Farms and farmers – conservation agriculture amid a changing farm sector

Ross Kingwell; Andrew Rice; James Pratley; Allan Mayfield; Harm van Rees

Farms and farmers – conservation agriculture amid a changing farm sector

Ross Kingwell, Andrew Rice, James Pratley, Allan Mayfield, Harm van Rees

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Conservation agriculture (CA) in Australia had its beginnings in the early 1970s with the release by ICI of Spray.Seed®, comprising paraquat and diquat (Pratley and Rowell 1987). However, it was not until 1978 with the release of diclofop (Hoegrass®) for post-emergent ryegrass and wild oat control and then the safer, more effective glyphosate (Roundup®) in 1980 by Monsanto for seedbed vegetation control that the tools were in place for adoption of direct drilling (DD) of crops. Adoption of DD was fastest in Western Australia (WA) with its large areas of sandy soils suited to DD and its larger farms and crop areas that benefited from more timely sowing.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Australian agriculture in 2020
Subtitle of host publication	From conservation to automation
Editors	Jim Pratley, John Kirkegaard
Place of Publication	Wagga Wagga, Australia
Publisher	Australian Society of Agronomy
Chapter	3
Pages	33-45
Number of pages	13
ISBN (Electronic)	9780648581901
Publication status	Published - 2019

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Kingwell, R, Rice, A, Pratley, J, Mayfield, A & van Rees, H 2019, Farms and farmers – conservation agriculture amid a changing farm sector. in J Pratley & J Kirkegaard (eds), Australian agriculture in 2020: From conservation to automation. Australian Society of Agronomy, Wagga Wagga, Australia, pp. 33-45. <http://agronomyaustraliaproceedings.org/index.php/special-publications>

Farms and farmers – conservation agriculture amid a changing farm sector. / Kingwell, Ross; Rice, Andrew; Pratley, James et al.
Australian agriculture in 2020: From conservation to automation. ed. / Jim Pratley; John Kirkegaard. Wagga Wagga, Australia: Australian Society of Agronomy, 2019. p. 33-45.

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