IN92 December 15, 2017 |
CROP NUTRITION FERTILISER AND CROP PROTECTION CHEMICALS WORKING TOGETHER
Broadacre Plus Ultra Foliar and Bactericide deliver better rice outcomes By : Melanie Wu |
This IN compares a rice field that underwent three demonstration and evaluation treatments. RLF product Broadacre Plus Ultra Foliar was combined with a crop bactericide as part of the trial process and was shown to deliver many positive benefits. | Technical | View Article | Download PDF |
IN91 July 14, 2017 |
EVALUATING THE EFFICACY OF BSN SUPERSTRIKE Comparative Analysis and Microbial Testing of Samples from Canola Crop By : Dr. Hooshang Nassery |
This IN highlights the early growth and microbial testing milestones of a canola crop in South Australia. One section of the trial crop was treated with BSN Superstrike (BSNSS) and the other treated with a competitor seed treatment product. | Technical | View Article | Download PDF |
IN87 March 17, 2017 |
INTEGRATED FERTILISER MANAGEMENT AND ITS IMPACT ON FERTILISER USE EFFICIENCY AND YIELD
Efficient use of nitrogen in Australia lags behind the rest of the world By : Dr Hooshang Nassery |
This IN addresses the imperative facing Australian farmers to become more efficient with fertiliser use for their crops, especially for broadacre and field enterprises. The inefficient use of nitrogen in Australia is cause for concern and RLF’s Integrated Fertiliser Management (IFM) program provides a valuable option to address this. | Technical | View Article | Download PDF |
IN78 October 23, 2015 |
THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN PRIMING THE SEED AND COATING THE SEED
And how this Important Difference is often Misunderstood By : Dr Hooshang Nassery |
This Insight (IN) is in response to questions often asked by farmers and growers at trade shows and information sessions. It appears that confusion exists about the fundamental differences of the two 'use of seed' strategies for farmers to access trace elements. | Technical | View Article | Download PDF |
IN77 September 25, 2015 |
MIXING BSN SEED PRIMER WITH SEED-COATING PRODUCTS
Can it be done safely and stably ? By : Dr Hooshang Nassery |
Compatibility questions often get asked, and this RLF Insight gives the assurance and confidence needed to safely use BSN Seed Primer with seeds that have been, or are about to be coated with other product. This Insight explains the method to achieve this both stably and without loss of effectiveness. | Technical | View Article | Download PDF |
IN74 July 20, 2015 |
MIXING PLASMA FUSION WITH ‘CRUSADER’ AND ‘HUSSAR’
Important compatibility issues involving loss of efficacy By : Steve Wornes |
An RLF client in New South Wales, Australia, reported a drop in performance of Crusader and Hussar in controlling grasses when tank mixed with Plasma Fusion. Because RLF's representative understood a potential conflict existed because Plasma Fusion drops the pH, technical advice was sought from the Chemist. It was the client's belief that both these herbicides were dual purpose grass/broad-leaf control agents. | Technical | View Article | Download PDF |
IN73 July 24, 2015 |
THE CHEMICAL COMPATIBILITY OF PLASMA POWER WITH ‘UNIMAZ 250SL’ AND ‘SPARK’
The Importance of Understanding the Reactions and Responses By : Steve Wornes |
Understanding the compatibility issues surrounding the mixing of chemicals with fertiliser products is fundamental to good farm practice. This Insight gives the very best advice about tank mixing RLF's Plasma Power with 'UNIMAZ 250SL' and 'SPARK'. | Technical | View Article | Download PDF |
IN71 July 17, 2015 |
COMPATIBILITY QUESTIONS INVOLVING PLASMA POWER
With Paradigm (DOW Agrosciences), Cadence WG and AmistarXtra (Syngenta) and MCPA LVE By : Steve Wornes |
Compatibility of chemicals when tank mixing is very important and often complex. Recently the question of compatibility with several agricultural chemicals when mixed with RLF's Plasma Power was asked. RLF's Senior Process Chemist has given a detailed and technical response in an effort to cover all scenarios involving the above listed chemicals and has concluded this four-way tank mix should be okay, subject to certain criteria. | Technical | View Article | Download PDF |
IN68 June 3, 2015 |
USING MANCOZEB
Is it compatible with RLF's Canola Plus ? By : Steve Wornes |
Compatibility issues, and questions involving the mixing of chemicals with the RLF product range, are always interesting and form part of an important ongoing education process for farmers. The question of whether Mancozeb (a fungicide manufactured internationally by a leading chemical company) when used with Canola Plus could cause the yellowing of leaves on a grower's apple crop has prompted a detailed response from RLF's Senior Process Chemist. | Technical | View Article | Download PDF |
IN65 March 19, 2015 |
EVALUATING THE EFFECT OF BSN TREATMENT ON SEED GERMINATION AND VIGOUR
By : Dr Hooshang Nassery |
This Insight (IN) is in response to questions asked by RLF's Distributor and Seed Partner about techniques and strategies in measuring the effect of BSN treatment on seed germination and vigour. | Technical | View Article | Download PDF |
IN64 March 16, 2015 |
SEED TESTS
What do they Mean to the Farmer ? By : Dr Hooshang Nassery |
The question of Seed Tests and what they actually mean often gets asked. | Technical | View Article | Download PDF |
IN63 March 16, 2015 |
HOW PASTURE CROPS RESPOND TO DIFFERING FERTILISER ROUTINES
Is it possible to just use Pasture Plus ? By : Dr Hooshang Nassery |
A question was recently asked by Greg Kaynes, (Area Sales Manager Northern NSW/Southern QLD) about the response and results of Pasture Plus that he was observing within a trial that is being currently undertaken by him. | Technical | View Article | Download PDF |
IN59 February 25, 2015 |
UNDERSTANDING ENDOPHYTES
A fungus found in grass and other plant species By : Dr Hooshang Nassery |
The following question has been asked by RLF's New Zealand Distributor Jason Reid on behalf of his clients. Can you please advise of any known or noted effect of BSN on endophyte viability. | Technical | View Article | Download PDF |
IN58 January 19, 2015 |
THE Q&A OF QAC’S – QUARTERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS
Helping our partners meet their compliance oblications By : Steve Wornes |
Some very sound discussion has arisen from RLF's New Zealand distribution partner with respect to the Quaternary Ammonium Compounds (QAC). | Technical | View Article | Download PDF |
IN57 January 16, 2015 |
THE Q&A OF AMINO ALCOHOLS
Helping our partners meet their compliance oblications By : Steve Wornes |
RLF's New Zealand distribution partner has raised some challenging questions with respect to the obligations required of them before NZ produce - such as Apples - can be exported to the European Union (EU) marketplace. | Technical | View Article | Download PDF |
IN54 October 20, 2014 |
LESS IS MORE
By : Dr. Hooshang Nassery |
This Insight is about the ‘Ask the Doctor’ inquiry of Greg Kaynes – Area Sales Manager (NNSW / SQLD) about the effectiveness of foliar products in acid soils than with foliar of alkaline pH. | Technical | View Article | Download PDF |
IN47 August 15, 2014 |
TO MIX OR NOT TO MIX
By : Dr Hooshang Nassery |
This Insight is about the ‘Ask the Doctor’ inquiry of Mr. Greg Kaynes – RLF’s Area Sales Manager (NNSW / SQLD) about whether UREA can be applied (mixed) with RLF’s Pasture Plus. | Technical | View Article | Download PDF |
IN46 August 4, 2014 |
TOO LITTLE, TOO MUCH
By : Dr Hooshang Nassery |
This Insight is about the ‘Ask the Doctor’ inquiry of Mr. Greg Kaynes – RLF’s Area Sales Manager (NNSW / SQLD) about the optimal % of organic matter in soil. | Technical | View Article | Download PDF |
IN41 January 29, 2014 |
FOLIAR FERTILISER VERSUS SOIL FERTILISER A guide to the key differences and a plan for utilising the benefits of both By : Dr Hooshang Nassery |
This Insight shows the key differences and comparison between the benefits delivered by both foliar fertilisers and soil fertilisers. | Technical | View Article | Download PDF |
IN39 April 20, 2015 |
RESEARCH RESULTS THROUGH THE YEARS Support shown by South Australian research findings for RLF's IFM Strategy By : Ross Coleman |
This Insight (IN) supports the RLF Integrated Fertiliser Management (IFM) strategy of applying nutrients to seed, soil and foliage, over that of a soil-based fertiliser strategy alone. It also gives reference to similar research findings in Australia and overseas. | Technical | View Article | Download PDF |
IN38 February 28, 2014 |
IS YOUR SOWING RATE RIGHT?
By : Dr Hooshang Nassery |
This Insight discusses how a minimum input strategy can be, on average, a winner for cereal crop growers in the sandy soils of Western Australia. | Technical | View Article | Download PDF |
IN35 February 28, 2014 |
KNOW THE ‘LEAF TILLER LANGUAGE’
By : Dr Hooshang Nassery |
This Insight explains everything you need to know about the leaf formation of plants, especially wheat and
cereal crops. |
Technical | View Article | Download PDF |
IN33 November 19, 2015 |
GLYPHOSATE-INDUCED TRACE ELEMENT DEFICIENCY
What it is and how to Mitigate the Problems By : Dr Hooshang Nassery |
This Insight explains the effects of Glyphosate on both crop yield and the soil. It outlines ways and means of mitigating many of the problems associated with its use through good farm practice and management. | Technical | View Article | Download PDF |
IN26 February 28, 2014 |
THE NEED TO IMPROVE WATER AND FERTILISER EFFICIENCY
By : Dr Hooshang Nassery |
This Insight observes the fertiliser manufacturing costs that rise with the rise in the cost of fuel and how water use efficiency and harvest index will become increasingly important to growers. | Technical | View Article | Download PDF |
IN22 December 7, 2015 |
DEFINING YIELD COMPONENTS IN WHEAT And the growth benefits delivered by an Integrated Fertiliser Management program By : Dr Hooshang Nassery |
This Insight defines wheat yield and discusses what growth should be expected when a good Integrated Fertiliser Management (IFM) program forms part of crop management. |
Technical | View Article | Download PDF |
IN20 December 7, 2015 |
SEED PHOSPHORUS EXPLAINED
And the Essential Role that BSN Seed Primer Plays By : Dr Hooshang Nassery |
This Insight explains in detail exactly how seed phosphorus is constructed, and outlines both the essential role and beneficial outcomes that can emerge with the use of BSN Seed Primer in a range of cereal crops. |
Technical | View Article | Download PDF |
IN19 February 28, 2014 |
THE ‘GUM BOOT’ TRIAL METHOD – A MOST RELIABLE SCIENCE FOR MANY!
By : Regional Correspondent, South Australia |
This Insight takes a light-hearted look at 'gum boot' science and the instincts that growers all over the world use in assessing their crops. | Technical | View Article | Download PDF |
IN17 February 28, 2014 |
THE TELL – TALE SPOTS
By : Ross Coleman |
This Insight emphasises the importance of fully understanding the irrigation process as part of a balanced crop management program. | Technical | View Article | Download PDF |
IN15 January 20, 2017 |
SORGHUM ‘THE WONDER CROP’
Understanding its Qualities and Importance as a Cereal Food By : Dr Hooshang Nassery |
This Insight discusses Sorghum and the work being undertaken to make it a more desirable food crop, whilst also educating people about its qualities and benefits for the food supply chain. | Technical | View Article | Download PDF |
IN09 February 28, 2014 |
KNOW THE PLANT GROWTH CYCLE
By : Dr Hooshang Nassery |
This Insight describes the stages of development for wheat-type cereal crops and is critical for leaf tissue sampling to support the management decisions facing growers. |
Technical | View Article | Download PDF |