Katherine Hollaway

Editor of the 2025 Victorian and Tasmanian Crop Sowing Guide outlines information on current varieties of the major winter crops grown in Victoria and Tasmania.

Co-editor of the Harvest Reports. The National Variety Trials (NVT) program aims to assist Australian grain growers and advisors in varietal decision making by providing the latest independent information on yield, quality and disease ratings. The Harvest Reports come from the NVT program as soon as possible after the results are released. As part of the program, we produce 16 Harvest Reports for each of our three key regions in Australia.

In 2022 wheat crops were placed under greater stripe rust pressure than had occurred for many years. Many growers discovered a ‘business-as-usual’ approach was not sufficient to protect crops of susceptible varieties.
This publication 'Managing stripe rust in a high-pressure year' captures the experiences of eight growers across NSW, Victoria and Queensland and the management practices they used to get on top of the challenge.

The National Variety Trials (NVT) program aims to assist Australian grain growers and advisors in varietal decision making by providing the latest independent information on yield, quality and disease ratings. The Harvest Reports come from the NVT program as soon as possible after the results are released. As part of the program, we produce 16 Harvest Reports for each of our three key regions in Australia.

GroundCover is Australia's premier grains industry publication, and the Supplement is a feature liftout focusing on one topic.
This issue is Nitrogen - Profitable and sustainable nitrogen strategies are vital to ensure the future of grain production in Australia

Wimmera residents survived the 10-year Millennium drought. The report “Climate Eyes 2022: we saw, we learnt, we survive’ presents practical tips and shred personal stories that will help others across Australia stand together when the impacts of climate change hit hard in their communities.

GroundCover is Australia's premier grains industry publication, and the Supplement is a feature liftout focusing on one topic.

This issue is Pulse Agronomy - Pushing Pulses from break crop to bank crop.

The National Variety Trials (NVT) program aims to assist Australian grain growers and advisors in varietal decision making by providing the latest independent information on yield, quality and disease ratings. The Harvest Reports come from the NVT program as soon as possible after the results are released. As part of the program, we produce 16 Harvest Reports for each of our three key regions in Australia.

GroundCover is Australia's premier grains industry publication, and the Supplement is a feature liftout focusing on one topic - this issue is Grain Storage.

Today’s grain storage investments support tomorrow’s world.

The past 30 years have been a tumultuous period in grain storage infrastructure and technology.

With care, bags and bunkers can provide a practical solution to the harvest logistics challenge.
High-quality sealed silos offer top-of-the-range storage, but the boom in demand for on-farm storage means growers are also exploring cheaper options to expand capacity.
Bags and bunkers have become a popular, more affordable choice, but growers need to be on their toes to avoid costly failures with these temporary storage solutions.

Extreme low pressures resulting in cyclonic winds, heavy rainfall and flooding sounds like something you’d expect in the tropics, but East Coast Lows can bring these tumultuous conditions to the southern part of Australia’s East Coast.

Nina House knows a thing or two about dealing with uncertainty. Along with her parents, Ashley and Margaret, they have sustained their beef-breeding business in Central West Queensland through the last seven years of drought.
The House family have bred beef cattle at Aramac, in the Desert Uplands since 1983. Their animals are predominantly Brahman, with some crossbred cows. They mostly turn off weaner steers and fat cull cows and some excess heifers.

Modern banking apps let us check our balance any time, which is important if you need to make a withdrawal. Soil moisture is just like money in the bank – great if you’ve got it, but when you are hoping to convert it into grain or feed it’s handy to know whether there is enough to meet your needs.

The National Variety Trials (NVT) program aims to assist Australian grain growers and advisors in varietal decision making by providing the latest independent information on yield, quality and disease ratings.

The Harvest Reports come from the NVT program as soon as possible after the results are released. As part of the program, we produce 16 Harvest Reports for each of our three key regions in Australia.

GroundCover is Australia's premier grains industry publication, and the Supplement is a feature liftout focusing on one topic - this edition contains articles on pulse and oilseed diseases.