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CTF Effects on Sustainability and Productivity
In his recent International Fertiliser Society (IFS) paper, ACTFA board member Dr Dio Antille and his colleagues have done an excellent job of bringing together research information on the effects of field traffic from across the world. It won’t surprise ACTFA members...
Improved communications make a harvest with a difference at ‘Willaroo’
'Willaroo' is a 16,500 ha property in northern NSW operated by Warakirri Cropping, and the farm has just wrapped up a harvest unlike any before. The 2024 harvest for 'Willaroo' has been different from the past, thanks to resilient on-farm connectivity that transformed...
Raised bed CTF, drainage and weed control in the HRZ
Image: The raised beds and controlled traffic farming system provides a well-aerated and well-structured soil environment that promotes vigorous crop root development, which underpins high yields and strong competition against weeds. Author: Cindy Benjamin, WeedSmart...
Runline Adjustments using Launch Pad: A Grower Case Study
Optimising Machinery Efficiency in Northern NSW and Southern QLD by: Christian Capp, Grohag, Goondawindi Key Points Adjusting existing run lines to a more efficient heading configuration reduces the number of tracks in the field, leading to significant savings in...
Set up the digital farm ready for harvest – with New Holland – 24th September 2024
About the webinar Improving on-farm operational efficiency is the focus of the GRDC funded project ‘On-farm Operations Optimisation’ which is being jointly conducted by Verge Ag and ACTFA. Over the past few months the project team has engaged 16 growers from around...
Straw Spreader boosts header efficiency
The following article featured in the Autumn 2024 edition of the SEPWA newsletter and is shared here with the permission of South East Premium Wheatgrowers Association. Images courtesy MR & HL Wandel. A purpose-built machine that chops and spreads straw evenly...
Reflections on a CTF Journey: Michael Hart
Michael Hart recently tweeted a nice photograph of a light green tractor with its rear axle pulled down for bearing replacement with the tongue-in-cheek comment “I don’t know how much money I’ve made from CTF, but I know how much I’ve spent” – obviously on equipment...
RTK accuracy guidance from satellite correction
Acknowledgement: Max Cusack, Precision Ag Marketing Manager, John Deere Limited - Australia and New Zealand Image: John Deere Limited - Australia and New Zealand Fixed on or off-farm base stations, mobile tripod mounted base stations, and to a lesser extent, CORS...
Simulating efficiency of section control for different size bars using Verge Technologies software
Author: Alice Butler, Farmanco Verge technology provides a new way of looking at the effect of changes such as machinery selection, route planning etc. on the efficiency of farming operations. Using the Verge platform to model the impact of different seeder widths and...
Combining wheel track renovation with other operations
Image: Stewart Wallace, Esperance indicating where he mounts the stubble cruncher roller, that wasn’t attached at the field day as this was a hire machine. Author: Bindi Isbister, DPIRD, ACTFA Chair Wheel tracks in controlled traffic farming systems need regular...
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