GRDC Updates heat up
Grower Ray Williams, Magomadine, Coonamble caught up with agronomist Guy Webb, Agriwest, Forbes at the GRDC Update in Dubbo. Photo: GRDC
Forbes agronomist Megan Davies, with agronomist Luke Wood from Parkes, and grain grower Alex Wood, Manildra and agronomist Matthew Ryan, also from Manildra caught up at the GRDC Dubbo Updates. Photo: GRDC
Matthew Durkitt from Pioneer Seeds, Parkes, with his colleague Daryn Tanswell, and Melissa Trengove, central west NSW sales manager for Nufarm. Photo: GRDC
Grower Angus Dixon, Gilgi, Coonamble caught up with Elders agronomist Alexander Deans, Coonamble at the two-day grains conference. Photo: GRDC
Researchers Sarah Purdy, Angela Pattison and Meredith Herring made the trip from PBI Narrabri for the Dubbo GRDC Update. Photo: GRDC
Dubbo grain grower Tom Harvey caught up with Douglas Lush, AGT’s marketing and seed production officer from Queensland’s Darling Downs. Photo: GRDC
Jon Bennett from Bayer, Dubbo, with University of Queensland researcher Yash Dang, and Matt Westgarth, Bayer Dubbo at the Grains Research Updates. Photo: GRDC
Frank McRae, the product development manager from Auswest Seeds, Borenore, with grain grower Terry Fishpool from Minara, Tottenham. Photo: GRDC
Agronomist Joe Bowen, Trundle, with Josh Driver, Dubbo and Phil Gray from Trundle at the Dubbo GRDC Updates. Photo: GRDC
Mick Harris, AgnVet, Narromine, with Brett Mawsey, Nufarm, Dubbo and Chris Fletcher, ADMA Australia, Dubbo and Chris Roberts, NuSeed, caught up at the GRDC Updates. Photo: GRDC
Climate change, water use efficiency and weed management were just some of the topics that brought over 170 grain agronomists, growers and researchers together at the Grains Research Development Corporation (GRDC) Updates, held in Dubbo, NSW this week.
Aimed at delivering the outputs of research direct to the people of on the ground, the two day gathering is an annual fixture in the central west farming calendar.
Keynote speaker, Australian National University, Climate Change Institute, director, Mark Howden gave attendees a run down on the impact of climate change on their farming systems, including hard data on what had already occurred, what is forecast for the future and how growers could adapt to change to remain sustainable and profitable into the future.
CSIRO, researcher, Wolfgang Speilmeyer, addressed data on cereal breeding for a changing climate, while Crop Facts, principle, Harm van Rees, presented on management tools to bring actual crop yield up to the genetic potential of a variety.
The summer run of the 2019 GRDC Grain Research Updates continues through March, upcoming events and links to papers from previous events can be found by clicking here: www.grdc.com.au/events/list
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