The Merriwagga tillage and rotational trial was established in the year of 1999. The trial aimed to compare no till farming techniques against conventional farming methods over, wait for it a whopping five different crop rotations. The trial is currently managed by Agrow agronomy in a partnership with central west farming systems. In the past...
In 2009, 95 farmers in the mixed cropping zone of NSW were surveyed in relation to their use of pasture species with perennial pastures being a key focus. The survey found that 52% of the land was under crop, 29% contained perennial pasture and 19 % contained annual pastures. Stemming on from the survey was...
Majority of farmers realise that they should be including broad leaf species into their cropping rotations to help manage in crop weeds and diseases. However in the years between 1999 and 2009 the percentage of legume pulse crops and canola declined significantly in central western farming systems. The main reasons for this decision were late...
