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To comare the dry matter production available for forage and plant recovery after grazing of the forage barley variety Moby with that of Hindmarsh barley and Correll wheat.
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To determine the success of Pasture Cropping for different starting pasture compositions and crop sequences (i.e. the difference betweencropping year-after-year compared to doing it once) in comparison to No Till cropping and pasture treatments. Success will be assessed by the profitability of the crop, the grazing value of the pasture, perennia… read more
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To understand how a range of pasture types combine to form a whole farm feed supply.
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To understand how a range of pasture types combine to form a whole farm feed supply.
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To understand how a range of pasture types combine to form a whole farm feed supply.
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To understand how a range of pasture types combine to form a whole farm feed supply
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To understand how a range of pasture types combine to form a whole farm feed supply.
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To understand how a range of pasture types combine to form a whole farm feed supply.
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To understand how a range of pasture types combine to form a whole farm feed supply.
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The trial aims to see the benefits of crop grazing at various times of sowing, to increase feed availability for stock, while retaining winter pastures and to find out whether crop grazing can be utilised in delaying the flowering window to reduce the impact of frost. It also aims to assess the impact of grazing times against the grain yield and… read more
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To demonstrate the yield and dry matter responses of field peas, lentils and chickpeas to the application of phosphorus and zine in the southern Mallee.
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To demonstrate the grain yield and dry matter responses of field peas, lentils and chickpeas to the application of phosphorus and zinc in the southern Mallee.
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To test a number of grain legume crops grown in a stubble burnt and stubble retained situation and planted with different equipment.
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To compare the early sowing performance of a high yielding Australian wheat variety with reasonable lodging resistance (Revenue) with an English variety recognised for strong stem strength (Einstein). As an additional comparison, the new triticale variety Endeavour was included as it has a strong winter habit (vernalisation requirement) before… read more
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The objective of this study was to evaluate existing and future wheat varieties for performance when sown early (March) without grazing.
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To assess the performance of 18 commercial barley varieties sown at three dates during 2015.
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To determine how post-grazing nitrogen application rates and post flowering rainfall affect the recovery of Mace and Trojan grain wheat crops after grazing.
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A wheat grazing trial looking at the effects of nitrogen applied post grazing.
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To assess whether the effects of grazing canola with sheep during the growing season: factors being assessed are yield and quality, dry matter production and grazing value.
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To evaluate a vigorous hybrid canola variety in a low rainfall Mallee environment for its grazing value at different growth stages, and its ability to recover from grazing.
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To assess the suitability of different wheat and barley cultivars for both grain and grazing production in low rainfall environments.
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To search for greater profit and improved management of feed gaps and pastures, which are incentives for grazing cereals.
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To assess the yield and grain quality effect of grazing on currently grown commercial cereal varieties via paddock scale demonstrations in the Rainbow district.
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To assess whether the effects of grazing wheat with sheep during the growing season. Factors being assessed are yield and quality, dry matter production and grazing value.
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To assess whether the effects of grazing wheat with sheep during the growing season. Factors being assessed are yield and quality, dry matter production and grazing value.
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This Demonstration forms part of the Grain & Graze II project looking at the relative merits of grazing canola and cereal crops. This demonstration looks to assess whether the effects of grazing wheat with sheep during the growing season. Factors being assessed are Yield & quality, dry matter production and grazing value.
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To evaluate the suitability of different wheat and barley cultivars for both grazing and grain production, when sown as part of a the normal cropping program in low rainfall zones of western Victoria.
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To demonstrate the growth rates and carrying capacities of new pasture species and to show options available for improving pasture productivity.
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To investigate the impacts of degree and timing of grazing on crop yield.
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To demonstrate the impacts of degree and timing of grazing of crops on yield.
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To 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.
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To monitor the feed value and grain production from different types of grazed cereal crops in Northern Victoria.
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To monitor the feed value and grain production from different types of grazed cereal crops in Northern Victoria.
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To monitor the feed value and grain production from different types of grazed cereal crops in Northern Victoria.
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To investigate the drivers for yield loss under grazing with a view to make grazing crops less risky.
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To assess the grazing opportunity of Moby Barley.
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This study compared OC and nitrogen (N) stocks at the conclusion of a five-year grazing trial on a fertilised native pasture in south-eastern Australia.
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To measure the impact of grazing within cropping systems on soil properties, water dynamics and crop yield.
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To report on the combined use of sophisticated biophysical models such as Grass Gro with localised rainfall, temperature and carbon dioxide levels predicted from various climate models out to 2030.
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To compare Fortune, Wyalkatchem, Wedgetail wheat and Baudin barley as grazing crops.
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To see how new varieties fared at different sowing dates compared with varieties suited to those dates.
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To evaluate a range of Group G herbicide ‘spikes’ to better understand there market fit prior to sowing broadacre crops.
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To investigate available technology tools for farmers to make in-season management decisions for grain farming in the Esperance Port Zone (EPZ). Until recently, Yield Prophet was the most well-known yield estimation tool, however there are now other options becoming available. SEPWA looked at how other in-season management tools measure up in a… read more
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To investigate available technology tools for farmers to make in-season management decisions for grain farming in the Esperance Port Zone (EPZ). Until recently, Yield Prophet was the most well-known yield estimation tool, however there are now other options becoming available. SEPWA looked at how other in-season management tools measure up in … read more
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To investigate available technology tools for farmers to make in-season management decisions for grain farming in the Esperance Port Zone (EPZ). Until recently, Yield Prophet was the most well-known yield estimation tool, however there are now other options becoming available. SEPWA looked at how other in-season management tools measure up in … read more
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To investigate available technology tools for farmers to make in-season management decisions for grain farming in the Esperance Port Zone (EPZ). Until recently, Yield Prophet was the most well-known yield estimation tool, however there are now other options becoming available. SEPWA looked at how other in-season management tools measure up in … read more
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To identify the agronomic practices which lead to the production of high quality hard and durum wheat.
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The aim of this trial is to assess the viability of long season wheat in the HRZ.
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In these trials Corrigin Farm Improvement Group aimed to test the benefits of growing crops on chemical fallowed soil. The trials specifically compared which crop species were most profitable under a chemical fallowing regime. In season 2013 barley was most profitable and in 2014 albus lupins were the most profitable crop grown on chemical fallo… read more
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To report on a grower experience of growing pulse crops in NSW.
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To investigate the questions:
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The aim of this trial was to compare the performance of very early sown wheat varieties, their early grazing potential and ability to recover from grazing.
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To discuss harvest options for dry years.
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The aim of this work is to understand if growers can reduce soil weed seedbanks in high-yielding high-rainfall zones by adopting harvest weed seed control (HWSC) practices.
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To discuss header set-up for low yielding crops.
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The GRDC project ‘Maintaining profitable farming systems with retained stubble - upper Eyre Peninsula’ aims to improve farm profitability while retaining stubble in farming systems on upper Eyre Peninsula (EP). One of the barriers to retaining stubble is the perceived reduction in pre-emergent herbicide effectiveness (efficacy) in stubbles. … read more
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To demonstrate the available herbicide options for a range of annual legume pasture varieties.
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To identify patterns of herbicide resistance levels on Kangaroo Island in 2009.
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To trial a number of herbicide treatments applied to field peas, chickpeas, lentils and lupins to determine effective weed control and their effects on the crops.
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To understand the effects of soil acting herbicides on nutrient uptake.
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To compare new hybrid and open pollinated (OP) varieties in the mid to late maturity groups suited to the 2.0 to 4.0 t/ha environments and evaluate them statistically, head to head, across all five herbicide technologies.
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The project aims (i) to collect field data that can be pooled with existing data from the Better Fertiliser Decisions for Crops database (BFDC) to assess the applicability of recommended soil critical values for the HRZ of southern Australia, (ii) quantify the effects
of nutrient deficiencies on grain yield, and (iii) identify the main nu… read more
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The project aims (i) to collect field data that can be pooled with existing data from the Better Fertiliser Decisions for Crops database (BFDC) to assess the applicability of recommended soil critical values for the HRZ of southern Australia, (ii) quantify the effects of nutrient deficiencies on grain yield, and (iii) identify the main nutrients… read more
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To develop high water-use farming systems that integrate crops with perennial pastures.
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To quantify how nitrogen application and timing (upfront versus stem elongation) influences the need for disease control in a susceptible wheat cultivar.
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To test if no-till crops grown on clay soils in the low rainfall, southern Mallee environment would yield better if more straw could be retained on the soil surface from the previous crop.
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To present a handbook of diagnostic techniques for conducting experiments to ascertain which nutrients are limiting production.
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To improve the management of grain crops in the Mallee region of Victoria using precision agricultural technology: and more specifically, to improve the understanding of the causes of spatial variability within a paddock and its interaction with seasonal conditions as this knowledge is regarded as essential to developing appropriate management s… read more
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To assess comparative effect of anthracnose on yield and seed infection in a range of varieties and advanced lupin breeding lines.
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Can systems performance be improved by modifying farming systems in the northern grains region? Specifically, what impact do crop species and crop sequences have on soil- and stubble-borne pathogens?
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Can systems performance be improved by modifying farming systems in thenorthern grains region? What are the impacts of crops and crop sequences on soil water accumulation and use?
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To evaluate the impact of grazing intensity on forage value, crop recovery and grain production of a wheat crop in the Victorian Mallee.
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The GRDC project ‘Maintaining profitable farming systems with retained stubble - upper Eyre Peninsula’ aims to produce sustainable management guidelines to control pests, weeds and diseases while retaining stubble to maintain or improve soil health, and reduce exposure to wind erosion. The major outcome to be achieved is increased knowledge … read more
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To analyse the impact of sowing date and variety on the phenology and grain yield of faba beans and lentils in upper Eyre Peninsula.
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To investigate the impact of summer cropping on subsequent winter crop (wheat yield). To dtermine nitrogen (N) response of wheat following summer crops.
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To determine how mouldboard ploughing (soil inversion), rotary spading and banded wetting agent affect the availability of soil nutrients.
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To examine the effect of two sowing dates on final Pt populations in a range of durum, bread wheat and barley varieties near Tulloona in north-western NSW in 2015.
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To implement the findings of previous work conducted on the establishment of native perennial grasses in the Upper North.
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To discuss the implications of the 2002 drought for weed management.
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To test the optimum sowing time for long season wheat cultivars uisng three target sowing dates.
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To look at current techniques used by farmers, or recommended by consultants, to improve medic pastures and determine the most effective method to optimise N2-fixation. Biomass, nodulation and N2-fixation differences between management practices, including inoculation treatments on both sown and regenerating medic stands were measured. The trial… read more
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To investigate the impact of grazing, soil nutrition and rhizobial inoculants on dry matter production, nodulation and N2-fixation of a regenerating medic pasture under field conditions.
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Aimed at identifying factors limiting the production and nitrogen fixation of pulse crops grown on acidic soils in the high rainfall zone (HRZ) grain production regions of south eastern Australia with a long-term average annual rainfall above 500 mm.
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To test the effects of subsoil remediation on crop water use and yield.
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To test the effects of subsoil remediation on crop water use and yield.
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To determine the value of pasture legumes grown in rotation with crops at Streatham, Gnarwarre and Hamilton
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