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To test the yield response of new varieties of faba beans to changes in plant populations across southern NSW.
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To compare growth, development and yield of current commercial faba bean varieties and advanced breeding lines sown on two dates on a brown clay loam at Lockhart southern NSW.
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To compare growth, development and yield of current commercial faba bean varieties and advanced breeding lines sown on three dates on a red brown–earth at Wagga Wagga in southern NSW.
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To test the adaptability of faba beans to changes in sowing date and plant density in the Victorian high rainfall zone (HRZ).
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To compare the growth, development and yield of current commercial faba bean varieties and promising advanced breeding lines at three sowing dates on a hard-setting, acidic, red brown soil at Wagga Wagga.
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To report on faba bean time of sowing x plant density x row spacing at Tarlee, Mid North, SA.
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To determine appropriate sowing dates and densities of new faba bean varieties in the South East of SA, and quantify effect of various crop-top timings on yield of commercial cultivars.
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To develop and release faba bean varieties that are resistant to both ascochyta blight and chocolate spot, flower early and produce high yields in the drier areas of southern Australia such as the Mallee.
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To compare the performance of current and potential new faba bean varieties under low rainfall Mallee conditions
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To evaluate foliar fungicide spray strategies on disease control in new breeding lines and varieties.
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To evaluate the performance of faba bean varieties and breeding lines with drought tolerant traits in low rainfall environments.
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To evaluate the optimum sowing rate for different faba bean varieties sown in spring.
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To promote early vigour to improve biomass and yield partitioning in faba bean.
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To evaluate the effectiveness of fungicide seed dressings and in-furrow treatments against cercospora leaf spot in faba bean.
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To evaluate the adaptability of faba bean cultivars to spring sowing in the Victorian HRZ.
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To investigate if the effects of rates and granule size of copper containing superphosphate on wheat yields grown on yellow brown gravelly soil persist into following year.
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To look at the impact of 2012 break crops on Rhizoctonia inoculum in 2013 and of crop management on disease expression in the 2013 cereal crop.
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To demonstrate and assess the value of sowing into cereals
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Caring for Our Country funding was obtained to demonstrate the impact of new fungicides for Rhizoctonia suppression by monitoring farmer implement broad acre strips in their current farming systems in 2014.
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To update information on livestock ad the Farming Systems site.
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To investigate the management, sustainability and profitability of a range of farming systems.
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To report on the Farming Systems trial 2006.
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To conduct a Fenugreek variety trial.
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To conduct a zinc fertiliser program and placement technology demonstration.
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To test for field evidence for efficiency of fluid fertilisers.
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To identify best sowing time and fungicides strategies in new pea varieties to maximise yields and to improve recommendations from the ‘Blackspot Manager’ disease risk prediction model in different regions by incorporating data from replicated trials.
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To determine optimum sowing times for the various field pea varieties in the HRZ.
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To assess the potential of the new Field Pea variety Kaspa against established varieties.
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To test the adaptability of field pea varieties to changes in sowing time.
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To test the adaptability of field pea varieties to changes in sowing time in the Victorian high rainfall zone (HRZ).
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To develop inproved cultivars of field peas for all regions in southern Australia.
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To compare and identify optimum sowing times of 6 pea varieties to maximise grain yield and minimise impacts of disease.
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To facilitate the expansion of field peas into lower rainfall areas of southern Australia through the development of new cultivars and identification of agronomic methods to improve yield and yield reliability, and to provide an economically viable break crop option in areas where pulses are not presently grown.
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To conduct a field pea variety evaluation.
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To develop high yielding lines with good disease resistance.
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To improve the success of early sown field pea crops through identifying foliar fungicides with higher levels of efficacy than the current foliar fungicide of Mancozeb on Blackspot disease (using PBA Coogee).
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To assess growth (via top biomass at heading) and grain yield of diverse oat varieties (vs durum wheat check) under saline-sodic soil conditions, compared with "good soil" conditions at Turretfield.
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To assess and evaluated a range of different pasture varieties at three different sites.
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To compare the effectiveness of Flexi-N through the boom before seeding, banded at seeding and applied at early tillering - where wheat stubble was either burnt or retained.
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To discuss fluid phosphorus fertilisers: how did they fare in Victoria in 2005?
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To report on experimenting with a range of pasture and fodder-type options based on TG1, 2 and 3 and aims to gain an understanding of how they work in the south-eastern HRZ.
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To investigate the effect on barley yield and the retention of green leaf from using various fungicide products and timing.
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To determine if and how manganese deficiency in lupins can be overcome.
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To provide data to assist in decision making when planning to use a field crop as a potential resource for grazing, hay and/or grain based on seasonal conditions, while in some cases utilising the benefits of a break crop within the cropping rotation.
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To assess the potential of the newly released forage (PBA Hayman) and dual purpose (PBA Coogee) field pea varieties as alternatives to vetch and grain field peas.
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To assess and compare the biomass accumulation and grain yields of current field pea standards, Kaspa (the predominant grain yield variety in south eastern Australia) and Morgan (a dual purpose field pea variety), as well as several current vetch variety options.
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To study fungicide control of Ascochyta rabiei in chickpeas.
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To determine the benefit of fungicide applications for stripe rust control in 2003.
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To compare the efficacy of early season treatments with foliar fungicide management incrop for a ‘one touch management’ approach.
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To determine whether new or commercially available fungicides, combined with novel or standard application methids, can provide significant control of crown rot caused by the fungal pathogens Fusarium pseudograminearum and F. culmorum.
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To provide an evaluation of the conventional, Clearfield and TT varieties that are available.
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To report on the Goonumbla Management trial: NSW DPI Field pea sowing rate trial.
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To assess the impact of (and interaction between) grazing and frost damage on the grain yield and quality of a range of winter and spring cereal varieties sown at two times of sowing.
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A long-term study was established at the Minnipa Agricultural Centre from 2008 to 2014 (EPFS Summaries 2008 to 2013) to assess the impact of grazing on crop and pasture production and soil health and also to evaluate this from a systems perspective.
The seven year demonstration with a wheat, wheat, pasture (volunteer and sown annual me… read more
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To test whether soil fertility and health could be improved under a higher input system (e.g. higher fertiliser and seeding rates, establishment of improved pasture) compared to a lower input and more traditional system (district practice seed and fertiliser inputs, volunteer pasture).
The six year (2008-2013) rotation of: wheat, wheat… read more
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A long-term study was established at the Minnipa Agricultural Centre from 2008 to 2015 (EPFS Summaries 2008 to 2014) to assess the impact of grazing on crop and pasture production and soil health and also to evaluate this from a systems perspective.
The eight year demonstration with a wheat, wheat, pasture (volunteer and sown annual me… read more
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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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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 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 test a number of potential malting quality barley lines out of the Syngenta Seeds breeding program in comparison to current commercial barley varieties.
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To compare a number of feed and milling quality varieties that are commercially available against several long season durum lines potentially suited to southwest Victoria. These variety trials were evaluated with a fungicide programme, to determine the yield response of the varieties by comparing controlled leaf disease against an untreated cont… read more
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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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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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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 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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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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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 impacts of degree and timing of grazing of crops on yield.
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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 see how new varieties fared at different sowing dates compared with varieties suited to those dates.
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To investigate some other types of legumes for their dry matter and suitability as green manure.
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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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To determine the agronomic conditions required to grow a quality barley product suitable for malting.
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To investigate the questions:
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To investigate the question of 'what if there was a simple way to improve the topsoil depth to
encourage plants to grow deeper root systems?'
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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 determine whether in the high rainfall areas of the Wimmera the use of growth regulators would be beneficial.
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To report on a summary of paddock surveys of harvest weed seed collection samples taken in 2016, 2017 and 2018 as a part of the GRDC Stubble Initiative project ‘Maintaining profitability in retained stubbles on upper Eyre Peninsula’ (EPF00001).
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To determine the performance of new and current barley varieties in the Wimmera and Mallee
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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). Weed control in stubble retained systems can be compromised when stubbles and organic residues intercept the herbicide and prevent i… read more
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To demonstrate the available herbicide options for a range of annual legume pasture varieties.