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IREC Irrigation Research Update
July 20, 2023 @ 8:30 am - 3:30 pm
Don’t miss out on IREC’s Irrigation Update on Thursday 20 July, 8.30am-3.30pm at the Gem Hotel Griffith!
FREE entry and light lunch provided. Registrations essential, book your spot here – https://bit.ly/42IKVWW
GREAT line up of topics and speakers including:
Cool Soil Initiative Dr Cassie Schefe (AgriSci) Managing Soil Variability James Kanaley (Consulting Agronomist) Managing the Carbon Footprint of Irrigation Farm Dams Dr Jackie Webb (Deakin Uni) Lessons from the 2022/23 Cotton Season and Looking Forward Kieran O’Keeffe (CottonInfo) Estimating Soil Moisture Tension in Cotton Rodrigo Filev Maia (Deakin University) NSW DPI Research Update David Troldahl (Deakin University) Optimising Irrigated Grains Project – Impact of disease & inoculation in irrigated chickpeas and assessing impact of nitrogen rates in durum wheat Damian Jones (Irrigated Cropping Council) Optimising Irrigated Grains Project – Plant growth regulator use in barley and durum to improve harvestability and yield Hayden Petty and Sam O’Rafferty (Summit Ag Agricultural Consulting) Optimising Irrigated Grains Project – Ben Morris (FAR Australia) Rice Update Mark Groat (SunRice) Overview of Area Wide Management of Weeds (AWM) Project Dr Rick Llewellyn (CSIRO) Herbicide resistant weed distribution in the Riverina Dr Rick Llewellyn (CSIRO) Genetics (AWM) Dr James Hereward (Uni of QLD) Growers’ attitudes and practices towards area-wide management of weeds in the Riverina (AWM) Dr Sonia Graham (University of Wollongong Social Scientist) Southern NSW Innovation Hub Project Update