Andrew Blake
Development Officer
My role in the department
I am a Development Officer working on the MyCrop project. The MyCrop products include a suite of diagnostic apps for wheat, barley, canola, lupins and field peas and will soon include oat crops. These apps can assist growers and agricultural professionals diagnose in-paddock constraints to crop production and identify management options. MyCrop products also include a range of other decision support tools including crop variety selectors and an economic calculator.
My background
I have 20 years experience in the agricultural industry of Western Australia based in the northern wheatbelt. During that time I have worked as a technical officer in a pulse research and extension project, as a research officer investigating the use of pasture legumes in northern wheatbelt farming systems, as a company agronomist and most recently as a development officer working on a number of extension focussed projects. This range of experience has given a great breadth of knowledge and networks to help me in the MyCrop project.
Projects
- Diagnostic and Responsive Agronomy West - MyCrop. GRDC funded project - DAW00217
- Integrated farming systems
Key Expertise
Field trials, pulse research, extension, pasture legumes, agronomy, diagnostic tools, crop agronomy, pasture agronomy, farming systems, saltland agronomy, web development, communications, natural resource management
Qualifications
- BSc (Hons) Agriculture, University of Western Australia
My articles
Tuesday, 29 May 2018 - 2:47pm
Wednesday, 22 March 2017 - 9:39am
Thursday, 31 August 2017 - 2:36pm
Tuesday, 11 July 2017 - 12:49pm
Friday, 19 February 2016 - 2:36pm