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New leadership

June 03, 2016
Building on a long-standing working partnership, Pulse Australia and the Australian Oilseed Federation are exploring the opportunity to share resources and provide partnership synergies to their respective member organisations.

GRDC slashes funding

May 17, 2016
THE Grains Research and Development Corporation will slash more than half a million dollars from Pulse Australia to deliver agronomic information to growers. According to sources, this has been done so GRDC can deliver the services itself, which could cost three times more than at present.

Resilient mungbeans

May 14, 2016
Mungbean crops continue to surprise BGA senior agronomist Ian Crosthwaite. “At planting it is impossible to know exactly how the season will unfold but mungbean is showing itself to be a very reliable performer even under poor growing conditions,” he said.

Ascochyta warning

May 03, 2016
New South Wales Department of Primary Industries (NSW DPI) senior plant pathologist Dr Kevin Moore says current forecasts for above average winter rain and neutral to La Niña conditions in spring, plus evidence that the ascochyta blight fungus is changing and concerns about varietal purity, justify a conservative approach to ascochyta management this season.

Sowing larger seeded faba bean such as PBA Nasma

April 15, 2016
The variety PBA Nasma has significantly larger seed than previous varieties released for northern NSW, which will improve market acceptance. In trials, PBA Nasma has demonstrated higher yield than older varieties and acceptable disease resistance, as a result it is likely to be widely adopted in the north.

No extra seed quality [or germination] risk with PBA Jurien lupin

April 15, 2016
Unfortunately many growers have recently been disappointed to learn that their order was cancelled due to the low germination rates in the bulk of the seed stock. Rain before harvest is the cause of the unacceptable germination rates in affected seed, principally sourced from the Moora district.