The dry conditions didn’t stop Yuna Farm Improvement Group from holding its post seeding field walk two weeks ago.
Luigi Moreschi (left), CSBP, with Rob Campbell, Landmark Geraldton, inspect the lupin crop at the Eastough's farm.
While it may have been easier for the group to give the annual event a miss due to the dry conditions, the walk saw more than 60 growers and industry members inspect some of the district’s crops and new innovations.
At Belinda and Ashley Eastough’s farm at Yuna, Sacoa’s new SE14 soil wetter and Syngenta’s radish herbicide Talinor were being trialled.
Released in 2014, SE14 is designed to act as a moisture retention agent at seeding by increasing soil water capacity around the seed.
Trials with SE14 have shown a 10-60 per cent increase in plant numbers, improvements in herbicide activation in dry seasons.
Sacoa national technical and marketing manager Matt Sherriff at the SE14 trial, showing signs of being a crop establishment tool in retaining moisture.
