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PRESENTATIONS & PAPERS FROM THE MAY 2016 CROPPING SOLUTIONS SEMINAR ARE NOW AVAILABLE
 

The first CCA Seminar for 2016 saw 140 attendees take in presentations from over 30 speakers.   Our sincere gratitude to the speakers, event sponsors and Corporate Partners who help make the CCA Cropping Solutions Seminars possible.

We look forward to catching up with everyone in Toowoomba on the 19th and 20th of July for our second Seminar.

 

Crop Consultants Newsletter

SEMINAR: 4th and 5th May 2016, MOREE NSW

 

SEMINAR PRESENTATIONS & PAPERS

Due to a revised format for several of our presentations, and at the request of some of our presenters, only certain presentations and papers have been made publicly available.  Please look for the underlined hyper-links to download the relevant materials.

Unfortunately we had some last minute alterations to the agenda due to personal circumstances of the speakers involved. We are very grateful however that several of these speakers have still provided written presentations for our members.


Presentations 

DAY ONE

Pulses – an agronomic wrap up  by Leigh Jenkins (NSW DPI)
Chickpea Challenge  by Dr Kevin Moore (NSW DPI)
A wrap up of the mungbean season that was, and prestart for chickpeas  by Paul McIntosh (Pulse Australia)

GRDC Restructure – the new way of doing business by  Jules Dixon (for Sharon O’Keeffe) (GRDC)

Herbicide resistance:  An informed discussion amongst the audience and a panel of experienced industry members on the implications of herbicide resistance, management options and future research directions.

Panel:      

Chair:     John Cameron (ICAN)

Cotton industry trends in product use and practices: Presenting the latest findings from the Cotton Market Audit & Cotton Consultants Survey. By  Ben Dawson (B&W Rural Pty Ltd) and Liz Todd (CCA)   

Effective use of growth regulators in barley by Trevor Klein (Syngenta)

Employment and human resource management by Gracia Kusuma  (NSW Farmers)

Key aspects of the CSD Ambassador Network – what is working?  James Quinn (CSD) 
 



DAY TWO

Nitrogen, Potassium & Phosphorus learnings 

•    Learnings from 14 Summer crops           Bede O’Mara (Incitec Pivot)
•    A Cotton perspective on nutrition             Brendan Griffiths (UNE)
•    From Back Paddock to nutrition basics   Dr Chris Dowling (Back Paddock) 

Cotton Comparative Analysis:  Latest results from the study that is widely regarded as the economic benchmark for cotton growing in Australia by Paul Fisher (Boyce Accountants) 

TIMS Update:  What is the Transgenic and Insect Management Strategies (TIMS) Committee, how does it function, and who are the local representatives?   Presentation not made at Seminar but provided for distribution.

Vert Alert:  An overview of the past and current verticillium research including latest test results in NSW by Dr Karen Kirkby (NSW DPI)

Managing the effect of tank mix on drift risk by David Johnson (FMC) and Matt Holding (Meteora Pty Ltd)  

The correct identification of spider mite species in cotton and development of a field based bioassay for resistance detection in mirids by Kate Marshall  (NSW DPI)

Practical suggestions for irrigated wheat growers: lessons from eight years of on-farm research by  Dr Allan Peake (CSIRO)

Improving Cotton Quality
Panel:      

Chair:         Kieran O’Keeffe (CottonInfo)


ADDITIONAL PAPERS AND LINKS PROVIDED BY SPEAKERS

Dr Kevin Moore
  1. Chickpea Ascochyta – latest research  Moore et al
  2. Chickpeas – what we learnt in 2015 Moore et al
  3. Effect of chickpea ascochyta on yield  Moore et al
  4. Chickpeas on chickpeas - what's the problem?  Moore et al
  5. Phytophthora in chickpea varieties HER15 trial Moore et al
  6. Revised 2016 recommendations for managing chickpea  Moore et al

CCA

  1. Qualitative Report on the 2014-2015 cotton season:  A survey of consultants  (CRDC CCA)  


Gracia Kusuma - NSW Farmers

  1. An explanation about Individual Flexibility Agreement and a sample of it; and
  2. Small Business Fair Dismissal Code, a guide published by Fair Work Ombudsman about how to execute a fair termination for small businesses.


Bede O'Mara


Paul Fisher

Dr Karen Kirkby

  1. First report of the presence of Verticillium dahli  Kirkby et al
  2. Three decades of cotton disease surveys in NSW  Kirkby et al


David Johnson  

  1. Dead Sure Drift Mitigating Adjuvant 
  2. YouTube Video Using Deadsure on the Darling Downs  

 

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