Pulse Australia

When it comes to managing plant parasitic nematodes, legumes are a poor host (and therefore a good choice) compared to many other crops grown in coastal farming systems.

Check in on the progress of this PBA HatTrick chickpea crop on heavy black/grey soil near Byee, Inland Burnett. Planted late June 2019, following cotton.

Pulse Check is very pleased to support the SRA's Burdekin legume agronomy workshops in October 2019. Check out the details.

Mackay cane grower Ray Abela has learnt lessons direct from the grains industry to improve his fallow cropping, and has put this knowledge to use by building a new air seeder to plant legume crops.

Follow this crop of Maki field pea growing through winter and intended for harvest just before planting cane in spring. Planted on a grey soil block south of Bundaberg, Qld.

Desiccation is a useful aid to harvest of legume crops but it involves careful management to ensure the grain is below the maximum residue limits (MRL) accepted in the destination market.

Peanuts have made an appearance for the first time on the Little Mulgrave property of HJ Way.

Alan Munro is a cane and soybean grower at Woodford Island at Harwood in NSW. He has been a long-term user of mill mud at his farm and hosted trials that looked at whether compost and mill by-products impact on yield and nematode populations.

<h2>Maximising nitrogen fixation in your crop</h2> <p><strong>Source Nikki Seymour, DAF Qld</strong></p> <h3>Good agronomy + Good inoculation = Good N fixation</h3> <ul> <li>Generally, N fixation is related to the biomass of the crop so the bigger the crop the more N is fixed</li> <li>Agronomic practices that optimise plant growth will maximise N fixation</li> <li>Inoculants need careful handling as they contain live bacteria </li> <li>Poor nodulation can lead to N deficient crops, reduced grain protein and yield</li> </ul> <p><img src="/storage/app/media/blog%20assets/rhzobium%20nodules.jpg" alt="" /> <em>Rhizobium nodules on roots.</em></p> <h3>Good Agronomy</h3> <ul> <li>Good drainage – waterlogging can reduce N fixation and increase denitrification</li> <li>Minimise or eliminate N fertilise...</li></ul>

Check in on the progress of this peanut crop on a red scrub soil near Kingaroy. Planted mid December 2018.