To evaluate the effect of winter management (terminated faba bean vs winter fallow) on the dry matter production and grain yield of irrigated maize grown on red loam over clay soils at Peechelba East, Victoria under overhead pivot irrigation.

• The following observations were made on the same farm using similar management, but it was not possible to conclude exactly what factors were responsible for the differences observed (since this has not been statistically compared).
• Grain maize following a terminated faba bean crop planted into the previous maize residues generated higher dry matter offtakes and grain yields than leaving the land fallow over winter and spring.
• Grain maize yielded 21.13 t/ha (14% moisture) following the terminated faba beans and 19.29t/ha following winter fallow (recorded from hand harvested quadrats which are typically higher yielding than machine harvested plots).