AURORA DURUM WHEAT SEED FOR SALE available South Australia, Victoria and Southern New South Wales.

GET YOUR ORDERS IN NOW – still available in Northern Victoria and Southern New South Wales.

CLICK ON PURCHASE ORDER FORM ON RIGHT SIDE OF PAGE AND DOWNLOAD, COMPLETE

AND EMAIL OR FAX TO SADGA Secretary Details below

SADGA currently is the only organisation
with a granted licence to sell Aurora.
Available bulk direct off header 4T minimum.
Also available cleaned in 1T bulker bags.
Email: SADGAsecretary@gmail.com
or contact Deb Baum
Mob. 0481 322 821

Aurora Durum Crop September 2017
Lower North, South Australia

2017 SADGA Crop Walk Report

Plan a crop walk, expect it to rain!

A great roll up of over 30 growers, researchers and industry stakeholders were in attendance at both crop walks this year.

Click here  to read more…

First stop was Dr Marg Evans’ crown rot trial at Turretfield near Roseworthy.

 

SAVE THE DATE – Durum Pre-Seeding Forums March 2018

The Southern Australia Durum Growers Association annual pre-seeding forums will be held in March 2018 at Tarlee and Horsham and promises to deliver another exciting line up of researchers, grain marketers and growers who’ll all share their insights into best outcomes for growing durum.

Forum Details

  • SA Wednesday, March 7th, 2018 – Tarlee Town Hall from 8:30 to 1:00 pm followed by lunch at the Tarlee Hotel
  • VIC Wednesday, March 21st, 2018 – Horsham ‘Saints’ Football Club 123 Firebrace St, Horsham VIC 8:30 am to 1:00 pm followed by lunch

Watch this space for more information once programming has been confirmed.

Please note: Registration will be a requirement and a small cost will be applied to the forums for catering and administration for non members however as a benefit to members it will be free. See side bar link to sign up as a member today.

Contact Deb Baum SADGA Secretary if you have any questions  sadgasecretary@gmail.com 0481 322 821

SADGA South East & Victoria Durum Crop Walk

WHEN: Wednesday, 11th October, 2017
WHERE: Commencing at 12 noon (SA Time) with BBQ lunch at Wolseley Community & Recreation Centre
TOPICS to be discussed include:

  • Gross Margins Durum v Bread Wheat v Milling Oats
  • Crown Rot
  • New Varieties
  • CAIGE Trial (CIMMYT Australia ICARDA Germplasm Evaluation)
  • Nitrogen Use Efficiency

Click here to download comprehensive SE crop walk program

2017 Wolseley NVT Main Wheat Site

Bordertown Trials Map 2017

Kaniva Trials Map 2017

Please do not hesitate to contact John Green or Alwyn Dyer for further information about our crop walk programs

Industry News Update

Great to see a good number of people at the Hart Field Day yesterday (19/9) as discussed click on this link to read about ‘Growing a successful durum crop’

Aurora added in pursuit of Higher Profit Potential

Depressed grain prices has encouraged Bute farmer James Venning along with many other farmers to pursue growing Aurora Durum as part of their crop rotation in a bid to boost profitability. Aurora has been demonstrating high yields and low screenings and of the
Durum’s it has proven to be one of the better varieties for early vigour. Paula Thompson from Stock Journal recently interviewed one of our new growers James Venning, whose father had previously grown Durum fourteen years ago but removed it from his rotations as it did not consistently provide reliability for him as a crop.
The new variety Aurora has been a winner  in reliability for our growers.  For more information read the attached Stock Journal article published June 1st 2017.

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