GRDC Grains Research Update – Warra

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Topics:

• Improving nitrogen management in grain sorghum – 3 years looking at timing & type. Trevor Philp (Pacific Seeds)
• Optimising the nitrogen investment. Understanding & minimising N losses while feeding the crop what it needs. Mike Bell (UQ)
• Early plant sorghum – is it worth it? An economic comparison with two case studies from the Warra area. Andrew Zull (DAF Qld)
• Economic thresholds for Fall armyworm in maize and sorghum. Melina Miles (DAF Qld)/Joe Eyre (UQ)
• Through the looking glass: productivity, risks & benefits of different farming systems on the Darling Downs. Lindsay Bell (CSIRO)
• Farming system profitability & impacts of commodity price risk. Andrew Zull/James Hagan (DAF Qld)
• Farming systems discussion. Led by Paul Castor (MCA)
• Problem weed research. Michael Widderick (DAF Qld) & Bhagirath Chauhan (UQ)
• Grower experience with new weed technologies, including Drones and weed mapping (Wade Bidstrup) and SwarmFarm (Jamie Grant)