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SANTFA 2007 Journal |
Summer Edition Month: January Vol: 4 No: 1 |
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 No stock and No-till | |||||||||
| Title: No stock and no-till - clearing the decks for continuous cropping | Author: Michael Bennet | ||||||||
| When Geoff Bammann and his sons found their sheep were compromising their cropping program they decided to clear the decks for better crop management. | |||||||||
| Cleve farmer Geoff Bammann and his sons, Paul and Neville, have quit their sheep to concentrate on continuous cropping. The partners crop a total of 3,500 ha on several blocks east and west of Cleve. They have opted for no stock, including no agistment, on their 2,200 ha home property but do have stock on 1,300 ha of leased country where the owner has negotiated to run some... | |||||||||
| No-till mixed farming | |||||||||
| Title: Sheep and crop complementary in no-till mixed farming | Author: Michael Bennet | ||||||||
| For Shane Nelligan,Edillilie farmer, Eyre Peninsula SA, sheep are an important managment tool as well as providing a valuable alternative source of income. | |||||||||
| Three years ago Edillilie farmer and SANTFA committee member Shane Nelligan was moving out of sheep and had run his Merino flock down to 250 ewes. Today he has a thousand ewes mated to White Dorper rams. The change of direction came in response to the development of herbicide resistance in his annual ryegrass population, which prompted a review of the total farm enterprise.<... | |||||||||
| No-till case study | |||||||||
| Title: Innovation key to success in the business of farming | Author: Mike Krause, Applied Economic Solutions | ||||||||
| This is the third of three case studies carried out by agricultural economist Mike Krause, principal of Applied Economic Solutions, as part of a GRDC-supported research project to assess the economic impacts of no-till farming in the SA environment. | |||||||||
| Introduction | |||||||||
| Murray and Ann are the fourth generation of I’Ansons to farm ‘Prospect Hill’, 8km north of Marrabel. They are in the process of handing over the operation to Kym and Katie I’Anson, the fourth generation. Murray, Ann, Kym and Katie have been jointly farming Prospect Hill for the past six years. Kym has grown up on the property but spent some time at the University of New England (Armida... | |||||||||
| No-till research | |||||||||
| Title: Wheat response to double row spacing under ribbon sowing | Author: Jack Desbiolles | ||||||||
| Jack Desbiolles, Agricultural Machinery R&D Centre, UniSA | |||||||||
| Introduction | |||||||||
| Under dryland farming conditions, edge-row effects provide benefts to plants through access to extra soil volume (moisture, nutrients) and increased sunlight exposure during the growing season. These effects are frequently observed on small research plots and are reported beside traffc lanes in controlled traffc paddocks. Wide row cropping offers lower draft, higher ... | |||||||||