PASTURES AND SOILS

Expanding options with Rhodes grass

A TRIAL PLOT of Rhodes grass has Ashley and Debbie Dowden enthusiastic about the potential this sub-tropical perennial could have for their pastoral cattle business.

Jill Griffiths
Expanding options with Rhodes grass

The Dowdens run 700 head of mostly Santa Gertrudis and Droughtmaster cattle on the half a million acres that make up Challa Station, 60 kilometres east of Mount Magnet in Western Australia’s Murchison...

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A growing series of reports, each focused on a key discussion point for the farming sector, brought to you by the Farming Ahead team.

A growing series of reports, each focused on a key discussion point for the farming sector, brought to you by the Farming Ahead team.

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Research Report: Grouper Bins (July 2024)

This month's Research Report from Kondinin Group looks at a range of Australian-made grouper bins which can make a big difference when it comes to input logistics on the farm.

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Research Report: Carbon Calculators (June 2024)

Farming Ahead's June Research Report compares two carbon calculators which can be used by grain growers.

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Research Report: High Horsepower Tractors (May 2024)

Kondinin Group has rounded up some real broadacre muscle in this Research Report - looking at 447kW (600hp)-plus tractors.

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Research Report: Sheds (April 2024)

Sheds play a vital role in farming, offering shelter and protection for people, machinery, livestock and valuable inputs like chemicals and fertiliser.