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Crop management principles
In the paddock

Planting management

Gross margins for field crops
Explains what gross margins are, and how they can be useful. Includes links to a generic gross margins blank sheet.

Nutrition - Inoculation of legume crops
Grain legumes do not need additional nitrogen if the seed is effectively inoculated at planting. Includes inoculation codes and methods.

Planting - Rotations
What crop rotations are, and what they can mean for you.

Planting - Seed quality
Describes why seed quiality is important, and lists various seed tests that are available.

Planting machinery
Overview of planting machinery, including calibration calculations and a seed metering checklist.

Planting, establishment and rotation in Queensland field crops
Planing, establishment and crop rotation information for broad-acre field crops, including calculation examples, planting machinery, crop choice, planting depth and populations, seed quality, ley pastures, and much more.

Soil compaction
Answers commonly asked questions about soil compaction: what causes it, what to do about it and how to avoid it.


 

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