
Farm Table says:
The GRDC’s The Stubble Project (Vic and Tas) provides guidelines on stubble management for Victorian and Tasmania growers. These have been developed based on the project’s focus on 17 cropping system components that are directly impact, or interact with, crop residue in a stubble retained system.
There are 17 guidelines:
Break crops in retained stubble systems
Row spacings in a retained stubble system
Stubble characteristics in a retained stubble cropping system
5. Farm business analysis- Investment in harvest machinery for stubble retained systems
7. Tools to manage stubble during the fallow period
Monitoring stubbles during the fallow period
Sowing into stubble: seeder set-up and selection
10. Establishing Canola in heavy stubble loads
Weed management in retained stubble systems
Herbicide application in retained stubble systems
14. Pest management in retained stubble systems
15. Disease management in a stubble retained system
16. Crop nutrition in a stubble retained system
19. Managing stubble for moisture conservation and erosion prevention