Lifting High Rainfall Zone Cereal Yields
b'Despite having a better climate for grain production than most of mainland Australia, the average cereal yield in Tasmania is still considered to be well below its potential.\\n\\nIn this podcast you\\u2019ll hear from GRDC\\u2019s MD Dr Steve Jefferies talk about two GRDC investments that are working to address this challenge, to help Tasmanian, and high rainfall zone cereal growers on the mainland, close the yield gap and develop new fungicide management strategies.\\n\\nBoth areas of research are part of The Hyper Yielding Cereals project and the project\\u2019s annual field day at Hagley in northern Tasmania attracted grain growers from as far away as South Australia\\u2019s York Peninsular.\\n\\nGRDC\\u2019s Managing Director, Dr Steve Jefferies, was at the field day.\\n\\nFurther information: www.far.org.nz/far_australia/research_and_extension_projects https://grdc.com.au/resources-and-publications/grdc-update-papers/tab-content/grdc-update-papers/2018/07/hyper-yielding-cereal-project\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'