GRAIN growers have always looked to the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) to assist with on-farm decision making, however agronomists are urging farmers to consider predictions alongside a number of factors when planning for crop management. By Claire Harris.
Summer watch: Keeping an eye on soil moisture levels over summer is a key to next year’s crop planning. Photo: Mark Saunders.
Speaking on a recent Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) webinar, Goondiwindi, Queensland-based MCA agronomist Paul Gardoll, said keeping an eye on soil moisture across the summer was
Crop production to drop 24 per cent this season but remain close to five-year averages.
Farm incomes forecast to drop by 41 per cent
