Trial | Contributor Funding sources |
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Agronomy of new wheat and barley varieties response to N applied on wheat stubbleTo evaluate yields and quality of new and existing wheat and barley varieties and their response to N. |
Liebe Group
DAFWA |
2014 | Buntine WA |
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Agronomy to improve profit from wheat production - influence of time of sowing and seeding rateTo compare the effect of delayed seeding and seeding rates on the yield and quality performance of wheat varieties. |
West Midlands Group
DAFWA |
2011 | Badgingarra WA |
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Amelioration of water repellent sands - long term impactsTo assess amelioration options for water repellent sandplain soils. |
West Midlands Group
DAFWA GRDC |
2015 | Badgingarra WA |
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Assessing the benefit of clay spreading for overcoming soil water repellence in the northern agricultural regionTo assess what clay rich subsoil application rates are required for overcoming soil water repellence and how this interacts with method of incorporation. |
West Midlands Group
DAFWA GRDC |
2011 | Badgingarra WA |
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Barley grass control in a three year rotation at EsperanceBarley grass is becoming an increasingly problematic weed in Western Australia. A GRDC funded project sought to increase adoption of integrated weed management tactics for barley grass, by working with grower groups to develop regionally appropriate rotations for optimal control. A survey indicated that in southwest Australia, many growers thought their barley grass was resistant to grass selective herbicides and may have developed late germination to avoid pre-seeding herbicides. In this area barley grass was a major problem in pastures, and often in break crops too.
A three year trial aimed to investigate pre-emergent herbicides and autumn tickle in wheat in 2019, pre-emergent herbicides and crop density in barley in 2020 and grass selective herbicides and crop topping in pasture in 2021. |
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development WA
DAFWA GRDC |
2019 | Esperance WA |
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Canola variety trialTo assess the performance of newly released canola varieties in the West Midlands. |
West Midlands Group
DAFWA |
2009 | Badgingarra WA |
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Canola variety trialTo assess the performance of newly released canola varieties in the West Midlands. |
West Midlands Group
DAFWA |
2010 | Badgingarra WA |
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Comparison of historical lupin varieties in the West MidlandsTo evaluate the performance of the historical lupin varieties in the West Midlands. |
West Midlands Group
DAFWA |
2011 | Badgingarra WA |
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Comparison of seeders adapted for sowing sub-tropical grassesTo compare commercial seeding machines that have specifically been set up to sow sub-tropical grasses. |
West Midlands Group
DAFWA |
2012 | Badgingarra WA |
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Deep incorporation of lime into acidic subsoilsTo assess amelioration of subsoil acidity using a range of tillage methods for incorporating surface applied lime into acidic subsoils and the impacts of tillage and lime on crop productivity. |
West Midlands Group
DAFWA |
2015 | Regans Ford WA |
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Developing and testing innovative, practical and reliable methods for incorporating lime into acidic sandplain subsoilsTo test modified one-way ploughs as a method of lime incorporation. |
West Midlands Group
DAFWA |
2015 | Warradarge WA |
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Developing and testing innovative, practical and reliable methods for incorporating lime into acidic sandplain subsoilsTo evaluate the effectiveness of two bolt-on attachments to a deep ripping tine at lime incorporation. |
West Midlands Group
DAFWA |
2015 | Dandaragan WA |
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Early seeding - a climate change adaptation method in the North Eastern (NE) Agricultural Region of Western Australia (WA).Compare the yield responses of wheat varieties sown at three sowing dates (9 April, 23 April and 12 May) and two plant densities. |
Department of Agriculture and Food WA
DAFWA |
2015 | Western Australia WA |
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Early seeding - a climate change adaptation method in the North Eastern (NE) Agricultural Region of Western Australia (WA).Compare the yield responses of canola varieties sown at three sowing dates (9 April, 23 April and 12 May). |
Department of Agriculture and Food WA
DAFWA GRDC |
2015 | Pindar WA |
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Effect of lime incorporation on soil nutrient availabilityTo determine whether a profit can be achieved from incorporating lime in the year it is applied. |
West Midlands Group
DAFWA |
2013 | Regans Ford WA |
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Effects of time of sowing on sub-troprical grass establishmentTo identify the optimum sowing time for establishment of sub-tropical grasses to the east of Eneabba. |
West Midlands Group
DAFWA |
2012 | Eneabba WA |
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Further investigation into benefits of rotary spading and liming a yellow sand plain soilTo further investigate rotary spading and other soil amelioration techniques on the yellow sand-plain soils west of Moora. |
West Midlands Group
DAFWA |
2014 | Dandaragan WA |
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Grazing crops in a dry yearTo determine the impact that grazing of crops in winter had on subsequent grain yield and quality, production factors such as weeds, disease and nutrition, and livestock carrying capacity. |
West Midlands Group
DAFWA GRDC |
2012 | Badgingarra WA |
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Impact of anthracnose on narrow leafed lupin varieities and advanced breedling linesTo assess comparative effect of anthracnose on yield and seed infection in a range of varieties and advanced lupin breeding lines. |
West Midlands Group
DAFWA |
2010 | Badgingarra WA |
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Impact of mouldboard ploughing and lime on deep yellow sand with acid subsoilTo measure the impact on crop productivity of combinations of lime and mouldboard ploughing on acidic deep yellow sand. |
West Midlands Group
DAFWA GRDC |
2011 | West Moora WA |
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Impact of water repellence management on the availability of soil nutrientsTo determine how mouldboard ploughing (soil inversion), rotary spading and banded wetting agent affect the availability of soil nutrients. |
West Midlands Group
DAFWA GRDC |
2011 | Badgingarra WA |
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Improved furrow sowing for water repellent soilTo assess the impact of different seeding systems on crop establishment in water repellent soil. |
West Midlands Group
DAFWA GRDC |
2011 | Badgingarra WA |
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Improving profitability of wheat in fallow / pasture through better agronomyThis trial is conducted to investigate the value of nitrogen on the profitability of new wheat varieties in early and late sowings in fallow/wheat system at Wongan Hills |
Liebe Group
DAFWA GRDC |
2012 | Wongan Hills WA |
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Increase perennial grass productivity with serradellaTo evaluate the influence of perennial row spacing and grass suppression on the performance of serradella summer sown into subtropical perennial-grass pastures. |
West Midlands Group
DAFWA GRDC MLA |
2014 | Regans Ford WA |
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Interaction between soil water repellence and soil nutrient availabilityTo determine how soil inversion and banded surfactants change the availability of soil nutrients. |
West Midlands Group
DAFWA |
2012 | Badgingarra WA |
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Long-term assessment of management options for water repellent sandy gravel soilsTo identify suitable options for managing soil water repellence on sandy gravels. |
West Midlands Group
DAFWA GRDC |
2015 | Badgingarra WA |
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Long-term dynamics of tillage impacts on repellent sandplainDetailed measurement of soil properties and plant productivity over time following amelioration with one-off deep tillage. |
West Midlands Group
DAFWA GRDC |
2015 | Badgingarra WA |
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Lupin CVT trialTo conduct a field evaluation of the stage 3 lupin cultivars and breeding lines. |
West Midlands Group
DAFWA |
2012 | Badgingarra WA |
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Lupin variety trialMeasure yield improvement in varieties from the Lupin breeding program. |
West Midlands Group
DAFWA |
2013 | Dandaragan |
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Managing dry sowing for wheat yield and grain quality in wheat-canola-wheat system through variety selection and agronomy at Wongan HillsTo investigate the value of nitrogen on the profitability of new wheat varieties in early (dry sowing) and late sowings in canola/wheat system at Wongan Hills |
Liebe Group
DAFWA GRDC |
2013 | Wongan Hills WA |
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Managing frost risk through better wheat agronomyTo investigate adaptation of new wheat varieties in their resilience to frost stress during the growing season. |
Facey Group
DAFWA GRDC |
2012 | Wickepin WA |
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Managing wheat yield and quality risks through plant density and nitrogenThe objective of this research is to determine the value of agronomic management (plant density and nitrogen) on production of quality grain for profitable wheat systems. Increasing plant density is a useful tool to increase the competitiveness of a crop against weeds, however, how will this influence grain yield and quality for the new wheat varieties. |
Liebe Group
DAFWA GRDC |
2012 | East Dalwallinu WA |
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Managing wheat yield and quality risks through plant density and nitrogen applicationTo determine value of agronomic management (sowing rate and nitrogen) on production of quality grain for profitable wheat systems. |
West Midlands Group
DAFWA GRDC |
2012 | Badgingarra WA |
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Mouldboard plough decimates ryegrass and wild radish seed banksThis paper aims to summarise the grain yield response and weed control achieved by a one-off soil inversion. |
West Midlands Group
DAFWA |
2010 | Badgingarra WA |
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Mouldboard plough demonstrations - West BuntineTo determine if there are any benefits to increased productivity and carbon cycling on a yellow sandplain soil through mechanical incorporation. |
Liebe Group
DAFWA |
2014 | West Buntine WA |
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Mullewa trials - opportunistic use of break crop vs fallowTo compare an opportunistic break crop against fallow and wheat to better define the pros and cons of fallowing. |
North East Farming Futures
DAFWA |
2011 | Ardingly South WA |
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Oat agronomy - response to seeding rate applied and time of sowing
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Department of Agriculture and Food WA
DAFWA GRDC |
2015 | Merredin WA |
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Oat agronomy - response to applied nitrogen and time of sowingGrowers in medium to low rainfall regions are keen to grow oats as a break crop, either for hay or as a profitable grain crop; however, there is a need to identify management inputs and varieties that consistently meet quality specifications. Currently there is considerable interest in the high yielding milling oat varieties Bannister and Williams but they have not been adequately evaluated in lower rainfall environments in WA. Oat agronomy trials conducted in 2014 suggested that the grain quality of Banister and Williams was more sensitive to nitrogen inputs than established varieties like Carrolup in lower rainfall regions (Troup et al. 2015) but these trials were only sown in late May at the end of the ‘modern oat grower’ sowing window for milling oats.
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Department of Agriculture and Food WA
DAFWA GRDC |
2015 | Holt Rock WA |
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On-farm assessment of options for amelioration of water repellent sandTo assess water repellent soil amelioration options and to determine whether a one-way plough can be used to ameliorate non-wetting sand for much lower cost than mouldboard ploughing or rotary spading. |
West Midlands Group
DAFWA GRDC |
2011 | Badgingarra WA |
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One-off tillage options for water repellent gravel soilsTo compare and assess the effectiveness of one-off tillage treatments on soil water repellence, water infiltration, crop establishment and productivity on a water repellent gravel. |
West Midlands Group
DAFWA GRDC |
2015 | Dandaragan WA |
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Opportunistic use of break crop vs fallow, second seasonTo compare an opportunistic break crop against fallow and wheat to better define the pros and cons of fallowing. |
North East Farming Futures
DAFWA |
2012 | Ardingly South WA |
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Organic material bandingDeep placement of organic matter and impact on lupin establishment. |
West Midlands Group
DAFWA |
2011 | Badgingarra WA |
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Pasture legume biomass and seed (pod) yield and the ipact of budworm at WarradargeThis trial aimed to compare the production of different annual legumes in the West Midlands and the associated seed loss to native budworm particularly in regards to serradella. |
West Midlands Group
DAFWA |
2014 | Warradarge WA |
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Plant density response of canola in low rainfall WA (13CH22)To investigate the plant density response to yield and oil content of TT and RR hybrid canola in comparison with open-pollinated canola |
Department of Agriculture and Food WA
DAFWA GRDC |
2013 | Mullewa WA |
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Plant density response of canola in medium rainfall WA (13CH21)To investigate the plant density response to yield and oil content of TT and RR hybrid canola in comparison with open-pollinated canola. |
Department of Agriculture and Food WA
DAFWA GRDC |
2013 | Eradu WA |
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Precision Ag Systems – Impact on Zone Management, Soil health & Surface Water ManagementThe focus of this project is to better determine the NRM impacts of immerging precision agricultural systems in WA, with particular reference to surface water management and sol health issues. The project will be implemented by one of the leading farming systems groups in Australia in the field of precision agriculture. |
Corrigin Farm Improvement Group
DAFWA |
2007 | Corrigin WA |
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Precision Ag Systems – Impact on Zone Management, Soil health & Surface Water ManagementThe focus of this project is to better determine the NRM impacts of immerging precision agricultural systems in WA, with particular reference to surface water management and sol health issues. The project will be implemented by one of the leading farming systems groups in Australia in the field of precision agriculture. |
Corrigin Farm Improvement Group
DAFWA |
2006 | Corrigin WA |
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Reduce acidity and choose a suitable wheat variety, Dandaragan
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West Midlands Group
DAFWA |
2013 | Regans Ford WA |
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Seeding uniformity and canola yieldTo determine if spacing canola plants more uniformly within the row can improve yield in the WA Northern Region. |
Department of Agriculture and Food WA
DAFWA GRDC |
2016 | Wongan Hills WA |
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Serradella in sub tropical pastures 2013 vs 2015To determine how serradella performs when introduced to a sub tropical pasture stand. |
West Midlands Group
DAFWA GRDC MLA |
2015 | Regans Ford WA |
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