Wet Spring 2022
With over 100% soil moisture, flooding and continual rain top ups so late in the season, is throwing curve balls at farmers across the nation.
Alot of issues that have occurred with this unusual season High Rainfall Zone farmers are a custom too. However, as the rain keeps falling we are all thinking of plans B to Z for our farming system.
Southern Farming Systems thought we would create this blog as a place to share your thoughts on this season issues as we head towards harvest and pull together a few resources from many resources.
To start us off:
The Fast Break October Climate Newsletter
GRDC’s Managing Canola Harvest to minimise rain risk. Check it out here…
#WetCrops19 Workshop – SFS Wet Crops Workshop August 2019 Workshop Presentations Playlist
The Playlist includes:
- Nurtitional management of wet crops
- Weed and fungicide management in a wet year
- Making a decision, Paddock by Paddock, check out the Decision Wizard
- Spring sowing options in a wet year
GRDC Grains Research Update Webinars Recordings & Resources
- Harvesting Canola in La Nina: how late can you windrow, and header settings for direct heading
- Storing rain affected grain in a wet harvest
- Keeping rain affected grain for seed
- Preparing silos now could help eastern Australian growers manage a wet harvest
- GRDC Harvest Resources
Take the opportunity in the wet to make long term silage check out Scott’s tips here…
Safe Recovery of Bogged Machinery Information Session, SFS Inverleigh Trial Site Resources
- Making Our Farms Safer www.makingourfarmssafer.org.au
- Making Our Farms Safer John Darcy E: jdarcy@vff.org.au
- Black Snake Australia www.blacksnakestrops.com – John Johnson E: john@blacksnakestrops.com
- Black Snake Recovery & Towing 2018 – Guide with the towing charts and ratios
- Black Snake Care & Use 2018
- Rural Aid Services
- National Centre for Farmer Health – support resources
GrainGrowers Resources
Please leave a comment below or tell us what info you would like us to source…
