Yield data can be used to determine where better management, economic decision and planning could be improved for the future. If your looking to get the best out of your header and use yield data than download checklist from Precison Ag prior to harvest

Rice key steps is an industry driven initiative that’s aimed at providing growers with information to achieving high yields. Key steps is essentially a check list designed to help growers hit management milestones across the growing season.

Panicle initiation (PI) is a growth stage that represents the start of the reproductive phase in rice development. It is when the actual panicle (terminal flowering head) begins to form in the base of the stem.

Drill sowing rice provides several advantages over aerial sowing while still maintaining a high grain yield potential. This factsheet includes information on layouts, land preparation, seed placement, sowing rate, row spacing, fertiliser management, weed control and irrigation management.

Applying nitrogen to rice is normally straightforward, drill it into the soil prior to filling for aerially sown crops or broadcast it onto dry soil prior to applying permanent water in drill sown crops. This year however, the excessively wet conditions have caused complications which may require alternative approaches to be considered.

Precision agriculture (PA) is a broad term used to describe the rapidly developing practices using spatial technologies to measure and strategically manage farming systems from the whole farm to within paddock perspective. The ultimate aim is to deliver economic, management and environmental benefits.

Making use of the NIR tissue test is a key check in the Ricecheck Nitrogen Management Program. In this video, Andrew Schipp, NSW DPI District Agronomist at Hay shows you how to collect rice plant samples for the nitrogen test and how to process those samples in the field.

Topdressing nitrogen in rice achieves the best results when the plant is at the panicle intiation stage (P.I.). In this video, Andrew Schipp, NSW DPI District Agronomist at Hay will show you how to identify P.I. in the field so you will know when to take your plant samples for the nitrogen tissue test (NIR) in preparation for topdressing.

Our project began by looking at both green and brown slime, as both types of slime were thought to be due to nuisance algae. We soon found that farmers can control green slime which is caused mainly by green algae such as Spirogyra and Anabaena.

This Test As You Grow manual is designed to make crop tests as simple and practical as possible. The “Test As You Grow” concept enables you to set up crop tests as you carry out your normal cropping operations, with a minimum of disruption to the cropping program.