record-breaking season of 2016
when RGT Accroc yielded over 16t/ha (GRDC’s Hyper Yielding Cereals project (FAR00003)). https://t.co/eI094d7dXs

[SFSTas @SfsJill]

@janadixon_ @far_australia @darcydww2 @CarberryPeter @theGRDC @GRDCSouth @LSeears @SouthernFS Darcy, Brett, Nick and Rachel did an amazing job of putting it all together. They can pack up the tents at the trial site now!! 😉

[SFSTas @SfsJill]

@far_australia Hyper Yielding Crops Field Day at the Tasmanian Crop Technology Centre a certifiable success. Rain held off just in time for the end of presentations. Well done to the team from FAR and thanks for all the hard work in putting it together! @darcydww2

[Terry Horan @robertsagronomy]

Hyper yielding cereals field day underway. Now an Australian wide project. But Tas still has the edge for a magnificent trials site and yield potential ⁦@far_australia⁩ ⁦@SfsNaomi⁩

[FAR Australia @far_australia]

Seeing is believing... come along to our Tasmania Crop Technology Centre to see how the @theGRDC's 2021 HYC trials are tracking - will we top last year's barley yield of 11.42 t/ha? Click on the link for more info.
https://t.co/HCNNp3HHwe

[Peter Boutsalis @PBoutsalis]

Our replicated pot trials identified that tank-mixing Clethodim + Atrazine was antagonist vs. Clethodim alone or separating the mixes. The longer the separation the greater the control. We included 3 DIM-resistant and 1 susceptible ryegrass in the study. @WeedSmartAU

[SFSTas @SfsJill]

SFS Spring Paddock Walk in LONGFORD, Tas on NOVEMBER 3RD, register now, don't miss out!!
https://t.co/eTB3ayIfi2

[SFSTas @SfsJill]

@kentonp_ag @far_australia @darcydww2 Looking forward to the commercialising of the waterlogging tolerant barley work done by @MeixueZ at @UTAS_ , years like this remind us we need it more than ever!

[AgWatchers Podcast @AgWatchers]

If you are a grain grower you should be listening to this.

Want to know what is happening in the fertilizer market, and the details on the China ban?

Listen to the podcast on the link:

https://t.co/niTfg7sfLH

[SFSTas @SfsJill]

Hagley is the prettiest trial site in Australia, change my mind

[Darcy Warren @darcydww2]

Finished sowing our spring barley trials at the Tassie HYC site. Looking to top last year's yield of 11.42t/ha (Laureate) @far_australia @theGRDC @kentonp_ag @Pooley_Nick_FAR @SfsTasmania

[SFSTas @SfsJill]

So awesome to have @WeedSmartAU agronomist @janadixon_ down in Tassie to run some workshops about the BIG 6 and managing resistance. @SouthernFS @theGRDC

[Jana Freebairn @janadixon_]

Bringing the @WeedSmartAU Big 6 to Tassie! @SouthernFS & @theGRDC project on managing annual ryegrass resistance, so Tassie doesn’t follow the same resistance footsteps as it’s mainland friends.
✅ Diverse rotations
✅ Mix & Rotate
✅ Stopping seed set
✅ Crop Competition
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[Peter Boutsalis @PBoutsalis]

Plant Science Consulting tested Clethodim plus Atrazine as a tank-mix vs Clethodim followed by Atrazine spray immediately after on susceptible and Dim-resistant ryegrass. Used Hasten and SOA. Significantly better activity on resistant ryegrass when NOT tank-mixed.

[SFSTas @SfsJill]

@kentonp_ag @far_australia @theGRDC @GRDCWest @CSIRO @DPIRDWA @Stirlings2Coast @RollasonJames @Pooley_Nick_FAR @JC6450 @marksey77325134 Blue skies! What are those?

[VegNET Tasmania @VegNET_Tas]

Apply now for this FREE short course at TasTAFE:
'Lead & Coach Agri Workers' is for people stepping up to supervisor or leadership roles. Learn how to provide on the job training & supervise tasks
It starts next week, so you'll need to get your skates on.
https://t.co/u3J9D6hQ90

[SFSTas @SfsJill]

@VegNET_Tas Exactly what we need. Great initiative!

[SFSTas @SfsJill]

Something I have just learnt is that AgChem are tools in a toolbox, no one _wants_ to increase variable costs. Integrated management eases this pressure, but doesn't eliminate it. Could we feed the world organically? Doubtful. https://t.co/n2Z3aU6W6l via @temarkets @WheatWatcher

[James Manson @trialsofJManson]

Canopy cover might give us some information about light interception, but canopy closure would give us more of an idea about light penetration, and be more relevant to things like fungicide applications. 3/4