Welcome to the YPASG Website

It is our aim to provide you with relevant, useful and up to date information to assist with on farm management decisions.

Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions, or to suggest ideas for future trial/research activiites.

News Update - January 2012

16 January 2011:

National Variety Trial (NVT) results from 2011 are progressively being made available via www.nvtonline.com.au. The site offers detailed information about wheat, barley, triticale, oat, canola, lupin, lentil, field pea, faba bean and chick pea variety and performance, disease raiting and other. (Info adapted from GRDC).

Snails: Recent GRDC funded trials of nematode based control of snails on Yorke Peninsula have been declared a success, enabling scientists to progress with further trials this year in both South Australia and Victoria. (Info adapted from GRDC).

A Technical Bulletin on Summer Snail Management has been prepared by YPASG and is available here.

Please remember - YPASG are interested in any photos of snail problems pre/during/post harvest. Please send to louise.asg@netyp.com.au. Thank you!

News Update - December 2011

1 December 2011:

Snails: The YPASG would like to know if snails have been a problem for you this season/harvest. Any photos/ information you can provide, please send to louise.asg@netyp.com.au. An album of current photos has been created here.

Interim Trial Results:Early results on YPASG trials - including live soil moisture and yield prophet reports are now available here.

SARDI Crop Watch:November issue available here.

SARDI Cereal Treatment Guide:2012 Guide available here.

News Update - November 2011

29 November 2011: Harrington Seed Destructor Trials on Yorke Peninsula

Researchers from the Australian Herbicide Resistance Initiative will travel to Yorke Peninsula during harvest to demonstrate efficacy of windrow burning, chaff collection and the Harrington seed destructor compared with a conventional harvest treatment in replicated trials.

Trials will run in the morning, followed Harrington Seed Destructor demonstration in the afternoon (3pm to 5pm). Look out for the Field Day sign on the road at the following locations:

7 December: Bute (Paterson's Farm, Lime Kiln Road)

8 December: Maitland (Davey's Farm, Old Boundary Road)

9 December: Yorketown (Collin's Farm, Yorketown Road).

Please note: Last minute changes may occur pending weather. YPASG members will recieve an SMS in the first week of December to confirm dates and locations. Click here for further information on trial activities. Contact Michael Walsh 0448 847 272.

16 Nov 2011: SARDI Sowing Guide 2012

The 2012 Sowing Guide prepared by SARDI will arrive in growers letterboxes soon. All individual guides can be accessed online at the following address

http://www.sardi.sa.gov.au/crops/new_variety_agronomy/publications/sowing_guides

4 Nov 2011: Information from SARDI Crop Watch

A number of lentil crops on Yorke Peninsula are showing signs of premature death, dying from the top down, in patches across the crops. Nugget appears to be worst affected, followed by Nipper. Reports are that Flash and Blitz have few problems. This premature death may be associated with stress during maturation (i.e. dry September followed by rain during podding) which can be made worse by presence of salt and/or boron. Blitz and Flash are earlier maturing so may have escaped the problem to some extent, while Flash and Nipper have some salt tolerance so may not be as stressed. Later maturing and lack of salt tolerance may be why Nugget is suffering the most.

4 Nov 2011: Spring Crop Walk - Photo Gallery

Check "Photo Gallery" for YPASG Spring Crop Walk photos.