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 WA yield potential drops as growers battle dry conditions. Photo: Mark Saunders.
CROPPING

Dry conditions drop WA grain yield potential

A million tonnes in grain yield potential lost in WA.

21 August 2023

Above average yields predicted for most Australian shires
WEATHER

Above average yields predicted for most Australian shires

July soil moisture map now available

16 August 2023

 $38m funding awarded for drought-resilience projects. Picture Mark Saunders.
INSIGHT

Drought projects receive $38m funding boost

Farmers to benefit from research focused on drought-resilience.

14 August 2023

 CSIRO explain drought susceptibility during El Niño events. Photo Mark Saunders.
CROPPING

CSIRO explain El Niño associated drought risk

Researchers El Niño significance for Australian producers.

12 June 2023

 Winter crop production to fall from consecutive record highs. Photo courtesy DAFF.
WEATHER

Ag value predicted to drop by 14 per cent

Drier than normal conditions anticipated to impact production.

09 June 2023

  El Niño ALERT issued, but below average rainfall forecast remains unchanged. Photo Mark Saunders.
WEATHER

Australia on El Niño alert

Reduced rainfall and warm weather could be on the cards.

09 June 2023

 Unidata senior communications engineer Clint Barnes and general manager Matt Saunders with DPIRD senior technical officer Phil George, eConnect+ project manager Darren Gibbon and research officer Ian Foster, at a weather station in Floreat.  Image courtesy DPIRD.
WEATHER

DPIRD weather stations upgrade ready for rollout

DPIRD weather stations upgrade ready for rollout

05 June 2023

 The Bureau of Meteorology has forecast a drier than average winter. Image courtesy BOM.
WEATHER

Drier than average winter expected

Drier and warmer winter on the cards for large parts of Australia

04 June 2023

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A growing series of reports, each focused on a key discussion point for the farming sector, brought to you by the Farming Ahead team.

A growing series of reports, each focused on a key discussion point for the farming sector, brought to you by the Farming Ahead team.

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Research Report: Carbon Calculators (June 2024)

Farming Ahead's June Research Report compares two carbon calculators which can be used by grain growers.

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Research Report: High Horsepower Tractors (May 2024)

Kondinin Group has rounded up some real broadacre muscle in this Research Report - looking at 447kW (600hp)-plus tractors.

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Research Report: Sheds (April 2024)

Sheds play a vital role in farming, offering shelter and protection for people, machinery, livestock and valuable inputs like chemicals and fertiliser.

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Research Report: Self-Propelled Sprayers (March 2024)

In this month’s Research Report, the Kondinin Group research team of Mark Saunders, Ben White and Josh Giumelli present the results of the latest round of self-propelled sprayer testing. The team traversed several states to round up six of the latest sprayers, which can cost upwards of $1 million each.