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SANTFA 2006 Journal |
Autumn Edition Month: January Vol: 3 No: 1 |
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 No-Till Science | |||||||||
| Title: Meeting the trifluralin challenge | Author: Graeme Jennings | ||||||||
| Many farmers are concerened about the growing incidence of trifluralin resistance and the threat that this poses to no-till farming. The following article details how this can be managed. | |||||||||
| Suggestions that trifluralin resistance poses a threat to the future of no-till, which in recent years has increasingly been seen as reliant on the pre-emergent chemical, appear ill-founded for at least two reasons. The first is the many significant benefits from no-till systems, which ensures innovative growers will find ways around the challenge posed by trifluralin resistance. This ... | |||||||||
| No-Till Science | |||||||||
| Title: To drift or not to drift | Author: Michael Bennet | ||||||||
| Nozzles were evaluated in several different spraying application situations this season on Eyre Peninsula. Working closely with Graham Betts (ASK GB) the nozzle trials were formulated to provide a decision making tool for growers looking for an answer to drift and nozzle selection questions. | |||||||||
| What lessons were learnt during 2005? | |||||||||
| One critical lesson learnt from the spray trials this season was related to the actual output of each nozzle. Each nozzle is rated by an international standard according to the volume of water output at given pressures. For example, a yellow 02 nozzle is rated for an output of 790 ml/min at 3 bar output pressure. Unfortunately it was measured that the actual water output varied by as ... | |||||||||
| No-Till Science | |||||||||
| Title: Don’t get caught out on summer weed control | Author: Graeme Jennings | ||||||||
| Summer weed management continues to be an important part of managing the no-till farming system. The following artcile by Graeme Jennings of John Lamb Communications dicusses various apsects to consider. | |||||||||
| "Don't get caught out on summer weed control this season," cautions Andre Sabeeney. "January rainfall is likely to determine the need for summer weed control in most districts, according to the Clare-based Elders agronomist. This means growers would be well advised to keep a close watch on their paddocks over the next few weeks and be prepared to react quickly based on what th... | |||||||||