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To quantify the economic benefit to farmers of:
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To establish the relationship between response by red wheat to nitrogen fertiliser and deep soil nitrogen test in the high rainfall environment of south west Victoria.
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To investigate the effects of rates of initial and subsequent applications of manganese on lupin yields grown on Mn deficient soil
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To investigate the effects of rates of initial and subsequent applications of zinc on maize yields grown on black earth soils of north western NSW.
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To investigate the effects of rates of initial and subsequent applications of zinc on pasture yields grown on gravelly forest gravel soil
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To determine the residual value of nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) applied in 2011.
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To investigate whether residual soil nutrition from canola grown with high fertiliser inputs should influence nutrition strategies in the following wheat crop.
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To examine differences in zinc efficiency between chickpea cultivars.
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To show the importance of soil testing, and linking this with applying the right nutrients.
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To investigate responses to potassium and nitrogen in wheat. Wheat yeild and grain quality can be limited if either of these macro nutrients is in short supply.
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To investigate wheat and canola response to secondary and trace nutrients
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To manage risk through variable rate technology using different inputs over variable soil types and testing the use of Yield Prophet to match plant available water and nutrition with modelling of climatic conditions, knowing that we can have unpredictable finishes to seasons.
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To manage risk through variable rate technology using different inputs over variable soil types and testing the use of Yield Prophet to match plant available water and nutrition with modelling of climatic conditions, knowing that we can have unpredictable finishes to seasons.
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To determine if disease suppression against rhizoctonia is achievable in an upper EP environment on a grey highly calcareous soil. It also assessed whether soil microbial populations can be influenced by rotation and fertiliser inputs in this environment.
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To investigate ripping and subsoil placement of chicken litter and fertiliser.
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To demonstrate that, in the right season, ripping affects nitrogen uptake efficiency and availability to crops.
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To determine the most cost effective approach to managing inputs for wheat production in a low rainfall cropping environment.
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To investigate the impact of crop row spacing on fallow efficiency.
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This demonstrations was conducted for three significant reasons.
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To assess the impact of small and large seed size sown to target plant density and kg/ha with different P rates on barley yield and quality.
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To comment on seedbed utilisation calculating safe fertiliser rates,
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To Identify sites and to assess under which circumstances (yield potential, fertiliser prices) high rates of P are economical.
To identify varieties that have greater PUE in P deficient soils.
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To Identify sites and to assess under which circumstances (yield potential, fertiliser prices) high rates of P are economical.
To identify varieties that have greater PUE in P deficient soils.
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To present options for increasing zinc efficiency of cereals through breeding.
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To determine whether adjustments need to be made to a range of decision support systems (DSSs) to quantitatively account for the effect of gravel on inputs such as fertilisers, lime, pesticides and herbicides.
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To investigate whether skipped-row urea application at sowing can imporve nitrogen efficiency.
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To assess the use of banded slow release nitrogen in comparison to banded urea and best practice farmer practice.
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To evaluate variable rate technology using low, standard and high seed and fertiliser inputs on 3 soils zoned as of poor, medium and good production potential from a pre-2008 yield monitor, EM38 and elevation maps.
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To demonstrate the long term production and associated economic benefits from ameliorating soil sodicity.
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To test the usefulness of some soil and plant tests to predict copper disorders for areas of SW Victoria.
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Work conducted by Clive Kirkby (CSIRO) has investigated the feasibility of increasing soil carbon levels with the use of balanced amounts of nutrients and incorporation of stubble.
The overall aim of the project was to raise awareness of farmers about how they can reduce green house gas emissions, sequester soil carbon and make improve… read more
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To establish if the current wheat yield could reach potential yield by extra N fertilisation and to identify potential constraints of 8 Satellite Sites throughout the Liebe area
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To assess the efficacy of two nitrification inhibitors, 3,4-dimethylpyrazole (DMP) and nitrapyrin, when applied directly into the anhydrous ammonia stream during pre-plant nitrogen (N) application for commercial irrigated cotton production.
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To use PA maps to indentify and sample soil zones within a paddock. To identify potential soil specific nitrogen responses within paddocks
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To identify opportunities to reduce risk and increase profitability by evaluating the soils and conditions where continuous cereal systems perform best and where inputs can be most cost-effectively targeted
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To identify opportunities to reduce risk and increase profitability by evaluating the soils and conditions where continuous cereal systems perform best and where inputs can be most cost-effectively targeted. Trials were established at Karoonda (Lowaldie) to test soil-specific strategies and tactics for reducing risk and increasing profitability … read more
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To conduct trials across CW NSW to provide objective data on the potential for SU and Zn interactions in wheat.
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To provide a brief review of manganese toxicity in New South Wales.
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To compare the effectiveness of potassium banded in K Till and Flexi NK at seeding to potassium top dressed as Muriate of Potash before seeding.
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To determine the effect of sowing rate, nitrogen fertiliser rate and timing on wheat and barley crop establishment, tiller production, head counts at harvest, grain yield and grain quality.
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To investigate the response to changing the nitrogen rate and changing the time of application. Canola yield and oil will be measured and RR hybrids will be compared with open-pollinated TT types (OP TT).
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The objective of this trial was to evaluate the knockdown efficiency of Spray.Seed with and without common tank mix ‘spikes’, at various rates, on the control of grass and broadleaf weeds including Roundup Ready canola volunteers.
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To provide information for proper planning to generate time and machinery efficiencies, gain better weed control and make large financial savings.
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To discuss strategies and tactics to extend whole-farm water-use efficiency - sow on-time or early!
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To investe options for reducing nitrous oxide emissions from dryland summer grain cropping in northern NSW.
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To report on the nitrous oxide (N2O) emission results from the 2014–15 grain sorghum trials, which aimed to optimise both nitrogen (N) rate and fertiliser N release to benefit crop production and reduce N2O emissions.
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To report on the nitrous oxide (N2O) emission results from the 2014–15 grain sorghum trials, which aimed to optimise both nitrogen (N) rate and fertiliser N release to benefit crop production and reduce N2O emissions.
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To report on the nitrous oxide (N2O) emission results from the 2014–15 grain sorghum trials, which aimed to optimise both nitrogen (N) rate and fertiliser N release to benefit crop production and reduce N2O emissions.
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To report the biomass, grain production, and gross margin results from sorghum grown in 2014−15 on plots where nitrogen (N) fertiliser was applied in 2013−14 and no additional N was applied to the current crop.
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To report on trials conducted in 2012–13 using 15N applied at three N rates (40, 120 and 200 kg N/ha) were reported previously, but those results are repeated here for comparison with more recent trial results.
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To discuss stripe rust management and varietal selection: 2004.
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The demonstrate the effects of increasing N fertiliser rates on harvest index and stubble N%.
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To investigate how differing summer farming practices influence stored water and how plant available water may influence grain yield potential and grain quality attributes in the low rainfall area in central NSW.
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To evaluate the impact of cereal stubble height on fallow water efficiency.
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To demonstrate the impact of different stubble management techniques on soil biota activity and nutrition demands would be monitored using the same fertiliser applications in crop and by comparing yields. In subsequent years the effect of different treatments will be monitored.
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To investigate effects of soil amelioration methods on subsoil constraints and the benefots to grain yields in the Mid-North of SA.
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To investigate yield responses to subsoil amelioration treatments.
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To report on subsoil manuring: an innovative approach to addressing subsoil problems targeting higher water use efficiency in southern Australia.
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To look at the technology, the resulting productivity increases and the economics of the practice of subsoil manuring.
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To determine if applying fertiliser to the subsoil gives any residual benefits to crops in subsequent years.
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To investigate potential long term negative effects on crop yield of interactions between clay spreading or delving with subsoil nutrition (micronutrients).
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To investigate sulfonylurea herbicide and zinc / phosphorus fertiliser interactions in wheat in the Central West NSW cropping belt.
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To study the interaction between herbicides and Zn nutrition of wheat.
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To investigate the role of sulphur and nitrogen in canola nutrition at Sea Lake.
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To measure wheat responses to sulfur and zinc fertiliser when applied in addition to nitrogen and phosphorus.
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To investigate nitrogen management strategies for achieving noodle and durum quality wheat in the Wimmera and to better understand wether these specialty wheats should be grown in this district in place of some milling wheat area.
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To measure the interaction between stubble management, frequency of rainfall events and fertiliser nitrogen on:
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To determine the productivity gains from deep tillage in conjunction with potassium and high phosphorus supply over a number of seasons.
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To evaluate various zinc strategies and compare liquid phosphorus in wheat on high pH soils.
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To identify the limiting factors to canola production in the southern Mallee.
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To identify the limiting factors to wheat production in the southern Mallee.
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To discuss TagTeam and JumpStart from Novozymes.
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To examine targeting maximum yields of irrigated wheat in southern NSW.
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To report on 'think tank' responses to the following quesitons:
• How do you increase your crop water use efficiency?
• How do you maximise profit?
• How can you find more leisure time?
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This study determines the effect of N fertilizer placement, N fertiliser rate and N application timing on the competitive ability of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) in dryland no-tillage cropping system in the Western Australian grainbelt.
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To determine the effect of N fertilizer placement, N fertiliser rate and N application timing on the competitive ability of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) in reducing the growth and seed production of wild radish (Raphanus raphanistrum) in dryland no-tillage cropping system in the Western Australian grainbelt.
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This trial aims to investigate the effect of comibinations of row spacing and seedbed utilisation (SBU) on the effectiveness of pre-emergent herbicides on ryegrass management in barley.
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To test the establishment effect of fertiliser sown 'down the tube' with canola.
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This experiment investigated the irrigation water requirements of a wheat crop and the impact of irrigation intensity and water ponding on grain yield, grain quality, water use and water use efficiency.
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An irrigated faba bean experiment was established at Leeton Field Station in 2020 to determine the effect of sowing time and irrigation on four varieties of faba bean in southern NSW.
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To determine if early sowing canola will improve the efficiency of teh use of stored water.
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To develop a new extraction procedure for soil zinc.
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To examine the interaction between herbicides and crop nutirition.
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Can systems performance be improved by modifying farming systems? How does increasing legume frequency or nutrient inputs impact on system nutrient balance and use?
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To assess the impact of two alternative cotton irrigation strategies on soil mineral N: crop production and N2O emissions.
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To test whether soil health and fertility can be improved under a higher carbon input system with or without grazing.
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This research aimed to identify the impact of irrigation opportunity time and fertiliser N rates on fertiliser N response, lint yield and fertiliser N recovery in a sub-surface drip irrigation system.
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To better match fertilizer inputs to productivity zones to increase whole paddock profitability.
To document and evaluate a practical procedure utilizing tools and services that are readily available for zoning paddocks and matching fertilizer inputs to productivity zones.
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To conudct the Machinery Challenge - a cost comparison of machinery usage in four different farming systems.
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To compare the effects of fluid fertilisers and seed nutrient treatments on early plant vigour and grain yield for wheat grown from locally sourced or certified seed.