I’m excited to share that today was my first day as International Visiting Fellow at @CSIRO in Adelaide, South Australia! We’ll have an exciting few months working side-by-side with Kenton Porker and Therese McBeath , as well as with Victor Sadras and C. Mariano Cossani at SARDI

Wheat coming off nicely at the ⁦@GRDCNorth⁩ ⁦@CSIRO⁩ farming systems site at Iandra near Greenethorpe - now in its 8th year - wheat yields in the range 5.8-8.0 t/ha - remarkable for the season but cool conditions and good stored water and timely rain won the day.

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This week we finished the 2025 GRDC Southern NSW Farming Systems project field walks looking at eight years of small plot research and how it upscales into real world scenarios – #diversefarms. Topics included diverse rotations, nitrogen legacy, lime incorporation, rainfall

Great discussions on 6 yrs of farming systems data (sequence x N x Sowing dates x varieties x grazing) at the @GRDC @CSIRO Greenethorpe site (Iandra Castle), and a look at the year 7 crops as we launch into Phase 3 out to 2028. Thanks to GRDC, Kershaw family, CSIRO, Delta, Kalyx

Another brilliant field day with the GRDC funded Southern NSW Farming Systems project team at Greenethorpe and Thuddungra. It was the last of a series of days this year that looked at eight years of farming systems small plot research and how it upscales into real world scenarios

People have no idea how close we should actually be to starving to death. A farm in 1920 fed ~10 people, a farm today feeds ~180 people. Innovation from a small group made this happen.

The @CSIRO @NSWDPI Farming System + Diverse Farms Teams invite you for the: -8th annual @theGRDC @CSIRO Greenethorpe Farming Systems Field Day; & -2nd #diversefarms Thuddungra Farm Walk with @brodenholland Tuesday, 7th Oct starting at 9am. Register at https://t.co/3Q9IB6L0Fs

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@NoelCressie @UOW Noel is passionate about the intersection of art and science, while his love for museums fuels his blend of creativity and scientific rigor. He once collaborated with choreographer William Forsythe to interpret dance statistically. #StarsOfScience

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Excellent morning at the NSWDPI Condobolin Field Day. Great information from the past 7 years @GRDC Farming System’s exp’t. Thanks @MathewDunn19, Mehrshad, Daryl & @dansweenss. Higher yields from early sown canola after pulses & 2025 = >3T/ha. Chickpeas & fabas looking good.

🛻 Recap of last week’s Diverse Farms roadshow at: 🌱Tullamore (Lachie Moloney) & Burcher (Charlie French) with Baker Ag 🌱Rannock (team McKinley) & Junee (Andrew Quigley) with Grassroots Ag #diversefarms @theGRDC @AgroJAK @tony_swan64 @dansweenss @bakeragad @Farm_Link

The Condobolin Agronomy Field Day-30th September. For those interested in Farming Systems Research, join us for some good discussions @theGRDC NSWDPI Farming Systems Experiment to delve into the legacy effects of the various systems (Exp't in it's 8th year). See you there!

Impressive to see such consistent growth in faba beans across a 1200ha block. Limed & Horsched Tiger in 2020 & now settled in a 4 year FbCWW/B rotation. Long term continuous crop block only getting better with time especially pulses in the mix. @EnglefieldPlai1

20/20 Project Update. So how did Management Intensity alter grain yield in wheat, and how did the system respond when biologicals or an EEF were added to the system? Interesting results for 2025 and I hope your ROI was better than ours on dryland!

🎊 The Diverse Farms roadshow finale is on Tues 7th Oct: 🏰 @theGRDC Farming Systems site at Greenethorpe ➕ 🌱Diverse Farms Thuddungra site @brodenholland Register at https://t.co/a1SbGPEgsd #diversefarms @AgroJAK @tony_swan64 @NSW_AGRONOMY @Farm_Link

@tony_swan64 @CSIRO @theGRDC @AgroJAK @Laura_Goward @MathewDunn19 @SusieSprague17 @Zakeelcassim @PulsePathSWSK Chickpea flax it's maybe going to mature before a frost? If I have to sacrifice a few acres of chickpeas to convince the clouds to drop rain in July and August it was worth it.

🚨 We’ve listened to our members and industry and shifted the 2026 Australian Agronomy Conference to 24 -28 August 2026 in Darwin 🌴. https://t.co/L5ULZwtmdy

🌾 The 5th Edition of the International Congress ‘FROM SEED TO PASTA’ is almost here! 🍝 Don’t miss this key event in the wheat & pasta world. ⏰ Final registration deadline: September 15th, 2025 — register now! #FSTP5 #WheatConnect

Great to catch up with Bernard Hart still keeping track of research into sustainable farming at CSU/NSWDPIRD farming systems field day. Some of my first field experiments on canola as a break crop happened on Harts farm back in 1990 and he and his families contribution goes on!