SPAA PA Winter Crop Walks

Location: Various

GRDC PA in Practice - Southern Region:   All workshops in the southern region will visit on-farm PA trials, meet farmers who have applied PA tools and discuss in season agronomy management.   19 & 20 July Central West Farming Systems Group Jodie Dean/Neil McMillan 02 6895 1007 21 July   Farmlink Research Paul Breust 02 6924 4633 22 July Riverine Plains Inc. Fiona Hart 03 5744 1713 2 August Yorke Peninsula Alkaline Soils Group Joylene Button 08 8853 2241 13 August Upper North Farming Systems Group Charlton Jeisman 08 8664 1408 0427 225 590 20th August Mallee Sustainable Farming Richard Saunders – SA group 0419 853 089 20th August Coonalpyn Ag Bureau Aaron Long 08 8571 1383 0428 711 087 30 August Lower Eyre Peninsula Agriculture Development Assoc. Kieran Wauchope 08 8688 3400 31 August Eyre Peninsula Agricultural Research Foundation Linden Masters 08 8680 6210 0401 122 172 1 September Hart Field Site group Sam Trengove 0428 262 057 11th August Riverine Plains Inc. Fiona Hart 03 5744 1713 12th August Southern Farming Systems Andrew Whitlock 03 5229 0566 0458 312 589 16th August Mallee Sustainable Farming Michael Moodie– Vic group 03 5021 9100 19th August BCG (formerly Birchip Cropping Group) Simon Craig – North group 03 5492 2787 19th August BCG Janine McIntyre – Southern group 03 5492 2787 The aims of the crop walks are to Look at the trials and discuss what we are trying to learn from the trials and what the visual observations might be suggesting, especially if there are differences between zones. Where we have soil and tissue test results they will be discussed. Discuss the use of crop sensing and imagery and how that could be applied to post emergent N applications. We will aim to have some crop sensors on hand. We will also talk about the concept of N-rich strips and look at where the facilitator or grower has put out some N-rich strips on a couple different soil types. Learn from growers in the area about what they've learnt from their experiences with PA. What benefits do they see? What equipment have they used? What software have they used? What trials they have done? How they have decided on rates for zones? What layers of info have they used? What are their future plans? Are they trialling any other new technologies that may of interest, i.e. soil moisture probes or liquid systems? Are they tryng to inter-row sow? If so, what has been their success?

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