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Tips on harvesting frosted crops

HE DEPARTMENT of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) is encouraging grain growers who are harvesting frosted crops this season to take extra precautions to reduce machinery wear, the risk of fire, and the quality of grain retained for seed. 

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Tips for harvesting frost affected crops is available through the GRDC.

Tips for harvesting frost affected crops is available through the GRDC.

DPIRD research officer Ben Biddulph said frosts in August and September impacted many Western Australian crops and included weather events in mid-September that involved temperatures below minus three...

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