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To evaluate sub clover varieties in a cropping system.
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To establish performance of subs in the Western Victoria cropping zones.
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To evaluate sub clover varieties in a cropping system.
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To evaluate sub clover varities in a cropping system.
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To determine the impact of Rancona Dimension on yield loss from CR infection across sites in the northern region.
Crown rot, caused predominantly by the fungus Fusarium pseudograminearum is a significant disease of winter cereal crops in the northern NSW and southern Qld. Rancona® Dimension (ipconazole + metalaxyl) was recently reg… read more
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To determine the effectiveness, weed spectrum and crop damage of both Bounty (a broadleaf herbicide for use in lupins) and Aramo (a grass herbicide for use in non-cereal crops), which are due for release on the market in 2003.
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To study the efficiency that summer fallow rainfall was stored for the following winter crop by measureing it at 9 sites in the Parkes and Forbes district during the 2007/08 summer fallow period.
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The background and objectives for this trial are identical to those set out for the MacKellar trial, though the variety Kellalac gives the opportunity of looking at the influence of plant population, nitrogen timing and nitrogen rate on a spring APW wheat as opposed to a winter feed wheat.
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To quantify the level and effects of sub-clover root disease in pastures across the south-east region of South Australia. It aims to understand the production and economic impact of root disease and, through the evaluation of chemical and cultural control methods, establish cost-effective solutions to manage these diseases.
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To assess varietal resistance in Southern Australian germplasm
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To provide growers with information which will reduce losses due to eyespot by improving our understanding of:
• Resistance responses of commercial cultivars and breeders’ lines to eyespot.
• Yield losses due to eyespot in cultivars with different resistance rankings for eyespot.
• The effectiveness of delayed fungic… read more
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This research was initiated to provide preliminary data to improve our understanding of:
• The effectiveness of timing of fungicide application for eyespot management in the South East.
• Interactions between MS and S varieties and fungicide efficacy.
• Impact of fungicides, varieties and combinations on eyespot inocul… read more
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To assist farmers to understand what their land is capable of producing under a range of conditions and how to tailor inputs to get the most profitable outcomes.
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To expand knowledge on pulses and increase the use of them in the southern region
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To study the effect of nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) application separately and in combination on the growth and yield of faba bean.
This experiment aimed to study the effect of nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) application separately and in combination on the growth and yield of faba bean. A small amount of N at sowing might improve y… read more
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To report on the faba bean variety trial at Hamilton.
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To investigate factors driving nitrous oxide emissions from uncropped (head ditch and tail drain) areas of irrigated cotton fields after water-run urea application.
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The DAFF and GRDC funded national trial will examine existing, new and alternative strategies for farmers in the cereal sheep zone to increase soil carbon. The trial will be used as baseline data for carbon accumulation in soils and to: discuss the various forms of soil organic carbon (plant residues, particulate, humus and resistant fractions),… read more
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To report on the Farming Systems trial 2006.
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To compare the yields of crops in southern Mallee farming systems in 2009.
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To test whether knowledge of soil potential, soil variation and in-season predictions of grain yield with Yield Prophet could be useful to improving management.
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To uncover what makes for profitable and sustainable crop production.
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To investigate the effect of post-sowing pre-emergent herbicides and post emergent herbicides on fenugreek growth and yield and weed control.
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To demonstrate leadership and show industry-led practice change has the greatest capacity to change behaviours to reverse the trend of over-fertilising and tp promote best-practice fertiliser use, and more specifically soil testing and fertiliser application rates.
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To provide answers to a number of commonly asked fertiliser questions in the southern Mallee/Northern Wimmera and to generate guidelines to assist growers develop profitable nutrient strategies for the coming season.
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Assess the value of several traits that aim to improve the acid-soil tolerance of wheat under field conditions.
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To test for field evidence for efficiency of fluid fertilisers.
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To determine the relative herbicide tolerance of Sturt and Moonlight.
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To investigate the impact of fungicide use to control disease in a range of field pea breeding lines and varieties (focusing on blue peas).
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To demonstrate a range of crop types and end-uses that could have a role in the low rainfall farming systems of the Mallee.
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To demonstrate a range of crop types and end-uses that could have a role in the low rainfall farming systems of the Mallee.
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To test a number of fungicides at different crop growth stages to determine the impact of foliar diseases on grain yield and quality.
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To test if the use of fungicides makes economic sense on irrigated barley
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To evaluate the effectiveness of foliar fungicides applied to barley and compare strobilurin fungicides with the "older' triazole and conazole fungicides.
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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 remind growers to apply molybdenum on a regular basis.
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This project is investigating strategies for maintaining frog populations on farms using wildlife ponds.
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To focus on maintaining profitable retained stubble systems rather than investigating agronomic and economic benefits of stubble retention.
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A long-term study was established at the Minnipa Agricultural Centre from 2008 to 2016 (EPFS Summaries 2008 to 2015) to assess the systems impact of grazing on crop and pasture production, and soil health.
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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 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 evaluate commercial and new pulse (grain legume) cultivars on sandy, calcareous soils, in terms of both the crop performance and its benefit in a rotation.
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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 ‘Maintaining profitable farming systems with retained stubble’ projects on upper and lower Eyre Peninsula (EP) aim to improve farm profitability while retaining stubble in farming systems. Grass weed management is one of the key issues of current cropping systems with annual ryegrass and barley grass being of most importance on lowe… 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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A wheat grazing trial looking at the effects of nitrogen applied post grazing.
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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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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 the efficacy of different group B herbicides.
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To compare Triflur 480 versus Stomp, in relation to traditional use and minimum cultivation, on wheat and canola.
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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 grow chickpeas on eastern Eyre Peninsula.
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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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To determine the agronomic conditions required to grow a quality barley product suitable for malting.
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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 test several agronomic strategies designed to maximise yield and achieve DR1 specifications under surface irrigated conditions
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To identify whether growth regulators reduce lodging in canola and increase in higher yields.
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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 assess the establishment of two new hard-seeded French serradellas, Erica and Margurita, in the medium rainfall zone using the under-sowing technique.
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The aim of this project is to see if harvest weed seed practices can be adopted to reduce soil weed seed banks in high yielding high rainfall zone (HRZ) areas of the southern region to address herbicide resistance issues.
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To determine the performance of new and current barley varieties in the Wimmera and Mallee
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To investigate the effect of fallow management treatments (stubble management and crop nutrition) on canola establishment, crop vigour grain yield in retained stubble systems in the high rainfall zone in the South-East of South Australia.
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To evaluate the crop safety of annual ryegrass herbicides in key cereal varieties including use of disc and tyne planting.
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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 investigate the effects of six commonly used herbicides for the control of grass and/or broadleaved weeds in peas on the growth, nitrogen fixation and yield of the crop. The impact of spray time was also investigated.
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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 investigate the yield response of wheat to zinc enriched fertiliser, MAP and no fertiliser control.
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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 investigate the effects of deep ripping on the need for N fertiliser, and to compare the effectiveness of N applied at seeding compared to late tillering.
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Since these inoculants have not had widespread use, the aim in this study was to test these new delivery systems and their effect on nodulating grain legumes in a range of Australian soils.
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Since these inoculants have not had widespread use, the aim in this study was to test these new delivery systems and their effect on nodulation grain legumes in a range of Australian soils.
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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 the impact of soil nutrition, current herbicides, adjuvants and rhizobial inoculants on nitrogen (N) fixation by medics under field conditions typical of the upper Eyre Peninsula.
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To assess the impact of soil nutrition, current herbicides, adjuvants and rhizobial inoculants on N fixation by medics under field conditions typical of the upper Eyre Peninsula.
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The broad aim of this 3 year SAGIT funded project was to investigate if current management tools for medic based pastures, such as herbicides, fertilisers and rhizobial inoculants, are affecting N fixation by medic pastures under field conditions typical of the upper Eyre Peninsula.
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