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Aims:

To demonstrate a new wheat herbicides Hussar® from Aventis, and Affinity® from CropCare for grass and broadleaf weed control.

Cereal (Grain): Wheat 1 trial Crop Crop Variety
Watchupga East, VIC
Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
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To review the broadscale weather pattern and summarise implications for the 2007 cropping season, i.e. May-October.

None: No crop specified 1 trial Farm operations Farm operations Other
Birchip, VIC
Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
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  • To validate the results of the development of a rhizobium strain that is able to nodulate with lucerne at lower pH, as achieved in glasshouse trials.

Forage: Lucerne 1 trial Crop Crop Variety
Vivonne Bay, SA
Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
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To investigate options for pasture and fodder break crops for southern Victoria with an emphasis on weed control.

Inverleigh, VIC Lake Bolac, VIC
Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
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To investigate options for pasture and fodder break crops for southern Victoria with an emphasis on weed control.

Lake Bolac, VIC
Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
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To present the main messages from the agronomy trial work undertaken in 2005.

Grain Legume: Chickpeas Oilseed: Canola 2 trials Crop Crop Type
Birchip, VIC
Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
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The project aimed to identify the potential for alternative summer crops in increasing the $return/ML water. It looked at demonstrating summer pulses (suitable for human consumption), summer grain crops (suitable for livestock consumption) and also various grazing fodder species. 

Cereal (Grain): Sorghum Cereal (Grain): Millet Oilseed: Sunflower Grain Legume: Cowpeas 4 trials Crop Crop Type Irrigation Irrigation Rate Irrigation Irrigation Timing
Naracoorte, SA
Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
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To test the tolerance of the new strand medic, Angel, to sulfonylurea (SU) herbicide residues from a summer weed application.

Forage: Medic 1 trial Crop Crop Variety Herbicide Herbicide Application Method
Walpeup, VIC
Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
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To test a wide range of current varieties of Angustifolius lupin.

Grain Legume: Lupins 1 trial Crop Crop Variety
Carnamah, WA
Trial Report Unavailable
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To assess the role of annual medics as a break crop in a wheat-sheep mixed farming system, by measuring the biomass produced over the growing season followed by the retention of the pasture residue over the summer autumn period, then subsequently assessing the impact of the pasture in the following cereal phase in terms of yield and grain qualit… read more

Forage: Medic 1 trial Grazing Grazing Rate
Minnipa, SA
Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
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To investigate the effects of crop establishment density on yield and grain quality of Annuello wheat.

Cereal (Grain): Wheat 1 trial Sowing Sowing Rate
Berriwillock, VIC
Trial Report Unavailable
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To see whether green manure a viable management option (in terms of maintenance of ground cover and other agronomic benefits) as we know that terminating cover crops will result in 100% seed set control providing that the crop is effectively killed at an appropriate time.

Hay: Vetch Cereal (Grain): Oats 2 trials Crop Crop Type Management systems Management systems Cover crops
Condobolin, NSW
Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
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  • To assess the impact of sowing times, seeding rate and wetting agents on wheat establishment and productivitey on water repellent soil and determine whether there is a positive interaction between the agronomic options tested. 
  • This trial was conducted at four locations acros the wheatbelt. The results are only for the Binnu … read more

Cereal (Grain): Wheat 4 trials Soil Preparation Sowing Sowing Rate Sowing Sowing Timing
Binnu, WA Cranbrook, WA Warradarge, WA Yealering, WA
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To test the Yield Prophet tool to determine its relevance and usefulness to growers of the West Midlands region in determining the most efficient and effective nitrogen strategy.

Cereal (Grain): Wheat 1 trial Technology Technology Modelling
Badgingarra, WA Sandy duplex
Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
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  • To evaluate the suitability of "spot spray" technology to control weeds on farming land in the Upper North.
  • To monitor weed control success on "hard to control" summer weeds such as fleabane, onion weed, saltbush type weeds.
  • To record the reduction in pesticide and water use using "spot spra… read more

None: No crop specified 1 trial Herbicide Herbicide Application Method
Jamestown, SA
Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
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To provide growers with the tools needed to adopt site-specific weed management (SSWM) strategies as a result of a commercially viable weed ID and mapping system being demonstrated.

Cereal (Grain): Barley 1 trial Management systems Management systems Integrated weed management
Mildura, VIC
Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
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The GRDC Stubble project aims to improve farm profitability while retaining stubble in farming systems on upper Eyre Peninsula (EP). Weed control in stubble retained systems is an issue with reduced herbicide efficacy due to higher stubble loads especially for pre-emergence herbicides. Current farming practices have also changed weed behaviour w… read more

Cereal (Grain): Wheat 1 trial Herbicide Herbicide Type Sowing Sowing Method
Minnipa Agricultural Centre, SA Red loam
Trial Report Unavailable
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The GRDC ‘Maintaining profitable farming systems with retained stubble - upper Eyre Peninsula’ project 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 where herbicide efficacy is limited due to higher stubble loads, especia… read more

Oilseed: Canola Weed: Barley Grass 2 trials Stubble Stubble Management
Minnipa Agricultural Centre, SA Red loam
Trial Report Unavailable
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To evaluate the potential of combining summer-growing perennial grasses with a cereal in a pasture cropping system in the Mallee.

Cereal (Grain): Barley 1 trial Crop Crop Type Crop Crop Rotation
Hopetoun, VIC
Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
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CRC <abbr title='Grains Research and Development Corporation'>GRDC</abbr>

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To report on barley variety and agronomy trials conducted at many of the CWFS sites.

Cereal (Grain): Barley 1 trial Crop Crop Variety
Condobolin, NSW
Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
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To provide growers with the tools needed to adopt site-specific weed management (SSWM) strategies as a result of a commercially viable weed ID and mapping system being demonstrated.

Weed: Brome grass Forage: Ryegrass Cereal (Grain): Barley 3 trials Management systems Management systems Integrated weed management
Mildura, VIC
Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
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To improve the long term control of Rhizoctonia by increasing the understanding of the interactions between disease inoculum and natural soil suppressive activity and to improve the prediction and management of disease.

Cereal (Grain): Barley Cereal (Grain): Wheat Forage: Medic Oilseed: Canola 4 trials Crop Crop Type Crop Crop Rotation Management systems Management systems Integrated pest management
Streaky Bay, SA
Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
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This paper addresses three issues:

  • The challenges facing high input farming systems,
  • How valid is biological farming as an alternative, and
  • Can high input farming and alternative methods be integrated?
None: No crop specified 1 trial Management systems Management systems Biological farming systems / Organics
Birchip, VIC
Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
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  • To investigate the effects of nitrogen fertiliser application to established kikuyu stands.

Pasture: Kikuyu 1 trial Fertiliser Fertiliser Application Method
Angle Pole Road,
Trial Report Unavailable
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To examine if winter cereals can be successfully sown into exiting lucerne stands to lift winter production but without compromising lucerne production the following summer.

Woorndoo, VIC
Trial Report Unavailable
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To consider the activities and practices of those farmers with a long term track record of achieving above average results.

Kwinana, WA
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To investigate whether a break crop can be used to manage weeds.

Eurongilly, NSW
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Although cereal-intensive cropping has been demonstrated to be productive in the Mallee, there are situations where grass weeds, disease and high fertiliser costs may necessitate a break crop option. This trial was designed to evaluate the effect of a range of break crops and pasture over a range of mallee soils over 3 years of subsequent wheat.… read more

Karoonda, SA
Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
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To determine the effect of different cropping sequences to continuous cropping.

Yarrawonga South, VIC
Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
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This trial was initiated at the request of growers, to screen alternative post-emergent herbicides that may be effective in controlling weeds in this crop in the future.

Grain Legume: Broad beans 1 trial Herbicide Herbicide Type
Conmurra, SA
Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
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To evaluate herbicide mixtures for the control of problem broadleaf weeds in chickpeas. Specifically Mexican Poppy. 

Grain Legume: Chickpeas 1 trial Herbicide Herbicide Rate Herbicide Herbicide Timing Herbicide Herbicide Type
Goondiwindi, NSW
Trial Report Unavailable
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To evaluate herbicide mixtures for the control of problem broadleaf weeds in Chickpea. Specifically Climbing Buckwheat and Sowthistle.

Grain Legume: Chickpeas 1 trial Herbicide Herbicide Rate Herbicide Herbicide Timing Herbicide Herbicide Type
Pittsworth, QLD
Trial Report Unavailable
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To determine the most cost effective herbicide in wheat (Meering) to control the most common weeds found in the Southern Mallee/northern Wimmera

Cereal (Grain): Wheat 1 trial Herbicide Herbicide Rate Herbicide Herbicide Type
Watchupga East, VIC
Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
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Aims:

To determine the most cost effective herbicide in wheat (Meering) to control the most common weeds found in the southern Mallee/northern Wimmera.

Cereal (Grain): Wheat Weed: Other broadleaf 2 trials Farm operations Farm operations Economics Fertiliser Fertiliser Rate Fertiliser Fertiliser Type
Watchupga East, VIC
Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
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Aims:

To evaluate herbicide options for difficult to control weeds in chickpeas.

Weed: Other broadleaf Grain Legume: Chickpeas 2 trials Herbicide Herbicide Rate Herbicide Herbicide Type
Maules Creek, NSW
Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
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Aims:

To evaluate herbicide options for difficult to control weeds in chickpeas.

Weed: Other broadleaf Grain Legume: Chickpeas 2 trials Herbicide Herbicide Rate Herbicide Herbicide Type
Walgett, NSW
Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
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To investigate the threshold temperatures to kill weed seeds, and the temperatures achieved when burning crop residues in various formats to faciliate weed seed control of problematic weeds in low rainfall cropping systems. 

None: No crop specified 1 trial Stubble Stubble Management
Minnipa Agricultural Centre, SA
Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
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To investigate whether kikuyu improve soil organic carbon levels on Kangaroo Island.

Pasture: Kikuyu 1 trial Soil Improvement Soil Improvement Application Method
Kangaroo Island, SA
Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
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To answer the question: can you affod to lime?

None: No crop specified 1 trial Farm operations Farm operations Economics Soil Improvement
Kangaroo Island, SA
Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
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Aims:

To provide growers with the tools needed to adopt site-specific weed management (SSWM) strategies as a result of a commercially viable weed ID and mapping system being demonstrated.

Forage: Ryegrass Oilseed: Canola 2 trials Management systems Management systems Integrated weed management
Weckert, SA
Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
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Aims:

To provide growers with the tools needed to adopt site-specific weed management (SSWM) strategies as a result of a commercially viable weed ID and mapping system being demonstrated.

Weed: Other grass Oilseed: Canola 2 trials Management systems Management systems Integrated weed management
Mildura, VIC
Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
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To test 6 commercial TT and 6 commercial non IT canola varieties.

Oilseed: Canola 1 trial Crop Crop Variety
Gnarwarre, VIC
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To demonstrate how soil inversion using a mouldbaord plough could be used to incorporate lime into acidic subsoil, overcome soil water repellance and control weeds and to measure its in=mpact and growth.

Oilseed: Canola 1 trial Soil Improvement Soil Improvement Application Method
Moora, WA
Trial Report Unavailable
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To control weeds without compromising crop yield.

Oilseed: Canola 1 trial Crop Crop Variety Herbicide Herbicide Type
Rossbridge, VIC
Trial Report Unavailable
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To test canola varieties to provide growers with alternative options for controlling weeds.

Oilseed: Canola 1 trial Crop Crop Variety
Culgoa, VIC
Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
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To assess the impact of BYDV on wheat yield and also the effect of a range of fungicide treatments on wheat yield during 2009. 

Cereal (Grain): Wheat 3 trials Fungicide Fungicide Type
Conmurra, SA Millicent, SA Frances, VIC
Trial Report Unavailable
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To explore chaff cart benefits in a mixed system

Cereal (Grain): Wheat 1 trial Soil Preparation Soil Preparation Tillage
Wolseley, SA
Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
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To provide growers with the tools needed to adopt site-specific weed management (SSWM) strategies as a result of a commercially viable weed ID and mapping system being demonstrated.

Forage: Ryegrass Grain Legume: Chickpeas 2 trials Management systems Management systems Integrated weed management
Mildura, VIC
Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
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To determine the relative herbicide tolerance of Flip 94-090c, Flip 94-509c and Flip 94-508c.

Grain Legume: Chickpeas 1 trial Crop Crop Variety
Birchip, VIC
Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
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To determine optimum sowing dates and plant densities of Flip 94-090c, Flip 94-509c and Flip 94-508c.

Grain Legume: Chickpeas 1 trial Crop Crop Variety Sowing Sowing Rate Sowing Sowing Timing
Wimmera, VIC
Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
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To evaluate different commercially available forage crop varieties for their feed value and capacity to recover during winter and spring in a low rainfall Mallee-Wimmera environment.

Corack, VIC
Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
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To measure the impacts on wheat and canola of brown manure peas. Focus on N usage, moisture conservation, weed control and yield.

Oilseed: Canola 1 trial Crop Crop Variety Soil Improvement Soil Improvement Type
Lockhart, NSW
Trial Report Unavailable
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This research determines to assess the benefits (economic and environmental) of a green manure phase under current cropping systems in areas with a poor nutritional status. 

To evaluate crop types and incorporation techniques to rejuvenate poor performing soils using a green manure phase, as well as to identify and evaluate the potent… read more

Cereal (Grain): Oats Cereal (Grain): Wheat Oilseed: Mustard Grain Legume: Field peas Hay: Vetch Oilseed: Canola 30 trials Crop Crop Type Management systems Management systems Other
Mullewa, WA Red clay loam
Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
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To compare pre-emergent herbicides in the control of problem weeds in wheat.

Cereal (Grain): Wheat 1 trial Herbicide Herbicide Rate Herbicide Herbicide Type
Forth Rd, Don, TAS
Trial Report Unavailable
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To compare commercial seeding machines that have specifically been set up to sow sub-tropical grasses.

Other crop: Grasses 1 trial Sowing Sowing Method
Badgingarra, WA Deep sand
Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
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Aims:

To determine whether successful establishment of sub-tropical grasses is affected by seeding machine configuration

Other crop: Grasses 1 trial Crop Crop Type Sowing Sowing Method
Gillingarra, WA Deep non-wetting sand
Trial Report Unavailable
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To investigate opportunities to reduce the dependence on grass herbicides for the control of grass weeds in wheat.

Cereal (Grain): Wheat 1 trial Crop Crop Type
Birchip, VIC
Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
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To investigate the use of competitive crops to reduce weeds.

Cereal (Grain): Barley Cereal (Grain): Wheat 2 trials Crop Crop Type Sowing Sowing Rate Sowing Sowing Row Spacing
St Arnaud, VIC
Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
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To quantify how paddock stubble load and weed burden during summer can affect soil water, nutrients and subsequent crop yield.

Cereal (Grain): Barley 12 trials Management systems Management systems Other
Charlton, VIC Hopetoun, VIC Kerang, VIC Longerenong, VIC Swan Hill, VIC Walpeup, VIC
Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
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Aims:

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

Oilseed: Canola 1 trial Stubble Stubble Management
Hopetoun, VIC
Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
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Aims:

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

Cereal (Grain): Wheat 1 trial Stubble Stubble Management
Hopetoun, VIC Sand
Trial Report Unavailable
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To quantify how paddock stubble load and weed burden during summer can affect soil water, nutrients and subsequent crop yield.

Hopetoun, VIC
Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
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Aims:

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

Swan Hill, VIC
Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
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To quantify how paddock stubble load and weed burden during summer can affect soil water, nutrients and subsequent crop yield.

Charlton, VIC
Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
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To quantify how paddock stubble load and weed burden during summer can affect soil water, nutrients and subsequent crop yield.

Longerenong, VIC
Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
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To quantify how paddock stubble load and weed burden during summer can affect soil water, nutrients and subsequent crop yield.

Kerang, VIC
Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
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To discuss a closely-monitored paddock in the Charlton district that has been in wheat for the last seven years.

Cereal (Grain): Wheat 1 trial Crop Crop Rotation
Charlton, VIC
Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
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To quantify the contribution of sunflower leaves to yield and oil quality through the application of twelve leaf defoliation treatments.

Sunflowers are generally considered a minor crop in the NSW northern grains region. However, they play an important role in providing a broadleaf summer crop rotation option. An individual sunflower p… read more

Oilseed: Sunflower 2 trials Crop Crop Variety
Pine Ridge, NSW
Trial Report Unavailable
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To quantify the contribution of different sunflower leaves to yield and oil quality by applying 12 leaf defoliation treatments.

Sunflowers are generally considered a minor crop in the northern grains region. However, they play an important role in providing a broadleaf summer crop rotation option. An individual sunflower plant produces… read more

Oilseed: Sunflower 2 trials Crop Crop Variety
Willow Tree, NSW
Trial Report Unavailable
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A field experiment was conducted in the summer of 2015–16 at the NSW DPI Leeton Field Station to investigate the effect of powdery mildew and four fungicide treatments on the grain yield of two commercial soybean varieties (Djakal and SnowyA) and two unreleased breeding lines (N005A-80 and P176-2).

Oilseed: Soybean 2 trials Crop Crop Variety Fungicide Fungicide Timing Fungicide Fungicide Type
Leeton, NSW Grey clay
Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
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Herbicide and application timing alternatives to control annual ryegrass and other weeds in fence lines and prevent the onset of resistance.

None: No crop specified 1 trial Herbicide Herbicide Rate Herbicide Herbicide Timing Herbicide Herbicide Type
Ogilvie, WA Loamy sand over gravel
Trial Report Unavailable
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To explore herbicide and application timing alternatives to control annual ryegrass and other weeds on fencelines and prevent the onset of resistance. wns Research Station, Gibson (SEPWA).

Forage: Ryegrass 1 trial Management systems
east Buntine, WA
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To answer the questions of whether applying a preventative spray regardless of conditions was good practice (i.e. does it help in controlling disease?) and was it cost effective?

Cereal (Grain): Barley Grain Legume: Lentils 6 trials Crop Crop Type Insecticide Insecticide Application Method
Birchip, VIC Rupanyup, VIC Woomelang, VIC
Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
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To answer the questions of whether applying a preventative spray regardless of conditions was good practice (i.e. does it help in controlling disease?) and was it cost effective?

Rupanyup, VIC
Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
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To answer the questions of whether applying a preventative spray regardless of conditions was good practice (i.e. does it help in controlling disease?) and was it cost effective?

Woomelang, VIC
Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
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To identify the most effective herbicide product and mixes to control hard-to-kill broadleaf weeds in the Wimmera.

None: No crop specified 1 trial Herbicide Herbicide Type
Horsham, VIC Heavy clay (black)
Trial Report Unavailable
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To identify some herbicide options for controlling Rosinweed.

None: No crop specified 1 trial Herbicide Herbicide Rate Herbicide Herbicide Timing Herbicide Herbicide Type
Birchip, VIC
Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
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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

Cereal (Grain): Wheat 1 trial Sowing Sowing Method Sowing Sowing Rate Sowing Sowing Timing
Lock, SA Non-wetting sand
Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
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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

Cereal (Grain): Barley 1 trial Sowing Sowing Placement Sowing Sowing Rate
Lock, SA Non-wetting sand
Trial Report Unavailable
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Aims:

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

Cereal (Grain): Wheat 1 trial Sowing Sowing Method Sowing Sowing Rate Sowing Sowing Timing
Murlong, SA Non-wetting sand
Trial Report Unavailable
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To provide growers with the tools needed to adopt site-specific weed management (SSWM) strategies as a result of a commercially viable weed ID and mapping system being demonstrated.

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To discuss crop problems.

Birchip, VIC
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The project aims to overcome some of the difficulties with double cropping systems (growing a winter and summer crop following one another) and to provide the opportunity for growers to capitalise on their investment in irrigated agriculture. This project considers the issues of herbicide residues; irrigation layouts and management; stubble mana… read more

Leeton, NSW
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  • To test the adaptability and yield potential of current and new field peas varieties to crop topping over a range of timings in southern NSW to provide an additional weed control method for problem weeds ie ARG.

Grain Legume: Field peas 1 trial Crop Crop Type Crop Crop Variety
Wagga Wagga, NSW
Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
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To monitor moisture retention and nitrogen accumulation under cultivated and chemical fallow regimes.

Cereal (Grain): Wheat 1 trial Fallow Fallow Chemical Fallow Fallow Fallow Cultivated Fallow
Birchip, VIC
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To provide growers and advisers with a better understanding of the benefits of deep ripping and in particular depth of deep ripping required to optimise crop yield and profit.

Cereal (Grain): Wheat 5 trials Soil Properties Soil Properties Compaction Soil Improvement
Arrino, WA Eradu, WA Mullewa, WA Ogilvie, WA Walkaway, WA
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  • To evaluate the effect of water rate using a medium spray quality on bromoxynil based herbicides under conditions where coverage is not optimal.
  • To evaluate the effect of coarse droplets.
  • To evaluate the effect on wild radish control at different water rates with MCPA in tank mixtures with Velocity.

Cereal (Grain): Wheat 1 trial Herbicide Herbicide Type
Buntine, WA Sand to sandy loam
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This site was designed to demonstrate the practical implications of implementing Controlled Traffic and
Precision Agriculture practices

Cereal (Grain): Barley 1 trial Soil Properties Soil Properties Compaction Sowing Sowing Row Spacing
Shelford, VIC
Trial Report Unavailable
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To demonstrate various long and short-term management options to mitigate water repellent soils in the Corrigin area in 2017

Cereal (Grain): Wheat 1 trial Soil Improvement Soil Improvement Method Sowing Sowing Method
Corrigin, WA
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To determine whether desiccation of lentils helps with harvestability.

Grain Legume: Lentils 1 trial Sowing Sowing Timing
Birchip, VIC
Trial Report Unavailable
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To assess the differences between disc and tyne seeding systems in commercial practice.

Cereal (Grain): Wheat 1 trial Grazing Grazing Application Method Sowing Sowing Method
Grenfell, NSW
Trial Report Unavailable
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To evaluate Diuron as a broadleaf weed killer pre sowing of lupins and to evaluate some mixing partners to improve the control of grass weeds.

Grain Legume: Lupins 1 trial Herbicide Herbicide Rate Herbicide Herbicide Type
Coorow, WA Red loam
Trial Report Unavailable
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 To treat the canola as a forage brassica until autumn, when it would be locked up to be carried on to produce grain at harvest 2012.
 

Oilseed: Canola 1 trial Grazing Grazing Application Method
Dunkeld, VIC
Trial Report Unavailable
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  • To increase understanding of the interaction between increasing soil organic carbon and greenhouse gas emissions. In particular to quantify the influence of soil organic carbon on nitrous oxide and methane emissions in a grains cropping system.
  • To determine whether increasing soil organic carbon lowers the amount of nitrogen … read more

Oilseed: Canola Cereal (Grain): Barley Cereal (Grain): Oats 3 trials Soil Improvement Soil Improvement Soil Improvement Rate
Buntine, WA Deep sand
Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
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To investigate if increasing soil organic carbon (SOC) increases N2O emissions.

Cereal (Grain): Oats 1 trial Fertiliser Fertiliser Rate Soil Preparation Soil Preparation Tillage
Buntine, WA
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To investigate the dry matter (DM) productivity and nutritive value (NV) of a range of pasture species sown independently or in conjunction with Fathom barley at Hart in winter and summer.

Hart, SA Calcarosol
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Aims:

 To investigate the effectiveness of weed control techniques using herbicide treatments and crop population. 

Cereal (Grain): Wheat 1 trial Sowing Sowing Rate Sowing Sowing Timing
Lake Bolac, VIC
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Aims:

  • To demonstrate and refine the technique to suit the many mixed farmers on Kangaroo Island.

Karatta, SA
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Aims:

To determine the performance of various wheat varieties across the low rainfall regions of Central West NSW

Cereal (Grain): Wheat 4 trials Crop Crop Type Crop Crop Variety
Eubalong, NSW Rankins Springs, NSW Tottenham, NSW Weethalle, NSW
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Aims:

To assess the impact of time of sowing (TOS) on a range of wheat variety maturity classes (winter wheat, slow and mid spring maturing varieties) and to measure the impact of plant density and the presence of weeds (simulated with tame oats) on these varieties.

Cereal (Grain): Wheat 1 trial Sowing Sowing Timing
Quambatook, VIC Clay loam
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