The recent welcome rainfall has provided some fantastic potential outcomes, especially where extra inputs such as fertilizer, and in particular nitrogen, has been included to help capitalize the potential given our moisture supply.
Estimating yields at this early stage in spring can be made based on the number of tillers per square metre.
An old “rule of thumb” in a dryland wheat situation is that at least 100 heads per square metre is required for each tonne of grain per hectare.
Typically, from the flag leaf stage 70 to 75% of tillers go . . .
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