MAY 2018, No. 320

Speakers

• TBC

Articles

• Review of talk from last CSS meeting – Dale Grey
• Soil–borne disease update
• Summer weeds survey of SA.

MARCH  2018, No. 319

Speakers

• Kenton Porker (SARDI) – Management of early sown slow developing wheat Barley variety update and agronomy management.
• Rob Wheeler (GRDC) – Wheat variety review and getting more from NVT online

Articles

• Minimum tillage and acid soil challenges
• Nutrition packages for wheat on sands
• Survey of summer weeds in SA.

OCTOBER 2017, No. 318

Speakers

• Gurjeet Gill and Ben Fleet – University of Adelaide – Competitive Crops
• Stuart Milde – AGT –S4 advanced breeding trial and glasshouse facility
• Ben Fleet (for Sam Kleemann) – Canola competition and pre-emergents & Wheat competition and time of sowing.

Articles

• Vale Neville Mildren
• Careers scholarships – full steam ahead
• Grains and fodder competition

SEPTEMBER 2017, No. 317

Speakers

• Andrew Whitelaw – Mercado – Manager of strategy & Development /Grain Market Analyst Easter Bunny, Santa Claus, Tooth Fairy & Non-GM premiums: What do they have in common?
• Osman Mewett – Director – Crop Biotechnology Policy – CropLife Australia 21 years of GM crops in Australia: what’s coming next?

Articles

• The Business side of Farming
• Benchmarking and identifying gaps in production
• A discussion about Winter barley – Is it an early sowing opportunity for southern Australian barley growers?
• Cereal Aphid Risk Assessment South Australia (CARASA)

AUGUST 2017, No. 316

Speakers

• Mike Krause – (P2P Agri) – Plan to Profit – Knowing your financial drivers
• Simon Vogt – (Rural Directions) – Key profit drivers in grain businesses in Southern Australia
• Andrew Etherton – (GRDC) – National Paddock Survey – Looking at yield limiting economics

Articles

• Keeping an eye on global temperatures
• Potassium Fertiliser Alleviates Drought and Frost Stress in Wheat
• Are you happy with the Agricultural Revolution?

JULY 2017, No. 315

Speakers

• Tom Blake and Andrew Lehmann – Agxtra
  Europe and UK Research Tour
• Greg Mutze – Biosecurity SA
  Mice in crop and harvest

Articles

• AV Weather Forecast for 2017.
• Herbicide control of Flaxleaf Fleabane in Wheat 2016.
• Maximise Clethodim performance: Impact of frost.
• Crop Science Society of SA Inc Treasurers Report 2016/17.
• The Constitution of the Crop Science Society of SA Inc.

September 2015, No. 303

Speakers

• Judith Ateieno
• Jeff Braun
• Pat Guerin

Articles

• Summer Weed Control – When can I spray?
• On the go soil and plant sensing
• The genetics of salinity tolerance in chickpea (Cicer arietinum)

Speakers

• Craig Davis
• Dr Glenn McDonald – University of Adelaide

Articles

• Cereal varietal herbicide tolerance – 2014 results
• Massive gene amplification of the target enzyme provides great brome with resistance to glyphosate

Tony Rathjen Student Contribution Award

Tony Rathjen Grower Award

It’s that time of the year again. Get behind your Crop Science Society and attend our AGM this coming Wednesday!

Speakers

• Kenton Porker: PhD Candidate -­‐ University of Adelaide
• Lachlan Lake: Senior Research Officer -­‐ SARDI

Articles

• Triallate resistance confirmed in annual ryegrass from SA
• Sodium, calcium and magnesium ratios in soils of NW Victoria, Australia may restrict
  root growth and crop production
• Understanding more about chickpea physiology and yield under drought and temperature stress
• Turkey and wheat growing

Our 300th Newsletter doesn’t disappoint – a ‘scoop’ report on the strategy for controlling BWYV and exciting developments from the prestigious zero- toxin vetch program….Happy reading!

Speakers

• John Both (Nufarm & Crop Care)
• Ashley Pilkington (Adama)
• Lyndon Mat (BASF)
• Mick Lines (Dow AgroSciences)
• Graham Hatcher (Bayer)

Articles

• Final Report: GRDC DAS00151: Project Information, analysis and strategy for the Beet western yellows virus (BWYV) and its aphid vector outbreak in canola and pulses
• Progress To-ward a Zero-Toxin Vetch, at the Waite (2015)
• White Grain Disorder of Wheat in South Australia

Speakers

• Michael Nash: SARDI, Entomology
• Greg Mutze: Biosecurity SA

Articles

• Screening for eyespot resistance: Findings from trials at Cummins, Tarlee and Templers
• Can we use nitrogen research to better inform risky business?

Speakers

• Darren Ray: Senior Meteorologist/Climatologist
• Marg Evans: Plant Pathologist

Articles

• Sowing Strategies to Improve Productivity on Sandy Mallee Soils
• Optimising the Impact of Glyphosate

Speakers

• Rob Wheeler on NVT.
• Peter Boutsalis: University of Adelaide & Plant Science Consulting

Articles

• Harvest weed seed control – Narrow windrow burning
• Managing sowing date and variety selection to minimise risk and maximise yield