George Revel @AgEconAus and John Hornbuckle @DeakinSEBE talk Smart Automation in Rice in the latest SIP2 video https://t.co/wnv9LIlpCq Date shows labour savings generating 9% internal rate of return and with water savings providing additional upside potential. @CottonResearch
The research team are starting to pre-irrigate next week. We pre-irrigate or water up the trials on the block almost every year. Why?
1 of 3) the economics stack up, check out the report created by @AgEconAus for @Irrigation4P on our data at Kerang https://t.co/e54wZEfPak
What is the damage to your hip pocket from feral pigs?
@AgEconAus surveyed North West Agronomists and Landholders to gather data on the actual financial impacts from feral pigs.
Join us for a webinar on Wed, 2 Feb @ 2pm to hear survey results.
REGISTER: https://t.co/j3HEf53cBA
As well as saving water, improved irrigation systems & practices can save:
✅ labour
✅energy
✅ help to maximise crop yields by reducing plant stress from a lack of or too much water.
Click the link👇 for more & economic case studies.
https://t.co/HJQD9suCfn @sugarresearch
With fertiliser prices soaring⬆️, it’s a good time to look at ways to maximise nitrogen use efficiency.
Check out the More Profit for Nitrogen program for economic case studies & new nitrogen use research in #cotton#dairy#sugar#cherries#mangoes 🐄🍒
👉https://t.co/RFyeskbhCf
Remember storms brewing after days of easterly, then warm northerly winds? A CSIRO study looked into changes in summer rainfall in nthn MDB cropping areas. CRDCs Spotlight @Jenson_Melanie chats with @CottonInfoAust@jonwelsh3 about these results. https://t.co/gzLPAyZQZD
2/2 Janine investigated if commercially available #renewableenergy & storage solutions reduced the cost of energy & reduced the carbon footprint of irrigators in the Australian sugar industry? Click the link👆to read the journal article & thesis 🙂. @sugarresearch@CANEGROWERS
1/2 Hooray! 🥳 🍾Some good news amid the lockdown gloom - a big congrats to @AgEconAus' Janine Powell for getting a peer-reviewed paper published & for completing a Masters in Agricultural Economics 👏🏻👏🏻
👉 https://t.co/Zs4I3bVv0V @sciencedirect
The Sustainability Framework along with a range of research efforts being delivered by Hort Innovation will contribute to the objective for agriculture to reach $100 billion by 2030. https://t.co/cLqQ7fo57u
@benharden_QCL @markgriggs7@BreeSwift2
The Australian Sustainability Framework aims to acknowledge the significant contribution Aussie produce growers make to the nation’s families and the environment through the provision of fresh and nutritious food.
https://t.co/cLqQ7fFFZ2
@ABCRural@Kallee@MelanieLGroves
We are thrilled to announce the release of the Australian-grown Horticulture Sustainability Framework. It's a guide to help the sector share its sustainable, ethical, and safe farming practice stories with stakeholders. https://t.co/cLqQ7fo57u @D_LittleproudMP @DeptAgNews
Farmer Forecast this week - June, what a stellar month for eastern Australia! Plus, seasonal model review and July outlook. Which seasonal model navigated late Autumn conditions the best? (image below courtesy Lach Melbourne) https://t.co/l8oTSxxkoh
CottonInfo Moisture Manager - seasonal outlook more favourable as negative IOD settles. Plus, summer rainfall in cotton areas - is it changing? New CSIRO research #agchatoz@ClimateKelpie - https://t.co/Y1jmZxjrmx