30 July 2022, Australia: Growers, advisers and grains trade consultants gathered in Hyden on July 26 as the Grains Learn and Pattern Corporation (GRDC) kicked off its regional grains learn updates sequence.
GRDC’s grains learn updates are premier occasions in the grains trade calendar, bringing the most modern learn, pattern and extension (RD&E) to the Western Australian grainbelt thru a chain of chubby-day, in the community tailored workshops.
GRDC Western Panel Chair Darrin Lee said that whereas the regional updates had been moved from their traditional provide in March as a COVID precaution, the novel agenda provided a possibility to arm growers with updated facts on local learn initiatives, and to tackle in-season components similar to food regimen, frost and weed and illness administration.
“These classes give growers the chance to hear from Western Australia’s main researchers and advisers on components that are impacting their on-farm profitability here and now, in 2022, and heading into next season,” Mr Lee said.
“GRDC’s remit is to translate the most modern learn outcomes into tangible, adoptable suggestions and advice that growers can notice to toughen their profitability. If they hasten away recently’s updates with one or two suggestions they can acquire away and put in force on-farm this season or next, then that’s an wonderful result.”
In Hyden, hosted by local grower neighborhood the Holt Rock Neighborhood, presentations began with Ross Kingwell from the Australian Export Grains Innovation Centre (AEGIC) offering an outline of challenges and opportunities for the grains trade, at the side of commentary on the impact of the Russia – Ukraine conflict on the worldwide grain trade.
Mr Kingwell said that in the shut to term, opportunities included extra canola being exported into the European Union, an form bigger in barley being exported into the Center East, and extra wheat exported into South Asia, moreover to a possible firming up of grain prices.
“Here’s our time in historical previous. Australia’s grains trade currently taking part in a uncommon sweet-situation: excessive yields and excessive grain prices, although the trifecta of low input charges is sadly missing. The present enormous volumes of grain production and excessive grain prices comprise positioned most WA grain farms in a stable financial situation,” Mr Kingwell said.
“There are a lot of market opportunities ahead, especially in South East Asia; aided by rising populations, rising incomes and burgeoning health concerns. However, there are local and global environmental challenges of climate dangers and de-carbonisation.”
High input charges had been discussed by an professional panel comprising Ben Whisson (ConsultAg), David Pannell (University of Western Australia) and Wayne Pluske (Equii). To boot they covered guidelines growers can put in force on-farm to arrange excessive input charges next season.
Department of Main Industries and Regional Pattern (DPIRD) learn scientist Craig Scanlan and James Easton from CSBP provided their suggestions on slash food regimen programs for 2023 against the background of higher fertiliser charges.
Mr Easton told growers to understand what their crops need – test crops and soils; if paddocks need potassium, notice it; and to band nitrogen and potassium for finest returns.
Extra presentations across the day covered frost administration, weed programs, pulse crops, iciness wheats, oat sorts, managing Russian wheat aphid, optimising legume nitrogen advantages, re-engineering soils, and novel technologies for weed detection and adjust.
Session classes in the program also gave growers the chance to provide input into future GRDC learn activities by speaking their local components and priorities.
The grains learn updates sequence persisted in Kojonup on Thursday July 28, with extra classes also scheduled in the future of August in Dongara (August 2), Moora (August 16) and Wickepin (August 18).
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