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As harvest challenges continue to highlight the impact of weather extremes on crop performance, Ceres Research’s Dr Danni Robb recently shared her expertise in a Farmers Weekly article.
In her article, Did drought or heat have greater effect on crop yields this harvest?, Danni explores how heat stress can often cause greater and more permanent damage to cereal yields than drought alone, particularly during flowering and grain-fill stages. She discusses the effects of high daytime and night-time temperatures on grain development, the combined impact of heat and moisture stress, and practical steps growers can take to improve crop resilience through variety selection, soil management and long-term farm system changes.
Danni also featured on the Farmers Weekly podcast, where she expanded on these themes, explaining how extreme heat affects grain yields, the role of warmer nights in reducing crop performance, and the measures growers can adopt to build resilience against increasingly challenging weather conditions.
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