Optimus Ag

4 DAYS LEFT to BOOK - @Farmanco Carbon Outlook Day at Yarrawonga / Mulwala - Thurs, 16 Oct. Presented by @Eric_Nankivell, Pip Grant @RiverinePlains, @LachstockAg, Ed Nixon @OptimusAg & Crawford Taylor, Consultant. SCAN QR CODE to RSVP. Supported by #DCCEEW, #CFOP & @GGA_WA.

Frost sucks, but utilising ChatGPT for frost assessments makes it slightly easier. Using the mic button and saying good or dead for wheat heads that are affected. Then getting it to work out the percentages gives some better data to work with. Not perfect but helpful. #frostsucks

@agrobaz @s_simpfendorfer 45y95

@OptimusAg @s_simpfendorfer 44?

Multiple reports this week (Coona to Qld) of circular bleached spots in cereals. Debate if contact herbicide or droplet freeze. Key message is NOT disease so fungicide application not warranted. No yellow margin and white not tan so NOT yellow spot! agric.wa.gov.au/mycrop/diagnos…

@agrobaz @s_simpfendorfer Same here, nowhere near a cereal crop and unsprayed. Originally thought some drift but thinking the start of some disease. Seems to be in one variety and not the other.

@s_simpfendorfer Observed similar in canola here. Nothing obvious inside the lesions so assumed the same. Could it be disease that was controlled by seed dressing this early?

🌧️🌱 THERE’S PUDDLES 🌱🌧️ Is there any better sound than rain on the roof🩵Finally some wonderful rain over the whole region right at the end of Autumn for crops that are up and those that needed it to germinate👏.36mm at Balldale, what did you end up with? #autumnrain #optimusag

Some good rainfall about to the west of the area last weekend. Unfortunately some to the east missed it. Supplementary water via irrigation very handy in tough starts. Some wonderful sunsets during this sowing. #optimusag #plant24 #agriculture #irrigation

Some RR canola ready for its first glyphosate spray of a 2 spray approach. Don’t forget to decontaminate well before spraying. #plant24 #optimusag #canola #cropping24

See details of our first event next week.

Ed and Kat Nixon are excited to announce the launch of our independent agricultural consultancy business - Optimus Ag, Agronomic & Farm Management Consultancy Precision Ag Consultancy Farm Meeting Facilitation Farm Business Board Member Independent Property Inspection and more