Variety by Row Spacing with Neil Halpin
Neil Halpin (Senior Agronomist, QPIF/DEEDI) walks us through a variety row spacing trial that has demonstrated that moving to a 1.83 metre permanent bed system doesn't cause a yield penalty. However he did find that varieties that lodge are a poorer choice for dual row systems with suckering and rat damage creating CCS negative effects, whereas super singles tend to have fewer stalks and they are heavier as well.
Posted by Henry Thomas, 3 years ago on Wednesday, December 17, 2008[ , Read more... ]
Rip Strip Farming System with Chris Johnston
On the 2008 BGA annual bus trip, we visited Chris Johnston's farm where he described his "Rip Strip" farming system. Given the prolonged drought in the south east, and fears that climate change will bring dryer seasons. Chris explains that one of the great benefits of minimum till cultivation is the preservation of soil moisture.
Posted by Henry Thomas, 3 years ago on Wednesday, December 17, 2008[ , 1 comment... ]
Zero Till with Darren Rachemann
On the 2008 BGA annual bus trip, we visited Darren Rachemann's farm. He talks about some of the challenges of mixing a full till farming system for peanuts, with a zero till farming system of grain production.
Posted by Henry Thomas, 3 years ago on Wednesday, December 17, 2008[ , Read more... ]
Minimum Till with Wayne Seabrook
On the 2008 BGA annual bus trip, we visited Wayne Seabrook's farm and engineering shop. Seabrook Engineering manufacturers minimum till planters, and in this clip Wayne describes one of his planter designs.
Posted by Henry Thomas, 3 years ago on Wednesday, December 17, 2008[ , Read more... ]
Precision Planter with Peter Russo
This is Peter's peanut and soybean planter. It's a six row John Deer maxemerge precision vacuum planter, set-up for 1.83 metre cane rows. The planter features double disk openers, wide depth wheels and direct inoculant injection. Peter built a custom end tow to make transportation down narrow roads simpler. the planter has its own radar which is hooked up to the Dick John rate controller in the cab. This monitors the seed counters in each shoot. The rate controller is manual chain driven system, using quick-change sprockets which are driven by two drive wheels.
Posted by Henry Thomas, 3 years ago on Thursday, November 6, 2008[ , Read more... ]
GPS Autosteer with Tony Chapman
In this clip Tony shows how the gpsAg AutoFarm kit was installed on his Case tractor. We see where the steering sensor is mounted on the front differential casing, the hydraulic block that controls the steering, the aerial mounted on the roof, and the controller in the cabin. Tony also describes some of the benefits he has experienced operating his GPS autosteer tractor.
Posted by Henry Thomas, 3 years ago on Thursday, September 18, 2008[ , Read more... ]
