AgLife, September 2016 edition

September 28, 2016

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Two-year-old Niko Wilksch of Horsham was thrilled to be able to ‘drive’ a tractor at Horsham Show on Sunday.

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Salesman Mark Hallam said the company was thrilled to add Walker mowers to its extensive range of premium products.

“Walker is fast becoming a leader of the pack in the zero-turn mower market,” he said.

“Built in the USA, Walker mowers have outstanding build quality, designed to handle the toughest Australian conditions and matched with powerful Kohler petrol or Kubota diesel engines.”

Mr Hallam said out front mowers offered plenty of benefits.

“This agile design means less lost motion, less time spent trimming and overall increased productivity,” he said.

“With six riding models, 13 engine choices, 12 decks and a multitude of attachments and accessories, the Walker line has been designed from the start to meet the needs of today’s landscape professional at any time of the year, on the jobs where efficiency and versatility matter.

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Mr Hallam said all mower decks are interchangeable on Walkers.

He said it only took a few moments to switch decks and they were removed by pulling two hitch pins and sliding the deck off the tractor.

He said A sliding driveshaft coupling and GHS chute, on GHS models, were easily connected when installing the deck. For Walker implements, the same mounting platform is used.

Mr Hallam encouraged people to visit Wimmera Mallee Ag at 8 Hamilton Road, Horsham to learn more about Walker mowers on offer.

“Our staff pride ourselves on being able to assist customers with all buying decisions, from simple to major purchases,” he said.

Wimmera Mallee Ag staff will attend Horsham Spring Garden Festival on October 8 and 9.

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armers considering duck manure as an organic addition to their soil have an opportunity to find out information from trials at two field days in the northern Wimmera today.

The first is on a property where clayincorporated, surface-applied duck manuring is being trialled, and the second, where sub-soil and surface-applied duck manuring is being tested.

Agriculture Victoria land management extension officer Julio Vargas, who will be present at the field days at Propodollah and Telopea Downs, said the two properties were near large-scale duck processor Luva-Duck in Nhill.

“The company processes thousands of ducks a week and produces about 25,000

tonnes of organic matter – duck manure mixed with wood shavings – a year,” he said “The trials are conducted under the increasing soil carbon stocks on lighter soils in the northern Wimmera project, which aims to use ‘organic amendment’ to improve production and soil characteristics. ” Mr Vargas said both trial sites were showing improvements.

“One of the trial sites has shown the application of 10t/ha of duck manure, either incorporated or surface-applied, performed better in improving soil condition and soil organic carbon, compared with the control site and lower rates, 3t/ha, of manure application.

“In the replicated site, the clay spaded and the clay delved treatments increased

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Authorities have urged graziers to be on alert to the affect of floodwater on their properties and the subsequent issues they might present to livestock.

Details released by the VICSES Horsham incident control centre during recent flood activity outlined key areas farmers should be aware of when caring for livestock in areas where floodwater had passed. These included: • Mould growth on water damaged feed, which reduces the nutritional value and palatability of both standing and stored feed, with some mould toxicity causing death or longer-term health problems, such as liver damage, to livestock.

• Flood waters carrying silt and organic material. It is important to be on the lookout for algal blooms or polluted dams and waterways.

• Foot problems are a concern with all stock after long periods of time standing in water or wet and muddy ground.

Abscesses and other foot problems will be common where an animal’s feet are constantly wet.

• The wet season is also likely to produce larger than usual insect populations with fly-strike likely to occur in sheep after wetting, especially if they have thick wool cover.

• Continual wetting of fleeces without drying leads to skin damage and the release of extra protein, which in turn encourages bacterial overgrowth. This makes the wet fleece even more attractive to flies. Regular inspection of all sheep are vital.

Information to help farmers recover from flood is available on Agriculture Victoria’s website agvic.com.au or by calling a customer service centre officer on 136 186.

the nitrogen availability to crops, soil carbon and soil organic matter, resulting in higher production at harvest for wheat, compared with treatments that had no clay applied,” he said.

“The two field days will give participants a good insight into how the project trials are going, and what they can expect to gain by using duck manure.”

The project is funded by the Australian Government’s Department of Agriculture, the State Government and Wimmera Catchment Management Authority.

The field days are at Rob and Jade Lowe’s Propodollah property from 8am, and Hassad Farms at Telopea Downs from 12.30pm.

People wanting more information can call Mr Vargas on 0428 316 018.

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WOOLLY WIN: Jacey Ferguson with Mallee Park’s winning White Suffolk ram at the Royal Melbourne Show.

Melbourne Show were arguably the best in Australia and sheep numbers continued to grow with more than 600 animals in a livestock pavilion.

“The livestock pavilion is always buzzing with activity and attracts huge numbers through the door,” he said.

“Exhibitors often struggle to get their animals to the judging floor because they attract so much interest from the public

who don’t get the opportunity to see farm animals so close.

“The exhibitors are great, stopping and letting the kids have photos with the sheep and goats and we can tell the public really appreciate it.

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The team at Mallee Park Poll Dorset and White Suffolk Stud at Hopetoun won first place for a May-drop White Suffolk ram against strong competition at the Royal Melbourne Show.

Mallee Park’s Marianne and Tim Ferguson said tag number 359 had stood up well throughout the show season and displayed good White Suffolk style.

Marianne said the ram scanned well for muscle at ‘54’ and was a well-balanced sheep.

“White Suffolks are a recent addition to our farm and the genetics are from the renowned NSW Kurralea Stud,” she said.

For the first time in five years, Mallee Park prepared a woolly Poll Dorset ram for the Melbourne show, and the addition to the team proved fruitful with a second placing.

Mr Ferguson said Marianne had made the decision 12 months ago to enter a woolly ram.

“I have to admit, I was very reluctant knowing the work that goes into the animal to get it prepared for the show ring,” he said.

“I handed Marianne the hand shears and left her to her own devices with the ram.

“With some handy tips from other Poll Dorset breeders and in particular Jessica Southerland from Konongwootong Poll Dorsets in Coleraine, Marianne whipped the ram into shape and came home with a second place for Mallee Park and Victoria.”

Mallee Park Poll Dorset Stud was founded in 1993.

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rimpaen’s Glenpaen Merino Stud will present a ram sale with a difference on October 14.

Stud principal Rod Miller, along with wife Sue and their four children, have decided they want to make their 20th annual sale ‘extra’ special this year by giving something back to the community.

To start the sale, the Millers will donate proceeds of lot one, ‘Randall the Ram’, to the Wimmera Cancer Centre project.

Mr and Mrs Miller said they had discussed with their children what they could do that was special to mark the 20th sale.

“There were no disputes when deciding to donate to the Wimmera Cancer Centre,” Mrs Miller said.

“As a family we have all been touched in some way by this illness, whether it be immediate family or very special friends, and we are doing this in memory of those whom we have lost to cancer, or are battling the illness.

“The cancer centre is close to our hearts and is something Horsham and the wider Wimmera and southern-Mallee community will benefit from.”

The Millers’ generous gesture reflects a similar feeling across the region and is based on a raw

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need for improvements to oncology services.

There are just six treatment chairs at Wimmera Health Care Group’s oncology unit, yet about 2296 people in the Wimmera and southernMallee are living with cancer.

The region has the lowest five-year cancer survival rate in the state, a figure linked to people choosing to not have treatment due to the burden of travel.

The Wimmera Cancer Centre will allow more people to be treated in the region, close to family, friends and support networks.

The centre will incorporate oncology, dialysis and community-based palliative care.

Governments, regional health organisations, businesses, groups and individuals continue to donate money to a Rachael’s Wish fund-raising appeal.

Construction of the new centre will begin next year.

“We are looking forward to sharing this special day with all our buyers and prospective buyers and hope we can achieve a great result for the Wimmera Cancer Centre,” Mrs Miller said.

Mr Miller, and his parents Bill and Rose Miller, established award-winning northern Grampians Glenpaen Merino Stud in 1989.

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The Grains Research and Development Corporation – one of the world’s leading investors in grains research, development and extension – sponsors the grains category of the 2017 Science and Innovation Awards for young people in agriculture, fisheries and forestry.

These awards encourage 18 to 35-year-old innovators to undertake new and creative research to benefit Australia’s agricultural industries.

The science and innovation award grants are designed to support early-career researchers, scientists and other innovators in developing new approaches to industry issues, and, in turn, make Australia’s agricultural industries more productive and more competitive.

The recipient of last year’s GRDC-sponsored award, Murdoch University atmospheric scientist Jatin Kala, has used his funding to study the link between frost and topography at the farm scale, starting with a single research farm. If it works, his data could be overlaid onto the entire West Australian grainbelt, providing grain growers with a custom map of their property identifying areas most likely to be hit by frost.

Dr Kala said although Australia’s south-west was becoming warmer and drier, many farms in the grainbelt were actually experiencing an increase in frost.

“The idea is that under a warming and drying climate with fewer clouds and calmer conditions, one actually gets very cold conditions at night,” he said.

Frost, along with rainfall and heat stress, is one of the biggest challenges faced by the grains industry. If growers know which parts of their properties are most susceptible, they might be able to mitigate the risk by adopting management practices to minimise frost damage in these areas.

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ictoria’s peak farmer group believes farmers shocked to see their annual rate notices balloon by more than seven percent need a solution to unsustainable rate rises.

The Victorian Farmers Federation is calling for a rethink on the local government rating system, urging the State Government to abandon rates on farm land altogether.

Federation president David Jochinke said the current rating system was flawed and farmers were shouldering too much of the rates burden.

“The main problem is that the price of rates is currently tied to the value of land, which does not accurately capture a ratepayer’s capacity to pay, nor the benefit that they receive

from their land,” he said. “In many cases, the value placed on the property has little to do with the agricultural productivity of the land – rather how close it is to Melbourne or a regional centre, or amenity values.

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“We need to ensure the system changes and farmers are not disadvantaged with steep increases to their rates,” Mr Jochinke said.

“After all, the government is keen to promote its ‘Fair Go Rates’ system, but a lot of farmers are having trouble seeing the fair side of it.”

FLAT OUT: Rouseabout Tara Stephens works feverishly on a fleece during the shearing competition at Horsham Show. Show organisers, still busy with horse events this week, were happy with the public response to the Sunday event and are already planning for next year. Secretary Andrea Cross said a broad cross-section of patrons from across the district and beyond made the most of the variety of attractions and displays.

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s crops throughout the Wimmera begin to reach peak biomass, determined by anthesis, or flowering, BCG will visit research sites to carry out biomass cuts on trials.

Cereal varieties have varying maturity categories; early, mid or late, therefore we monitor each variety closely to accurately determine when peak biomass has been reached.

Growth stage 65, GS65, denotes the crop is mid-flowering, indicating that wheat, barley and-or oats plant biomass has peaked. Biomass cuts are then taken from each plot within a trial to determine hay yield. After peak biomass has been reached the additional weight is attributed to grain fill.

With funding from Grains Research and Development Corporation, many grain and graze three-focused trials are researching grazing in cereals.

These trials will have hay-yield pro-

duction biomass cuts taken to determine how well particular varieties can recover from grazing under different circumstances.

A plant’s ability to recover from a grazing treatment can be reflective of its maturity level, time of sowing, length of growth season and the impact of rain on growth.

The accumulation of biomass after grazing is important for crop recovery because it allows for greater carbohydrate storage that can be used for grain

filling if the crop is not cut for hay at peak biomass. One trial at the main research site at Warmur is investigating the experimental use of gibberellic acid on vetch and oat crops, which are also being grazed by simulation throughout the season.

Gibberellic acid would be applied in a commercial sense to increase stem elongation two weeks after it had been applied. Also being closely monitored at BCG research sites is disease.

Thanks to excellent spring rain to

date, crops are now being threatened by diseases and fungicide regimes are being carried out. Factors that can influence fungicide application timing are growth stage, crop-yield expectations, and potential length of grain-fill period and likelihood of disease.

At the joint BCG and Agritech Rural research site at Kalkee we are investigating the effect fungicide application might have on yield and grain production in various oat varieties.

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TRIAL TOUR: Agronomists and farmers are invited to a BCG tag-a-long trial tour at its Longerenong research site today.

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Longerenong tag-a-long tour BCG is hosting a tag-a-long trial tour of its research site at Longerenong College today, starting at 11am.

The tour will include trial visits with guest speakers providing first-hand knowledge and explanation of research and product development occurring at the site.

Trials to be visited include a BCG herbicide matrix trial, as well as product development trials from organisations including Bayer CropScience, Syngenta, Seednet, Dow AgroSciences, Agriculture Victoria, NSW DPI and Longerenong College.

James Considine and Neville Marra of Syngenta will present the latest findings about barley grass knockdown, along with

seed treatments in barley and plant growth regulator trials.

A banded nitrogen, N, trial looking at the location of nitrogen placement in-crop will be highlighted by Ash Wallace from Agriculture Victoria, while Peter Nott and Ant Mitchell from Dow AgroSciences and Seednet will present the latest variety development in wheat, barley, oats, chickpeas, beans, field peas and canola.

BCG research manager Claire Browne will provide an indepth look at the NSW DPI canola phenology with specifics on variety growth habits and the implications of various sowing times.

Jeremy White and Angus Calder of Bayer CropScience will extend the latest outcomes on

fungicide and seed treatments in barley, while a joint trial between BCG, Syngenta, Bayer CropScience and Dow AgroSciences will see the analysis of a herbicide matrix.

Ms Browne said the day would enable farmers and agronomists to gain up-to-date information from researchers and industry representatives, helping to improve their knowledge and farming systems into the future.

“I am looking forward to presenting some of the work done so far this year,” she said.

“I think growers and agronomists will appreciate the variation and rigor of the research being undertaken at the site.”

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al training for the ongerenong College Australian domestic wants to market for seas inquiring in 127 years. provide agricultural the past couple training of college wants The application years and it basically for overseas students to open got us thinking. from as early the Commonweal to win a place on international arrivals. the doors for “The college board as next year as part th Register of has now listed In- it as of a long-term stitutions and Courses Mr Goldsmith said one of the key expansion plan. for Overseas the college might items to work have Students, CRICOS, towards.” to wait several represents The

the first year and keep growing from there. But before we reached figures of up to 200, we would have to months before college will apply one of inknowing if its vest in resources to register as the biggest and boldest moves application was an international which would include Vocational training in the college’s history. suc- staffing, education provider cessful. classrooms and at the end of this month Longerenong College College general “In the ideal world “It would be another equipment. is near Dooen, in a move that, manager John Gold- north of if successful, is we would be pillar in securHorsham, and is smith confirmed likely to ing the college operated by looking to have overseas a team was adding Skillinvest, as one of the premier bolster student numbers. significantly final touches students in agricultural formerly Workco.

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It also has the It provides vocational to the “For a start we would potential to dramat- Federal Government.

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The college has It has 90 students We “We want to get see that provided agricultur- Wimmera,” he said. as being studying for diit right and see how a niche. ploma or certificate “We have had things develop from “It also opens the students from overqualifications full there. potential to draw time and it is in “The intake of in more multi-nationa this study field full-time students l investment the on campus partners.” would lift to about • Warracknabeal 110 in education precinct Phone: 03 5382 1351 Contined page 3 • Anzac Day Read it online:

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There was a sharp reversal in the AWEX Eastern Market Indicator with it losing 24 cents during the sale; its largest weekly fall in more than three months.

Currency fluctuations continued to have an impact and in US dollar terms the EMI actually rose by six cents after a firming of the Australian dollar by nearly two cents.

In local news, the wet weather continues to frustrate those trying to shear but no one is really complaining after the last two dry years. Larger premiums are now showing up for high strength, good spec. merino wools and also crossbreds have huge variations between microns, hence the need for full testing of wools to gain best prices. Local auction sales of note, 19.0 0.2 66.8 – 999 cents. 21.4 0.2 66.9 – 940 cents.

looding across the region failed to stop 120 people attending the Perennial Pasture Systems group eighth annual conference in Ararat.

While a few PPS members were unable to attend and others reported minor flood damage, the mood was one of optimism for the great spring stock feed growth ahead.

PPS managed to attract experts from New Zealand and Western Australia alongside many with extensive local knowledge to the ‘Looking at Legumes’ conference.

Many of the regions’ grazing enterprise managers were in attendance, as well as representatives from Agriculture Victoria, local government, Catchment Management Authorities and agribusiness.

As well as regional representation, attendees came from as far away as South Australia, Bairnsdale, Balmoral, Bendigo and Casterton.

The conference started with president Wayne Burton’s report and an update of PPS research projects, which now cover 20 locations in the region ranging from paddock-scale pasture comparisons to smaller replicated variety trials.

Dr Phil Nichols from Western Australia gave a comprehensive presentation on new sub-clover breeding programs as well as touching on newer legume varieties.

PPS is field-testing one of these, Messina, and a picture was shown of the Elmhurst trial site completely submerged from the previous night’s rain – a good test for any plant variety.

Lisa Warn presented information on a

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This week low-phosphorus legume trial in central Victoria as well as discussing her analysis of a PPS ‘Greenfields’ pasture project at Glenlofty. The theme continued with PPS members Simon Brady and Charlie de Fegely telling the audience about the use of legume-based systems on their own properties. Andrew Howard from Grampians Pyrenees Primary Care Partnership spoke about rural health and the alliance between the PCP and PPS in helping to make farmer health just as important as productive pastures and animals.

Wisdom

An update of Meat and Livestock Australia research priorities was provided by regional chair of the SAMRC council Tim Leeming before the day’s final speaker Dr Derrick Moot took the podium.

His presentation met expectations as he passed on new facts about lucerne in productive pasture systems.

Conference attendees headed out of town by bus and, after a detour due to flooded

roads, arrived at the Hassad Australia Barton property.

Barton manager Rob Cooper gave an outline of the operation and the plans for more large-scale lucerne plantings. Persistent rain didn’t stop the group inspecting impressive established lucerne stands and Dr Moot gave practical management tips.

The conference finished with an annual dinner at Chalambar Golf Club where guest speaker Viv Thompson from Best’s Wines spoke about 150 years of operation.

PPS members had further opportunity to learn from Dr Moot during a lucerne master class the next morning.

President Wayne Burton described this year’s conference as ‘maybe’ the best yet, and when combined with the great spring outlook, it provided farmers with plenty of information to improve productivity and sustainability on their farms.

PPS is now looking forward to a great spring and will hold a trial-site inspection day in the Stawell area on October 23.

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James Blundell Concert. Kaniva.

Warracknabeal Agricultural & Pastoral Show.

Kaniva Show.

Rupanyup Agribusiness Group Field Day. Wimmera Farming Network Spring Crop Walk.

Leadership Wimmera Leadership Day. Federation University.

Leadership Wimmera Graduation Dinner.

SPAA Winning with Precision Agriculture.

Apsley Alive 2016.

WIMPAK Pre Harvest meeting. Minyip.

Agrifocus Fied Day at Westmere.

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Dimboola A & P Society Show.

Kaniva Landcare African Lovegrass Control workshop. Telopea Downs.

PBA Pulse Field Day. Rupanyup.

PPS Annual Spring Research Site Tour. Stawell.

WFN Containing stock to increase productivity in dry times. Stawell.

WFN Containing stock to increase productivity in dry times. Wonwondah.

Fox Bounty Locations. Horsham.

Fox Bounty Locations. St Arnaud.

WFN Containing stock to increase productivity in dry times. Warracknabeal.

WFN Containing stock to increase productivity in dry times. Talopea Downs.

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