Lucerne Australia has successfully secured an emergency use permit from the APVMA to allow the use of UPL Australia’s MainMan® 500 WG for the control of Bluegreen aphid (Acyrthosiphon kondoi) in lucerne seed crops.
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Lucerne under pivot irrigation in Saudi 28 Grower members and associates attended the 2020 AGM held at Henry & Rose Cafe in Keith on Wednesday 21st October. Guest Speakers prior to the AGM were: Alan Mckay/James De Barro: Seed Wasp Project Update Sean Miller: Saudi Arabia – Livestock, Water and
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Lucerne Australia (LA) released it’s new five-year strategic plan at yesterday’s Information Session for growers and industry. LA was formed in 2005 and is the peak body for the lucerne seed industry in Australia. The organisation aims to incoprorate all relevant sectors of the Australian lucerne seed industry and acts
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Lucerne Australia held an Information Session attended by 25 members at Keith on 29th July. With the challenge of COVID-19 restrictions, several speakers and 14 members from SA & interstate (NSW, Vic and Tas) also connected in for the session via the Zoom online meeting platform. Attendees had the opportunity
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The team from Kalyx recently completed the second seed harvest of the LA Variety Trial near Keith. Stay tuned for results! (Photo supplied by Kaylx)
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With the Variety Trial moving beyond the seedling stage and into it’s second year, the annual Variety Trial Field Day on March 3rd generated great interest. Almost 50 growers and industry representatives, including members of the AgriFutures Pasture Seeds Advisory Panel, took the opportunity to inspect the plots just prior
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Dear Member, As you are aware, Executive Officer, Jenny Aitken has stepped down from the role as she and her husband are moving from Keith. Jenny has been in the role since May 2016. I would like to thank Jenny for her efforts as EO and on behalf of the
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The trial site is now in full flower, with the watering stress management being applied to the 3 bays. We will have the results of the second year of herbage cuts at the field day and hope to see as many of you there to view the crop on March
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The team from Kalyx out early to beat the heat for another herabge plot cut – they report that it’s the best cut yet with some plots getting to 10Kg. And the seed plots look great too.
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Rebekah Allen and Jessamy Bennet from Kalyx braving the cold, wet and windy conditions today to take another cut from the herbage plots in the LA Variety trial.
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