Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Page 29 Page 30 Page 31 Page 32 Page 33 Page 34 Page 35 Page 36 Page 37 Page 38 Page 39 Page 40 Page 41 Page 42 Page 43 Page 443 IREC Farmers' Newsletter No. 197 — Autumn 2017 3 IREC Farmer’s Newsletter ­ – Spring 2016 3 IREC Farmers' Newsletter No. 197 — Autumn 2017 In this edition Chairman’s foreword.......................................................................Page 5 Exposure to northern irrigation research and farms................ Page 6 Honing in on innovation to lift yield and profit.......................... Page 10 Nitrogen for high-yielding irrigated canola............................... Page 12 Optimum plant population for irrigated wheat......................... Page 16 Barley seed rate and irrigation frequency................................. Page 20 Prospects and options for irrigated pulses in 2017................. Page 24 Resistance risk to knockdown herbicides................................. Page 27 Spray drift – why is it still happening?....................................... Page 31 Improve the business of rice growing with Rice$cenario....... Page 34 Hi-tech twitching in Coleambally rice field................................ Page 38 Tea, toast and top priority R&D issues........................................ Page 40 IREC Executive Committee and Advertiser's Index.................. Page 42