OpenHectare

Trusted sources

Answers you can trace back to the source.

Good farm advice should be checkable. Every OpenHectare answer is built from extension research, peer-reviewed science, and grower organisations — not opinions or guesswork.

When you get an answer, it points to the sources behind it. You can read the original material yourself and decide if it fits your paddock, your season, and your situation.

If the evidence isn't strong enough to give a clear answer, we say so plainly instead of guessing.

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Sources you trust

Only sources a farmer would trust.

Agriculture is decentralized — practices change with crop, scale, and geography. So every answer is tagged to your region and crop, and drawn from vetted, attributable sources.

Public extension

  • USUSDA / Extension (US)
  • UKAHDB (UK)
  • AUNSW DPI (AU)
  • CSCSIRO

Peer-reviewed research

  • AJAgronomy Journal
  • FCField Crops Research
  • CPCrop & Pasture Science

Grower organizations

  • GRGRDC
  • HIHort Innovation
  • LGLand-grant universities
  • FAOFAO

Official & regulatory

  • REGEPA / APVMA
  • WXMet / weather bureaus
  • AGNational ag depts