Mark Groat

Food producer, father of four, rice industry advocate, it's all about family, friends and rural communities - and productive water use. Nuffield Scholar 2017

[James Brinkhoff @jamesbrinkhoff]

There are some advanced rice crops in the Riverina this year, and temperatures kicking up the last couple of weeks! @RiceExtension

[Agricultural Water R&D - NSW DPIRD @NSW_AgWater]

Congratulations to Tina Dunn, 40 years of service to NSW DPI and the NSW rice industry. @BrianDunn1287 @nswdpi @AgriFuturesAU @RiceExtension

[Scott Burger @scottburger00]

V071 #rice with plenty of damage and army🐛 at moulamein today😬. ⁦@AlleenaBurger⁩ ⁦@Jeremy_Morton_⁩ ⁦@ricegrowers⁩ ⁦@NutrienAgRetail⁩ ⁦@GrowerService⁩

[NSW Irrigators' Council @nswirrigators]

"We employ 7 people and their families all live on our farm. If they lose their jobs, that's 7 families that won't be in Leeton and need to find other work."
Liz Stott on why we need to move #beyondbuybacks and #keepfarmersfarming
@DavidPocock @JacquiLambie @TammyTyrrell_

[RGA @ricegrowers]

“When irrigated agriculture struggles, the whole town struggles.”

We need your support to keep our communities thriving! Join the rally against water buybacks.

12pm Tuesday 21st Nov.

📍 Griffith // Memorial Park
📍 Leeton // Mountford Park
📍 Deniliquin // Multi Arts Centre

[IREC @IRECNSW]

We are very excited as this is our first audio podcast of a farmers' newsletter article and the aim is to improve accessibility, offering an alternative to the written article.Listen - https://t.co/Lfru4fYhkh
This episode is part of the Area Wide Management of Weeds Project.

[H Lunn @lmkmills1]

Grazing Brassica and oat mix watered up for a bit of feed before sowing rice later in the year. 🌾

[CeRRF_Griffith @CeRRF_Griffith]

🙏 everyone for attending our field day. Great to see grower interest in our #automation tech and #aerobic rice. Workshops for rice growers wanting to build their own will be running this winter now you know how easy it is to do!#FutureDroughtFund @ricegrowers @RiceExtension

[Brian Dunn @BrianDunn1287]

Rice that has been spread on a smooth soil surface may need the water drained for the roots to attach before it all ends on the bank. @RiceExtension @AgriFuturesAU @soupercocky

[Progressive Agriculture @progressiveagri]

I may have a few followers unaware of what rice looks like Oz style. Well it’s not what you might have imagined! High quality, safe and resource efficient. Our production ebbs and flows according to water availability.

[IREC @IRECNSW]

Just one of the trials at the IREC field station this year. It's going to be an interesting year! @RiceExtension @MarkGroat3

[Matt Herring @Matt_HerringOz]

We’re now in that special window when the #bitternsinrice are arriving but the rice isn’t tall enough to conceal them. It only lasts a few weeks, then it’s nesting time. Check out this excellent phone video, just in from Robert Andreazza, Willbriggie. #wildoz #ornithology

[Mark Groat @MarkGroat3]

@StuartBarden What are you putting in after that Stuart?

[James Brinkhoff @jamesbrinkhoff]

Water use (m^3) per kJ energy, gram carb, gram fat, gram protein. Average diet uses 4 kL/day. Diet based on potatoes, peanuts, onions and carrot would be very boring, but use 1kL/day.
https://t.co/pfCsluA0IH

[Rice Extension @RiceExtension]

Fantastic few days travelling around Rice Valleys with our judges for #Groweroftheyear! Winner to be announced at 2019 @ricegrowers Conference! Buy your tickets today! @GrowerService

[H Lunn @lmkmills1]

Very happy with the establishment of shaftal clover after the most water efficient rice crop (1tonne / meg of water). Lots of feed now

[Brian Dunn @BrianDunn1287]

Our PI Predictor paper has been published. Great to see the phenology data we collect in all our experiments utilised in a practical tool for rice growers. https://t.co/emcncdVrgE @AgriFuturesAU @RiceExtension @NSWDPI_AGRONOMY

[Progressive Agriculture @progressiveagri]

Gee whiz. When the industry at the top of the economic pile is concerned about shifting demand patterns you know things are getting unsustainable. Worth a read.

[Jeremy Morton 🌾🐸🦆🚜🐟🐂 @Jeremy_Morton_]

This small extract is from the 500 page Basin Futures document produced by ⁦@ANUmedia⁩ in 2011. We’re slow learners aren’t we ⁦@Tony_Burke⁩ ⁦@billshortenmp⁩ ⁦@SenatorWong⁩ ⁦@ScottMorrisonMP⁩ ⁦@D_LittleproudMP⁩ #AUSvote2019 #MurrayDarling

[Brian Dunn @BrianDunn1287]

Hand harvesting of the Yanco - Drill, DPW and Aerobic experiments is complete. Average grain yields were 12.4, 11.4 and 7.4 t/ha. Water productivity (t/ML) = DPW 5% higher and Aerobic 15% lower than Drill. Thanks Tina for the video. @AgriFuturesAU @RiceExtension