Agronomy Guides

A positive weather forecast of above average rainfall and average summer temperatures has many Australian farmers hopeful for a bumper summer cropping season. The Bureau of Meteorology has reported a 70 per cent chance of La Niña developing in Australia, indicating a promising rainfall prediction for many areas of the country. Andrew Short from Pacific…

Spring has sprung and with it talk of a possible La Nińa weather pattern and improved rainfall prospects. Whilst good rainfall earlier this year have made us all much more optimistic, we should not forget the terribly dry conditions of recent years and the ongoing impact of this, particularly with regards to current soil moisture…

The commercial release of a new wheat variety which will be available to growers for the 2021 winter season has been announced by Pacific Seeds. Bred by LongReach Plant Breeders, and commercialised by Pacific Seeds, Longreach Stealth offers wheat growers a new variety specially developed to tolerate dry environments. Wheat accounts for the majority of…