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2007 is the start of a new era in farming, with higher grain prices due to ethanol. This review looks at the Profit Drivers and Ten Big Improvements for high profit grain farming in the northern region of Australia.
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A review of sorghum production has been prepared for GRDC. It looks at the opportunity for farmers to increase yields and for the sorghum industry to double production over the next 10 years.
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Farmers can reduce greenhouse gas emissions by storing carbon in their soils and at the same time improve soil health and sustainability. A summary brochure prepared for GRDC and the Condamine Alliance is available. Best practice management for storing carbon is outlined.
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Profitable use of feedlot manure
Feedlot manure can slash fertiliser bills and add organic matter to the soil. A recent summary report has been prepared for GRDC.
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A ten page summary with highlights from a workshop on Long-term Fertiliser Use (Toowoomba, March 2005) and a Conference on Soil Biology-Soil Health (Dalby, May 2005). The report looks at nitrogen fertiliser decisions, long-term responses from P&K, the importance of organic matter, manure use, earthworms and the lack of value in cation balance theories.
An Australia-wide review of the potential for fluid fertilisers in broadacre agriculture was prepared for GRDC in 2003. P fertiliser is more efficient in fluid forms on calcareous soils in South Australia and on some low pH soils with high Iron or Aluminium. For most of Australia's cropping soils however, there is no advantage of using P in a fluid form, which is more expensive than granular MAP. Liquid N fertiliser is being used by some farmers in Western Australia who claim it is easier to use and saves labour. However, liquid N is also more expensive than solid fertilisers and has a major disadvantage in the form of corrosion reducing the life of sprayers. Click on the title to download this PDF report (1.5 MB) which includes case studies of farms using both fluid N and P fertilisers.
This report looks at the need to keep making the farm a little bit better than last year - and how to do it! Part of a larger project for GRDC, it examines risk management when making changes on farms and the 2020 vision needed to maintain a prosperous farm over the next 10-15 years - until 2020. Click on the title to download this PDF report (208 KB).
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