CROPPING

Cool heads needed to assess frosted crops

Looking back on a tough time can reveal insights to guide future situations.

Jill Griffiths
 Decisions after frost need to be made with a cool head according to Ben Curtis, Farmanco.

Decisions after frost need to be made with a cool head according to Ben Curtis, Farmanco.

The first reaction croppers often have when hit by frost, or any other calamity for that matter, is despair and then they want to leap into action.
 
This was the observation Esperance, Western Australia-based farm management consultant Ben Curtis, Farmanco, made last year after frosts. The lessons from that experience are worth remembering, Ben said.
 
Read the full article here: PDF
 
The DPIRD frost evaluation guide for cereals can be found here

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