R&D Agronomist with NSW DPI, conducting dry land cropping research within central NSW.
Joined December 2015
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Colin McMaster retweeted
Apr 27
🎧PODCAST🎧: Is it really worth growing F2 canola seed?
GOA’s @MaurieStreet & @pennyheuston chat about growing F2 canola seed.
❓Does it save you money OR cost you yield❓
…based on trial work GOA done across the Central West into farmer-retained hybrid seed.
LINK➡️soundcloud.com/northern-farm…
@theGRDC @GRDCWest @GRDCNorth @GRDCSouth @Master4Colin
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Apr 22
Been getting some enquires about the paper roll seed vigor test.
Here’s a quick video on the procedure.@NSW_AGRONOMY @GRDCNorth
Hope it helps
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Apr 20
Well done baz 👏 - its a cracking little test
Apr 6
Hats off to @Master4Colin for this little germ test plan. Wet paper towel, put seed in a row along centre, roll up towel like a cigar, wrap in foil leaving top open for air and stand it upright. Look at both shoot and root for normality.
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Colin McMaster retweeted
Apr 17
🎧PODCAST: getting canola established right🎧
🟡NSW DPIRD’s Col McMaster talks us through the tips & tactics for optimising YOUR canola establishment.
LINK ➡️m.soundcloud.com/user-889937…
@theGRDC @GRDCNorth @GRDCWest @GRDCSouth @Master4Colin @GrainOrana @CSIRO @brill_ag @agrobaz
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3 Oct 2025
**Parkes canola field walk - 9 October**
Hope to see you next week to inspect the Canola NVT trial site with @HertelKathi and to discuss the latest @theGRDC canola establishment research results.
@NSW_AGRONOMY @CSIRO
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30 Jul 2025
Great day at Tottenham yesterday, and thanks @GRDCNorth for the opportunity to present.
For anybody interested, there’s also a new @theGRDC funded App developed by @CSIRO called ‘Summer weed tool’…worth checking out this summer.
29 Jul 2025
Weeds are a red card for fallow management - @Master4Colin looks at the cost of uncontrolled weeds to system profit – a nitrogen & water story. #GRDCUpdates #Tottenham
Paper: bit.ly/4fedVOf
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Colin McMaster retweeted
8 Jul 2025
The team from GOA invite you along to the 2025 Central West @grdc NGN forums.
🤔Have your say on the issues that keep you awake at night that might help guide GRDC investments in YOUR area with YOUR levy $$$$.
🧐Hear the latest research from YOUR backyard with farmer-ready solutions to your production constraints.
@GRDCNorth @MaurieStreet @bennyob #NGNforums
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14 Jun 2025
Big thanks to the growers and advisors for supporting yesterdays @theGRDC canola establishment field walk at Canowindra.
Great discussion and thanks to @AgroJAK and @DaveFinlayTrang for your contribution👍. Hope it helped
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2 Jun 2025
Be great to see you @theGRDC canola establishment field walk at Canowindra on Friday 13 June.
Strong focus on the critical soil moisture requirements for est % & the various implications of stubble, seed depth, soil strength & seedbed moist dry-down. @CSIRO @NSW_AGRONOMY
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18 Mar 2025
Great morning by the Grassroots Agronomy team and a massive thanks for the opportunity to present @theGRDC canola establishment results 👍. @CSIRO @NSW_AGRONOMY
18 Mar 2025
Top session in Marrar for our 2025 grassrootsag preseason.
Lee Hudek @newedgemicrobes with a preso live demo on inoc. pulses. @Master4Colin best bet canola estab. & Claudia Mitchell (thecapacityco) on effective farm teams.
Big thanks to @JessicaZieltjes for organising.
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14 Mar 2025
Using shelters & irrigation to adjust seedbed moisture & to ensure dry conditions post sowing.
Questions are: what’s the critical moist % to establish canola, & can seed be placed deeper if surface too dry? Really looking foward to these @theGRDC results👍@CSIRO @NSW_AGRONOMY
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Colin McMaster retweeted
19 Feb 2025
Cracking’ morning for a BBQ brekkie at Greenethorpe, see you there @Master4Colin @AgroJAK @grassrootsag @wrightim1 @GRDCNorth @NSW_AGRONOMY
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Colin McMaster retweeted
18 Sep 2024
A very handy resource thanks Charleton @GRDCNorth
17 Sep 2024
Tips for identifying frost damage - @GRDCNorth
Damage is usually most evident 7−10 days after a suspected frost event. Here's a cheat sheet to help ID symptoms.
🌾Cereal ID - bit.ly/4d9hXoq
🌼 Canola & Pulse ID - bit.ly/4d5KwmN
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Colin McMaster retweeted
18 Jul 2024
📅SAVE THE DATE📅
The central west @theGRDC NGN Forums are coming to a town near you SOON
-Condobolin: 27th Aug (am)
-Tottenham: 27th Aug (pm)
-Coonamble: 28th Aug (am)
-Dubbo: 29th Aug (am)
-Manildra: 29th Aug (pm)
For more info: grainorana.com.au
@GRDCNorth
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26 Jun 2024
Massive thanks to all the growers and advisors for supporting yesterday’s @theGRDC canola establishment field walk. Great discussion & particular thanks to speakers @merindie1, @bennyob , @stufarm , @RobGindurra and Oliver Wythes. Great team effort @NSWDPI_AGRONOMY @CSIRO
26 Jun 2024
Great disc at Canola Establishment F-Day at Canowindra this morning - plenty of chat about disc vs tyne, estab pests like slugs, millipedes, slatters etc, fertiliser affect on canola seed, press wheels and closing wheel pressure - great work by Col McMaster NSW DPI $ by the GRDC
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14 Jun 2024
Come along to an @theGRDC canola establishment field walk on Wednesday 26 June at Canowindra. Should be some good discussion regarding all things canola establishment (incl agronomic/mechanical & pest ). Hope to see you there. @NSWDPI_AGRONOMY @GrainOrana @CSIRO @merindie1
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Colin McMaster retweeted
19 May 2024
We are hosting a canola establishment field walk Wednesday 29 May, 9.30 am at Ganmain. The focus will be on managing variable soils, especially sodic soils. Great opportunity to hear experts in their field and see research in a challenging environment. bit.ly/CanEstab
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20 Apr 2024
What’s the critical soil moisture content to establish canola? Been using evaporation covers, irrigation and rain-out shelters to evaluate moisture and temperature effects on est%. Great @theGRDC project lead by @AndrewF00370433 . Stay tuned for results. @CSIRO @NSWDPI_AGRONOMY
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