GRDC’s Crop Nutrition Community of Practice continues to be an important extension initiative for industry, providing reliable information sourced from key research scientists across Australia. 

Throughout 2018, we published 46 articles (that’s a lot!). So, we collected our most popular articles from this period – those that best reflect the year’s seasonal conditions and emerging issues. The twelve feature articles cover topics such as planning, soil testing, fertiliser, nutrition and drought, and stubble management.

In the free publication, you’ll also find links to research papers, tools, videos, and other useful resources to help you make the right decisions for your crops in 2019.

Download the PDF version, or access the individual articles via the links below.

Planning the season

• Article 1: Try these new decision support tools to do better in the HRZ
• Article 2: How to keep bulk fertiliser deliveries safe
• Article 3: How much nitrogen can pulses supply to the next crop?

Soil testing

• Article 1: Soil testing
• Article 2: Which soil problem should you fix first? Ask ROSA
• Article 3: What is the DGT Phosphorus test and when should you use it?

Fertiliser

• Article 1: Chicken manure improves sandy soils
• Article 2: Give seeds the best chance in a dry start – how to avoid fertiliser burn
• Article 3: What is the fate of nitrogen fertiliser?

Nutrition and drought

• Article 1: What nutrients are lost when making hay from failed crops?
• Article 2: What to do with a failed crop
• Article 3: What happens in the year after a hayed-off crop?

Stubble management

• Article 1: How to account for stubble nutrients next season
• Article 2: What happens to nutrients when stubbles burn?
• Article 3: When do retained stubbles increase the need for nitrogen?

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