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22.01.2022 Our spring-sown canola trial was sown last week! Four different varieties are in the trial. They will be measured for their production under different grazing pressures. #MiltonTrial #VickeryBros #McDonaldRuralServices #Coleraine #Canola

20.01.2022 A massive thank-you to AGF Seeds for helping us with the spring sowing of the trial site! Lots of exciting things going in! #MiltonTrial #VickeryBros #McDonaldRuralServices #Coleraine #AGF

13.01.2022 Guess which one of these Bennett wheat plants have been treated with fungicide and which one hasn't? These plants were taken from our cereal fungicide trial, the close-up photo is of the stripe rust on the wheat. #MiltonTrial #VickeryBros #McDonaldRuralServices #coleraine #wheat

26.12.2021 The lambs grazing on the cereal trial, look at them go! #miltontrial #vickerybros #mcdonaldruralservices #coleraine #agriculture #dronephotography

08.12.2021 Show us your best summer crop paddock! Join us in our photo contest and get a chance to win a McDonald Rural hamper full of goodies! All you need to do is submit your best photo of your summer crop in FB messenger or to [email protected], and like the McDonald Rural Services Facebook page and the Milton Trial Site Facebook page! We will post the photos to the McDonald Rural Facebook page. The photo with the most likes wins! Voting closing on 15/12/21, so get snapping and sharing! Good Luck!

29.11.2021 Here we have Tony from Vickery Bros. using a plate meter to measure the dry matter in the trial plots. These measurements are an important tool in evaluating pasture trials and allow us to quickly and accurately appraise a pasture. #MiltonTrial #VickeryBros #McDonaldRuralServices #Coleraine #Agriculture #cocksfoot

12.11.2021 Check out these RLEM on the Lucerne at the trial site! It is a timely reminder to be monitoring crops for RLEM. We have used TIMERITE to work out the date for our one spring spray for RLEM, have you used TIMERITE to work out your spray date? #MiltonTrial #VickeryBros #McDonaldRuralServices #Coleraine #Agriculture #RLEM

09.11.2021 Check out these pollinators at work on AGF Seeds 's FArmour WinterMax! Did you know crops like canola rely on insects to be pollinated? And by planting a diverse range of flowering plants you can encourage more insect pollinators on your farm check out this handy guide from the Wheen Bee Foundation for pollinator planting in the Western District! ( https://www.wheenbeefoundation.org.au//SF001-D-4.1-Pollina ) For more info contact McDonald Rural Services #miltontrial #vickerybros #mcdonaldruralservices #coleraine #agriculture #bees

20.10.2021 Cereal chemical matrix trial. Can really see some different impact the different herbicides have now! #miltontrial #vickerybros #mcdonaldruralservices #coleraine #agriculture #dronephotography

12.10.2021 Please stay tuned, we plan to reschedule to another date! #miltontrial #vickerybros #mcdonaldruralservices #agriculture

30.09.2021 Here is the canola before and after grazing, the sheep were left to graze for 6 hours. #miltontrial #mcdonaldruralservices #vickerybros #coleraine #sheep #lambs #canola

19.09.2021 The lambs going onto the Phoenix CL canola for the 2nd and final graze. #miltontrial #mcdonaldruralservices #vickerybros #coleraine #canola