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...
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...
Facilitating increased on-farm adoption of broadleaf crop and pasture species in crop sequences to improve grain production and farm profitability Most grain-growers recognise that they should be including broadleaf species in their cropping program to reduce disease incidence for cereals, control weeds, and to improve soil nitrogen fertility. However, the area sown to pulse legume...
