GRDC Grains Research Update – Burdekin

Tuesday 26 November 2024.

Discuss the latest farm-ready information to improve profit, with researchers, agronomists and leading growers at the Burdekin GRDC Grains Research Update.

TOPICS:

• Fall armyworm impacts & thresholds in sorghum & maize – management options & guidance for 2024/25. Melina Miles (QDAF)
• Fall armyworm and maize – what are the implications and options for farming systems? Consultant led discussion with Melina Miles & Shantelle Arratta (Nutrien)
• Soybean management update – disease update, new agronomy manual, permit updates and information on fungicide and insecticide use. Judy Plath (Soy Australia)
• New soybean varieties – what’s coming when, role and fit into NQ farming systems. Linden Bignell (PB Agrifood) & Paul Villis (Grower)
• Why grain legume rotations work in the sugar industry – Bundaberg and Burdekin Data. Neil Halpin (QDAF)
  • Some learnings on N responses in soybean for protein and impact of inoculation
  • Foliar disease in soybean and opportunities for plant improvement program
  • Is crop nutrition limiting yield?
• Optimising mungbean yield potential and reliability in north Queensland farming systems. Paul McIntosh (Pulse Australia / WeedSmart)
• Things to consider with mungbeans in the Burdekin environment – irrigation management, sowing date, radiation and temperature effects. Stephen Yeates (ex CSIRO)
• Pulses in the rotation for NQ – how do they fit? Pros & cons and issues to consider. Discussion including Judy Plath, Paul McIntosh, Stephen Yates, Linden Bignell, Neil Halpin & Brock Dembowski (QDAF)
• Nitrogen strategies and managing losses in the wet and dry tropics: organic vs fertiliser sources of N; denitrification and urease inhibitors – do they have a role; and strategies to mitigate risk in the tropics. Mike Bell (University of Qld)
• GRDC feedback session – panel on unmet research needs. Bec Raymond (GRDC)

(Agenda subject to change)

For more information and to register, visit the GRDC website.