2022/23 Deferred Sales Pool – the bonus tonnes keep on giving

2022/23 Deferred Sales Pool (DSP) has now been finalised with final pool payments settled last month…well just about, 2022/23 DSP Lupin Pool will be finalised in November. While most WA growers may not need reminding of 2022/23 season records, let’s recap – WA...

Turnip Yellows Virus

Your canola crop hasn’t outgrown the winter blues. It has moisture, plenty of applied nitrogen, sunshine, and warm weather. So why isn’t it thriving? It might be carrying Turnip Yellows Virus (TuYV). It could be serious. Estimates of damage caused by TuYV...

Are swarm bots the future of all spraying?

To be honest, it’s hard to tell. I think that automated spraying by swarm bots, drones and full-size SP rigs will become very common in the very near future. But which one is going to win? Will it be a big SP sprayer that is driverless, or should we be thinking of...