Aerial sowing of Rice (1969)

IREC

1969

Aerial sowing was introduced into the Murray Valley in 1963 said Former District Agronomist, Mr B J Scott, two areas of 20 acres were sown at Tullakool in conjunction with salted land reclamation investigations being carried out at that time, since then the aerial sown acreage has increased to over 10,000 acres in 1968.

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