SAGIT Podcast #16 – Optimising flowering period for the Murray Plains – Brendan Kupke

Wheat and barley yields depend upon many variables. But understanding the optimal time for flowering to maximise harvest is important, particularly as timeframes vary regionally.

SAGIT recently funded a study into the optimal flowering period for the Murray Plains region, led by Brendan Kupke, Senior Research Officer in Agronomy and Crop Sciences with the South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI: the research division of the Department of Primary Industries and Regions SA).

In this podcast episode, Brendan talks about the combination of field trial data and crop modelling using APSIM used to develop and validate the optimal flowering period for the Murray Plains.

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On average, SAGIT invests $2 million a year in supporting research crucial to advancing South Australia’s $4.6 billion grain industry.

These projects deliver real improvements in countless areas of grain growing, farming systems, soil management, harvesting, storage, processing and marketing, and they also provide technical information to growers.