A breakout is the starting point for a weed, disease or pest infestation and can occur in crops in a range of ways. The most common is an infestation of weeds but it can also be where disease or pests enter the field. The most common breakout you’ll see in a crop in the headlandContinue reading “Wednesday Tec Talk: Breakouts”
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Robert Mackenzie: Macka’s Beef
Robert Mackenzie in the owner and operator of Macka’s Beef. Established in 1884, Macka’s has been proudly family owned and operated by four generations. Operating from a number a property’s between Williamtown and Gloucester Macka’s use only the world’s best genetics to breed quality, grass-fed Australian Black Angus Beef cattle and export their beef allContinue reading “Robert Mackenzie: Macka’s Beef”
Wednesday Tec Talk: Water Quality
Following on from last weeks talk on water rates it seems fitting that this week I talk about water quality. In a ideal world we would do all our spraying with rain water, naturally filtered and free from impurities. But in the real world this is generally not a option and bore water is oftenContinue reading “Wednesday Tec Talk: Water Quality”
Wednesday Tec Talk: Water Rates
The water rate is the total volume of water applied per hectare that carries the chemical onto its target. While it’s often the thing that is wound back to speed up the job and let you get to the pub sooner it can be incredibly important and be the difference between a good spray andContinue reading “Wednesday Tec Talk: Water Rates”
Cover Crops: Why and How
There’s been a growing interest in cover crops over the last few years particularly in regenerative farming circles with people like Gabe Brown showcasing their work on YouTube. But do they have a fit in the Australian broadacre context? A cover crop is a crop that is grown solely for the purpose of providing groundContinue reading “Cover Crops: Why and How”
Wednesday Tec Talk: Yield Potential
In broadacre dryland farming your yield potential is fixed before the first seed is sown and every decision you make will likely reduce it, the only question is by how much. As a crops yield potential is dictated by rainfall in crop and how much rain is captured in the the fallow. From there theContinue reading “Wednesday Tec Talk: Yield Potential”
Wednesday Tec Talk: Hard to Kill Weeds
There are many reasons a weed may become hard to kill, this could from herbicide resistance or they may just be naturally to kill like Windmill grass or Feathertop Rhodes. However while they are difficult to kill there is two main reasons why they should be killed wherever possible as if they aren’t they’ll robContinue reading “Wednesday Tec Talk: Hard to Kill Weeds”
How To Grow Wheat
Despite the title this really a guide to growing any crop as all good crops are the result of good preparation, good planning and good execution. In Australian dryland cropping the yield potential of a crop is already capped before the first seed is sown, our yield is limited by the moisture that is availableContinue reading “How To Grow Wheat”
Wednesday Tec Talk: Fungicides
This new segment will be a short weekly podcast talking about something from the technical side of farming which could include anything from a discussion on ground cover to herbicide usage, worms in sheep or the application of new technology. Hopefully you’ll enjoy it. Today’s tec talk is on the use of fungicides in broadContinue reading “Wednesday Tec Talk: Fungicides”
Welcome to the In The Paddock Podcast
This new fortnightly podcast aims to help give you the tools you need to boost your farming business, whether that’s through talking about ways to improve your farms production, interviewing other farmers and finding out how they run their business or interviewing experts in the field on the methods you can employ on the farm.Continue reading “Welcome to the In The Paddock Podcast”
In The Paddock Podcast 