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Testing helps to inform herbicide choices

BUYING new property may be on the cards for some grain growers this year and it may bring with it several unknows such as soils, terrain and weeds.

Staff writer
 Herbicide resistance testing could be worthwhile when buying new land. Picture courtesy WA Department of Agriculture.

Herbicide resistance testing could be worthwhile when buying new land. Picture courtesy WA Department of Agriculture.

When the Birch family of ‘Catalina Farms', Coorow, Western Australia, purchased a neighbouring property, ‘Koobabbie', they had reason to expect that herbicide resistance would be less of a problem because...

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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: Sheds

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Research Report: Harvest Weed Seed Mills

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Research Report: Agritechnica 2023

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Research Report: Fronting Up

This Research Report looks at harvester fronts including research and expertise from Kondinin Group’s Ben White, with input from harvesting specialists Brett Asphar, Kassie Van Der Westhuizen, Murray Skayman and Martin Reichelt.