Agronomist in Focus – Louise Penn: Looking Ahead After a Season of Extremes
Lessons from a dry season
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Agronomist in Focus
Written by Louise Penn from Ceres Rural Setting Goals for 2026 For the first time in what feels like a long while, I am genuinely looking forward to the spring agronomy season ahead. The last few years have been tough. Awfully wet winters have led to poor establishment, delayed drilling, crop walking running right into
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Looking Ahead: Building Resilience After Another Testing Season
By Louise Penn I’m still undecided on how I feel about this season, and from an agronomic perspective, I can’t quite predict where yields will land. On one hand, crops have faced relentless pressure: a wet autumn followed by a record breaking dry spring. But on the other hand, some crops have surprised me and
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Adapting to the Unpredictable: The Importance of Soil Resilience
Written by Louise Penn from Ceres Rural As much as I’d like to avoid discussing the weather after this challenging season, it continues to demand our attention. I am writing this after nearly 230mm of rain has fallen in 48 hours in my local area! Houses are flooded and roads impassable where I have never
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