Melissa Marino

Ben Wundersitz started experimenting with on-row sowing out of curiosity. Fellow Yorke Peninsula grower Dylan Schulz was seeing greater vigour and early emergence in cereals he had unintentionally sown on-row.

New research suggests that fungicide application at 4 to 6-leaf stage could be driving rising blackleg disease resistance in canola

State-of-the-art greenhouse trials are showing significant grain weight loss in canola and biomass reduction in lentils and lupins infected with the fungal disease sclerotinia.

Faba beans sown deeper and earlier will this provide greater flexibility for growers without a...

The 2026 Grower Series features 6 growers from around the country and the challenges and wins across the year with their cropping programs.

South Australian Mallee grower Jock McNeil has been using deep ripping, ploughing and spading to ameliorate his sandy soils. His strategic, long-term approach has delivered yield gains and improved crop establishment in harsh seasons.

After a season marked by low rainfall and relentless winds, South Australian Mallee grower Jock McNeil shares how innovations in soil amelioration, no-till and precision agriculture helped maintain crop establishment and yield.

Collaboration between growers, advisers and researchers is the hallmark of the GRDC’s Sandy Soils investments. It’s a participatory model shaping research to guide amelioration decisions and improve sandy soil productivity.

Despite dry conditions, early findings from hyper-yielding lentil research in mid and high-rainfall areas of South Australia and Victoria highlight how sowing time, plant density and variety contribute to converting biomass to yield.

A ‘new norm’ of green peach aphid resistance is undermining canola seed treatments, reducing protection against turnip yellows virus, field trials by Cesar Australia have found.