Greenmount Press magazines

FEATURE schedule(Booking & material deadlines as per page 4)January–February: Planting & tillage• Planting rates/row spacings• Press wheels• Trash clearance etcMarch–April: Spray application• Sprayer design• Drift reduction• Spray timing etcMay–June: Nutrition & disease• N, P and K nutrition• Plant tissue testing• Variable rate application etcJuly–August: Harvesting & Marketing• Best marketing options for the current year• Efficient harvest management from paddock to silo• Grain drying/aeration/grain protection• Ground engaging technology/Point design• Guidance technology/tramlining• Correct spray nozzle selection• New chemicals & tank mixes• Commercial and purpose built groundrigs• Micronutrients• Analysing soil and tissue tests• Biological farming/soil health/disease tests• Storage design for safety and efficiency etcA special feature for northern region growers onJuly–August: NORTHERN FOCUS Summer Crop Establishment• Sowing seed quality for summer crops• Getting the best summer crop establishment• Early crop nutrition • Disease and pest control etcSeptember–October: PRECISION FARMING• Yield monitoring• Inter-row seeding• Auto guidance and minimising overlap• Remote sensing• Weather stations etcNovember–December: QUALITY SOWING SEED• Management and storage of sowing seed; testing seed quality• What protection do various seed treatments offer?• Application technologies for seed treatmentsFEATURE schedule(Booking & material deadlines as per page 4)February–March: Processing/marketing• Cotton’s place in the fibre market• Agronomic impacts on fibre qualityApril–May: Precision farming/guidance• Classing issues• Ginning to preserve fibre value• Has it delivered on the promises? • Directory of suppliers• Interchangeability of equipment – this goes with that• New technology – future directionsJune–July: Tractors & Tillage• New tractor technology• Refurbishing existing gear• Versatility – one tool does it all• Minimum tillage and plough down – can they co-exist?August–September: Nutrition• N, P and K nutrition• Plant tissue testing• Analysing soil and tissue tests• Variable rate applicationOctober–November: Spray application• Micronutrients• Biological farming• Soil and plant health• Shielded sprayer design• Drift reduction• Correct spray nozzle selection • Innovative aerial application• Commercial and purpose built groundrigsDecember–January: Irrigation• Improving water use efficiency• Measuring on-farm water use• Overhead irrigation technology• Drip irrigation systems• Irrigation system evaluation— 12 —