Hopetoun VIC trials

To determine if DGT could predict P fertiliser requirements for the field and to compare results from the DGT soil P test with other common soil P testing techniques (Colwell P and resin).

To conduct an advanced barley variety evaluation.

To conduct an advanced wheat variety evaluation.

To evaluate the yield potential of Victorian stage 4 trial barley varieties.

To evaluate the potential of combining summer-growing perennial grasses with a cereal in a pasture cropping system in the Mallee.

To generate independent information for growers about newly released barley crop varieties.

To conduct a barley variety trial.

To investigate and identify potential new malting varieties for Victorian growers.

To identify low-risk, profitable break crops for the mallee regions and quantify their benefits to subsequent wheat crops.

To identify low risk, profitable break crops and end-uses for the Mallee region and quantify their benefits to subsequent wheat crops.

To identify low risk, profitable break crops for the Mallee region, and quantify their benefits to subsequent wheat crops.

To identify low risk, profitable break crops and end-uses for the Mallee region, and quantify their benefits to subsequent wheat crops.

To identify low risk, profitable break crops and end-uses for the Mallee region, and quantify their benefits to subsequent wheat crops.

To investigate herbicide control options for brome grass control in direct drilled wheat in the Mallee.

To identify Desi and Kabuli chickpea breeding lines with improved adaptation and yield in the Wimmera and Mallee region.

To quantify how paddock stubble load and weed burden during summer can affect soil water, nutrients and subsequent crop yield.

To quantify how paddock stubble load and weed burden during summer can affect available soil water, nutrients and subsequent crop yield.

To quantify how paddock stubble load and weed burden during summer can affect available soil water, nutrients and subsequent crop yield.

To quantify how paddock stubble load and weed burden during summer can affect soil water, nutrients and subsequent crop yield.

To compare three direct drill seeders for wheat crop establishment; crop yield; and incorporation efficiency of group D herbicides.

To investigate some practical options for direct drilling wheat into wheat stubbles in the Mallee.

To evaluate emerging and newly released medic, vetch and forage peas varieties for their ability to produce dry matter and nutritive value for stock in the Mallee and Wimmera environments.

To test the persistence and performance of summer-active perennial grasses in a Mallee environment and the potential for pasture cropping.

To identify weed species that pose the greatest threats to agricultural produciton if incursion an dispersal is allowed to occur from roadsides and fence-lines into farmed land.

To assess and evaluated a range of different pasture varieties at three different sites.

• To determine if fluid sources of phosphorus (P) have a greater efficiency for cereal production in the Southern Mallee.
• To ascertain whether the effectiveness and delivery of micronutrients, such as Zinc (Zn), is improved when supplied as a fluid.

To investigate the yield response of wheat to zinc enriched fertiliser, MAP and no fertiliser control.

To investigate in-crop nitrogen timing and product choice for wheat.

To answer the question 'Can we manage inputs in-crop that will yield well in a good season whilst also maintaining yields and keeping costs down in poorer seasons?'.

To provide information about lentil varieties grown in 2010.

To determine whether the fluid product technical grade mono-ammonium phosphate (TGMAP) is more efficient than the granular formulation MAP. The trial also investigates the addition of micronutrients Zinc and Copper.

To investigate the effects of grazing livestock in no-till paddocks on soil structure, soil compaction and soil moisture, weed seed burial and carbon/nitrogen cycling in no-till farming systems.

To provide an update for Mallee wheat results update from 2008.

To demonstrate the symptoms of crown rot and how different varieties tolerate the disease pressure.

To determine if there was an economical benefit in top-dressing nitrogen on a steep sandy rise, with a good zinc history at Hopetoun.

To develop a regionally viable farming system which incroporates the establishment of native perennial pastures, cropping into native pasture adn rotational grazing of the pasture and stubble.

To test the performance of barley sown into established native pasture into two different soil types in the Wimmera and Mallee regions.

• To balance between maximising production, through the application of nitrogen, and quality, where one of the marketing factors is the level of soluble sugars, which are reduced through the application of nitrogen.
• To provide herbicide alternatives to Lontrel, that has been prohibited from use in export oaten hay crops due to residual presence of the herbicide in the stems and leaves.
• To provide best bet variety options.

Perennial pastures are being investigated for their potential fit in the Wimmera Mallee region.

To compare two soil phosphorus (P) tests (Diffusive Gradient Thin Films (DGT) and Colwell P) for their prediction of crop responses to applied-P in farmer paddocks.

To determine the residual value of the P fertilisers following a drought.

To evaluate the performance of new and current wheat varieties in the Mallee and Wimmera.

To quantify the effect of paddock stubble management and weed burden during the summer fallow on crop available soil water, nutrients and yield.

For a sub-tropical grass established in the Mallee environment, to assess the pattern and reliability of growth and its potential as a fodder source using simulation models.

To assess the impact of the 2006 drought on soil resources of the Mallee region, and to identify preventative means for soil stabilization.

To investigate the influence of stubble management and rate on the duration, severity and frost damage in frost prone parts of the landscape in the Mallee and Wimmera regions.

To evaluate if sub-tropical pastures can be successfully established and productively grown in the Wimmera Mallee.

To look at best management practices for erosion and salinity control and compare crop and pasture growth, water use and subsequent recharge.

In 2006 seven Demonstration Sites funded by the National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality and the National Landcare Program continued to be used to demonstrate and measure the potential impact of best management practices for dryland agriculture in the Mallee.

To measure and report the potential impact of best management practices for dryland agriculture in the Mallee.