Home / Programs / Americas and Oceania Group / Australia & New Zealand
Topics /

Best Management Practices

List Grid
03 Apr 2018Seed and Fertilizer Compatability

Rate, row spacing, crop, soil and product interact

23 Nov 2017Crop Nutrition - for 2018

Looking back, planning ahead

10 Aug 2017Split germinations and nutrition

Some issues to consider

05 Apr 2017Crop residue burning and the loss of nutrients from fertilizers

Fate of topdressed fertilizers when stubbles are burned.

22 Mar 2017To replace or not to replace? - that is the question

Nutrient replacement strategies

24 Feb 2017Impacts of a wet season on crop nutrition

GRDC Advisor Update Presentation and Paper

27 Oct 2016SA/Vic Consultants Meeting

Notes from the discussions

03 Mar 2016Time for an N-Rich Strip

Reference strips to check on N response

17 Feb 2016Results of 2015 HRZ Nutrition Experiments

Summary of responses from nutrient omission experiments.

17 Dec 2015P for 2016

A dry 2015 could allow growers to reduce P inputs for 2016

21 May 2015Sandblasting in the Mallee

Not everything is nutrition or disease

10 Feb 2015Soil sampling for 2016

Good sampling is the first step in 4R nutrient stewardship

29 Jan 2015Don't overlook the potential of starter fertilizer

Not everything can be solved later in the season

25 Aug 2014Micronutrients Copper and Manganese

Their role, requirements and options

25 Aug 2014Nitrogen - how much is enough?

GRDC Grower Updates, Kimba, Cummins, Naracoorte

21 Jul 2014Phosphorus best management practice

4R approach to P for wheat

03 Jul 2014How to get nitrogen into your crop effectively and efficiently

Time, Rate, Place and Source - get them all Right.

03 Jul 2014Late N application on wheat - yield and protein

Results from 8 field experiments in the high rainfall zone during 2013.

11 Feb 2014What’s new in Zinc – and some critical reminders?

Presented at GRDC Advisor Updates, Temora, NSW.

27 Jan 2014Do we need to revisit potassium?

Paper presented at the Adelaide GRDC Advisor Update

20 Jan 2014Nutrients removed in hay crops

Paddocks cut for hay in 2014 may need special treatment for 2015

29 Oct 2013Nitrogen and sulfur for wheat and canola - protein and oil

Dookie Field Day October 31, 2013

17 Sep 2013Pasture Nutritional Constraints

Perennial Pasture Systems, September, 2013

11 Jul 2013Canola Nutrition Guide

4R Nutrition Guide launched at Oilseeds Workshops

19 Mar 2013Care with fertilizer and seed placement

Information on avoiding crop damage with seed placed fertilizers.

05 Mar 2013Better Fertilizer Decisions for Crops

a GRDC collaborative project

08 Oct 2012Canola Growth and Development

Getting the timing Right for canola

01 Oct 2012Sulfur and Zinc for Australian Cropping Systems

A very good summary of sulfur issues is in a publication by Dr AR Till and available for download at the International Fertilizer Industry Association website - http://www. fertilizer. org/HomePage/LI ...

24 Sep 2012Best management for N & S in canola and wheat

23 Aug 2012Best practice management of nitrogen and sulfur for canola and cereals – the Mallee.

Plant Nutrition – what are the fundamentals: 1. You get nothing for nothing – inputs need to be addressed relative to realistic outputs. 2. Address the limiting factor/s – it is no good pumping up the ...

18 Apr 2012Canola Nutrition

Summary slides for presentation at Dookie and Corowa

17 Apr 2012IPNI Overview of Nutrient Stewardship

Slides from a presentation made at Latrobe University by IPNI Regional Director Dr Rob Norton about nutrient stewardship issues.

19 Feb 2012Trace Elements - Their Importance

Trace Elements – Importance Rob Norton1, Jim Laycock2, Charlie Walker2 1. International Plant Nutrition Institute, 54 Florence St, Horsham, 3400. 2. Incitec Pivot Fertilizers, PO Box 54, Geelong North ...

16 Feb 2012Wheat nutrition following canola

Wheat nutrition following canola Wheat grown after broadleafed crops such as canola generally yield more than wheat grown after other cereals. This has been termed a “break-crop” effect, the most rece ...

31 Jul 2011Fertilizer N and P Best Management Practice for wheat in southeastern Australia

Summary of N and P strategies for wheat using the 4R's nutrient stewardship framework

04 Jul 2011Juncea canola in the low rainfall zones of Victoria and South Australia.

Best management guide for growing juncea canola

21 Jun 2011Nitrogen topdress strategies for canola - 2011

Selecting the right rate and product for topdresssing canola in 2011.

21 Jun 2011Balanced nutrition in Brassica napus production with emphasis on S fertilizer requirements

Paper presented at the 13th International Rapeseed Congress, June, 2011.

28 Feb 2011Estimating Seed Bed Utilization

How to estimate seedbed utilization for machinery.

28 Feb 2011Lookup Tables for Fertilizer/Crop Combinations

Interpreting SBU and crop safety PLEASE NOTE – · THAT THESE SAFE RATES ARE DERIVED FROM MAINLY US DATA AND ARE FOR MOIST SEEDBEDS. · THE VALUES GIVEN ARE IN KG PER HECTARE OF FERTILIZER. · THE SAFE RA ...

13 Feb 2011How would you know - keeping a watch on soil nutrient levels

Soil test values vary from region to region as well as within region depending on management. A reliable soil test done on a representative soil sample will give the starting point for nutrient manage ...

30 Aug 2010Addressing sulphur needs in-crop

Sulphur is an important part of a balanced crop nutrition program and this is a summary of options for in-crop S application.