Publications including journal papers, reports and articles and presentations are detailed below. For further information please contact oft@farmtrials.com.au.
Journal papers
Ollerenshaw, A., Robinson, N., Chadha, A., & Channon, J. (2024). A smart agriculture information system delivering research data for the adoption by the Australian grains industry. Smart Agricultural Technology, 100610. doi.org/10.1016/j.atech.2024.100610
Ollerenshaw, A., Murphy, A., Walters, J., Robinson, N., & Thompson, H. (2023). Use of digital technology for research data and information transfer within the Australian grains sector: A case study using Online Farm Trials. Agricultural Systems, 206, 103591. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2022.103591
Murphy, A., & Ollerenshaw, A. (2022). Digital data and practice change: The impact of innovative web portals on user knowledge building and decision-making processes. Online Information Review. doi.org/10.1108/OIR-08-2021-0403
Walters, J.R., & Light, K. (2021). The Australian digital Online Farm Trials database increases the quality of systematic reviews and meta-analyses in grains crop research. Crop & Pasture Science, 72: 789-800. https://doi.org/10.1071/CP20534
Walters, J., Light, K., & Robinson, N. (2021). Using agricultural metadata: a novel investigation of trends in sowing date in on-farm research trials using the Online Farm Trials database [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations]. F1000Research 2021, 9:1305. https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.26903.2
Walters, J., Milne, R., & Thompson, H. (2018). Online Farm Trials: a national web-based information source for Australia grains research, development and extension. Rural Extension and Innovation Systems Journal, Vol. 14, No. 1, 2018: 117-123.
Conference papers
Robinson N., Dahlhaus P., Feely P., Light K., MacLeod A., Milne R., Parker J., Thompson H., Walters J. & Wills B. (2019) Online Farm Trials (OFT) – the past, present and future. In ‘Cells to satellites, Proceedings of the 19th Australian Society of Agronomy Conference’, 25 – 29 August 2019, Wagga Wagga, NSW.
Wills, B., Parker, J., Robinson, N., & Wong, M. (2019). Improving the FAIRness of Australia’s grains research sector data. In ‘Cells to satellites, Proceedings of the 19th Australian Society of Agronomy Conference’, 25–29 August 2019, Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia.
Milne, R., Dahlhaus, P.G., Nicholson, C., Thompson, H., MacLeod, A., Feely, P., McCue, T., Gillett, H. & Corbett, J. (2014). Online farm trials: A research repository for Australian grain growers. Paper presented at Digital Rural Futures, Regional futures – Agricultural Futures – Digital Futures, 25-27 June 2014, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Queensland.
Reports
Ollerenshaw, A., Thompson, H., Robinson, N., & Chadha, A. (2023). Online Farm Trials. Impact Research Report. September 2023. 19 September, Centre for eResearch and Digital Innovation, Federation University Australia. 31p.
Ollerenshaw, A., Thompson, H., Robinson, N., Channon, J., & Feely, P. (2021) Online Farm Trials: impact research 2020-21. Centre for eResearch and Digital Innovation, Federation University, Australia, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. 34p.
Sexton, A. (2020). Online Farm Trials Social Research Report. Centre for eResearch and Digital Innovation, Federation University, Australia, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. 12p.
Sexton, A., Murphy, A., Wills, B., Robinson, N., Walters, J. Corbett, J., Parker, J., & Thompson, H. (2019). Online Farm Trials (OFT) impact research: eResearch (second wave) extended timeframe research study. Centre for eResearch and Digital Innovation, Federation University, Australia, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. 37p.
Wills, B., Parker, J., Thompson, H., Taylor, M., & Feely, P. (2018). Online Farm Trials (OFT): External Data Audit Report. CeRDI Internal Report. 24p.
Robinson, N., Thompson, H., Milne, R., Wills, B., Feely, P., MacLeod, A., Parker, J., & Walters, J. (2018). Online Farm Trials: Data Quality Framework for OFT trial resources. CeRDI Internal Report. 60p.
Robinson, N., Thompson, H., Milne, R., Wills, B., Feely, P., McLeod, A., Parker, J., & Walters, J. (2018). Online Farm Trials: Statistical reliability of OFT trial resources assessed and reported. CeRDI Internal Report. 49p.
Murphy, A., McKenna, K., Corbett, J. & Taylor, M. (2016). Online Farm Trials Impact Research (first wave) extended timeframe research study. Centre for eResearch and Digital Innovation, Federation University, Australia, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. 106p.
Dahlhaus, P.G. & Thompson, H. (2014). GRDC eResearch. Online knowledge base, research data and tools to enhance Australian grains research. Discussion Paper. Centre for eResearch and Digital Innovation. Federation University. 12p.
Presentations
Robinson, N., & Channon, J. (2023). Online Farm Trials – soil happenings. Presentation to Soil Science Australia, Regional Soils Coordinators Working Group Meeting, 2/3/2023.
Robinson, N., Dahlhaus, P., Feely, P., Light, K., MacLeod, A., Milne, R., Parker, J., Thompson, H., Walters, J., & Wills, B. (2019). Online Farm Trials – the past, present and future. 19th Australian Agronomy Conference, 25 – 29 August 2019, Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia.
