Stubble management has re-emerged as a serious consideration for grain growers throughout Australia's cropping regions. The issues associated with managing heavy stubble loads from the 2010-11 harvest is front of mind for growers. Southern Farming Systems CEO Jon Midwood has in recent weeks been addressing this subject at Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) Adviser Updates in New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia. FTER water levels have subsided, paddocks dried out and the harvest finally finished, grain growers are now faced with the question: How to manage the large stubble from the 2010 harvest to minimise the impact on sowing in 2011 ? Over the past decade stubble management practices in Australia have centered upon suitability to climate and environment - particularly in relation to soil erosion and growers' willingness to find alternatives to burning.
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