Ed Nixon

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

🌧️🌱 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

Water running urea on corn through the lateral. 50kg/ha on way up and 50kg on way back to finish at the closest point to the N Buggy. Directly into the water stream.

Some of the AGRIvision team are in WA looking at trials and sharing knowledge with members of our extended agronomy community, seeing what issues and successes other regions face and understanding how we can apply those learnings with our customers. #agronomy #gettingbetter

CROP ALERT: The AGRIvision team is seeing Stripe Rust in Southern NSW and throughout the Wimmera Mallee. Rain in the last few days will be conducive, so ensure your management plan is current. If you notice Stripe Rust, your AGRIvision Consultant, assist in adjusting your plan.

@_ANZ001 Topsoil compaction not a major issue here in the sand until 40cm down at a natural sediment layer between the sand and clay that the delving also takes care of and replaces with sand or clay. This photos shows it the best although the tree roots got through it 😀

@edgronomy Compaction issues?

Bit of last minute delving before sowing a couple of weeks ago. Horsch tiger to incorporate and sown straight after.

@kentonp_ag @theGRDC Which variety Kenton?

Achieved 95% Canopy closure in Mallee by bud emergence from 5 April Sow, eeek 😬🥶 18 April sow catching up, 5 May sow slow. @theGRDC establishment #Oilisbetterthanmalt

@nig_michael From uni of Adelaide, resistance to gly S susceptible, R1 and R2 resistant. Less than 24hours no good.

Is 24 hours too close for a double knock?

Brumby wheat seed for sale. Grown as a seed crop. Resistant to powdery mildew, good yields last year for me higher than Scepter and Beckom sxs. $500/t ungraded. Call Ed on 0429463362. Limited availability. intergrain.com/variety/brumby/

Anyone by chance coming from Condobolin southwards. Have some parts to come down south.

Hi all, wondering if anyone has a solution for this issue in a case 8010. When reversing the feeder it cuts it off with saying feeder speed low and feeder shut down due to low speed. Reverser can last 1 second or 5. Put a 600 screen in it this year, haven’t had the problem before

@Callum_Wesley @TTQAgriculture Follow back so I can direct message

@patrickway11 And yes find the sandier country more prone to powdery.

@edgronomy Yep, seems very soil type dependent in our instance.. Sandhills are covered but the heavier country is virtually unaffected. How do you think the Brumby will stack up against the Scepter yield wise?

Powdery mildew on Scepter wheat certainly taking the cream of the yield averages in some sandy country (mainly on less fertile areas of paddock). Bring on Brumby.

@patrickway11 It’s been looking better all year, held a bit more green leaf as well but we will see in the end. Both are still standing at the moment with growth reg applied so we will see. I actually wanted the Scepter sxs to get more pm like it did the prev 2 years to compare yields with pm