John Mulholland

@summitagconsult 606 on the left?

Cotton variety change in a bankless bay with same ground preparation, same plant date, same water up date same field history...

One perk of an early start!

@congreve_mark @Tallawanta Generally not here - just go hard for yield and worry about defol as it happens

@Tallawanta @JohnMully46 Did some interesting market research into cotton defol couple of years ago. Does anyone budget on shutting down the crop in order to keep enough day degrees for defol? If so, how many? Or just push as hard as possible for yield &worry about defol later with whatever temp is left?

It's a great time of the year!!

@Tallawanta less than ideal....

@JohnMully46 Not looking forward to getting leaf off late green crops this year #cotton #defoliation 😬

@LFelmingham RFI folding brackets - much better than GME. Had one of those and it lasted 30k km. had 8 RFI's on 4 cars and they have done 500k km collectively so far (a lot of rough road included) and no failures

Another bracket bites the dust. I don’t want to weld one on but I’m heading that way. Has anyone found a decent aerial bracket to suit arb pipe. I have used stainless, and alloy …. Not getting much life out of them.

@AndrewM25148725 😂😂😂

@JohnMully46 Where your “Crikey” impersonation as you gather it up and tell us how beautiful it is??

Reckon that field can look after itself for the rest of the season #bignugget

@bedeomara74 Yes Bede - the taps turned off tight at the moment!

@JohnMully46 Certainly got dry in the last month nearly everywhere in S Qld Mully.

The Narran has almost stopped running for the first time since mid November '21. Couldn't get through it until a month ago. Never had a run like it since I've been here ('94)

@bedeomara74 Nearly....

@JohnMully46 I’m sure you placed her straight back into her ecosystem Mully?

Not exactly what you want to see shake out of 10 node cotton, but much better than snakes...

@precision_horti Yes they have been ok in the early fields - have a later field which has a bit more pressure, but ok atm

@JohnMully46 Nice one ,keeping FAW under control?

Sweet corn harvest a St George. Delicious!

@HoolyMcg @cosfarming @DamianHarris12 @teakhill Yep definitely Pigs. Apparently they can travel up to 40km/night if they have to. Had a client just recently up here where they made a proper mess in barley. Nests everywhere in a short space of time.

@cosfarming @DamianHarris12 @teakhill Fkrs.

Any sensible ideas ?

@DibsCush Yes 20mm should be perfect there.

@JohnMully46 Not good at all. W looks ok 🤞🏻

160-250mm overnight across the farm. So pleased we planted all these fields to cotton earlier in the week 😬. And don’t think we’ll be harvesting any time soon! #moist #moree

@isobelroe So the BOM will still be called the BOM, and they've wasted taxpayers money doing just that. Who's responsible at the BOM for this shambles?

🙃 theguardian.com/australia-news…

@summitagconsult I've found that heavier covering chain (with a pull about 600mm wide mounted on presswheels) tends to pull the raised edges off hills and drag more dry dirt over the trench. Providing trench is narrow and seed is at base of trench germination is ok - just need to watch depth

Finding issues with open seed slots this planting. Disc openers cutting a seed trench through mud and press wheels unable to close the slot. Leading to issues like seed dry back and chemical entering the trench. What planter adjustments have you made to counteract this issue?

@PaulMacAHRI_PUL Haven't been able to get a soil test in there Paul - been wet since November, so guessing very low after 2 winter crops. Urea was planned for the winter crop, and will be needed if sorghum goes in - how that will be applied yet to be decided!!

Certainly is a grain sorghum possibility . How much nitrogen in mg/kg do you have in the profile John?.