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To determine the impact of grazing on soil condition and weed populations. This report is on findings after two years of grazing.
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To validate the effect of grazing intensity and growth stage on forage value and yield response of different wheat varieties, with sowing times suited to cultivar.
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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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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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This experiment evaluated the effect of variety and nitrogen rate on grain yield and protein concentration for six wheat varieties.
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To test the effect of nitrogen timing application method on white wheat yield protein in high rainfall environments.
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To test the effect of plant growth regulators on irrigated wheat.
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To test the effect of PGRs on barley height, lodging and yield.
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To test the effect of PGRs on canola height, lodging and yield.
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To test the effect of PGRs on faba bean height, lodging and yield.
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To test the effect of PGRs on wheat height, lodging and yield.
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To evaluate the effect of existing and new chemistry on yield in broad beans
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To investigate the nodulation and yield response of Faba beans to higher rates of rhizobia inoculation.
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To ascertain the crop safety of pre-emergent (IBS) herbicides when used with differing seeding systems and sowing speeds.
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The study the effects of soil ameliorants on the establishment of canola.
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To determine agronomic management practices that increase grain yield potential while also minimising the risk of fungal diseases.
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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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The effect of sowing date and irrigation management on faba bean – Leeton 2021
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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 assess the effect of sowing date on grain yield and quality for some recently released commercial lines along with some experimental lines that could be commercially available within the next 2 years.
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To determine the optimum sowing date, phenology and nitrogen management to optimise grain yield within the Central West region of NSW. These combinations were tested across two contrasting scenarios: irrigation versus dryland.
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To provide further information regarding sowing rates and optimum plant densities.
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To report on the effect of sowing rate on the performance of wheat in the Forbes and Parkes districts
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To investigate the effect of sowing time and variety on yield and oil concentration of canola (Brassica napus)
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This experiment was designed to determine the response of six canola varieties with diverse phenology and breeding (hybrid or open-pollinated (OP)) to varying stored soil water levels across two sowing dates.
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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 investigate the dynamics of N in stubble-retained systems.
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To demonstrate the pros and cons of different stubble/ soil management and establishment treatments.
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To determine the effect of common district nutrition packages in Merredin on crown rot index (incidence x severity) of wheat and barley varieties.
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The effect of variety, plant density and nitrogen management on grain yield was evaluated for a second year at the NSW DPI Leeton Field Station (LFS).
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The experiment at Leeton evaluated the effect of variety, time of sowing, plant population and their interactions on canola grain yield, grain quality (oil content) and crop growth (lodging and harvest index).
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To evaluate delivery systems for zinc and zinc requirement in high rainfall zones.
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To discuss benefits and practicalities of individual growers weed management tactics; and to assist others to decide if adopting similar methods would be beneficial on their property.
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To determine how lime, nutrients or other amendments are distributed through the soil after applicaiton with different mixing methods.
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This experiment, which was part of a larger project based at Tamworth (BLG106), was conducted to determine the effect on chickpea and lentil crop development and grain yield from varying amounts of cereal surface residue (mimicking stubble load) and the resulting lower temperatures.
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To understand management factors influencing cadmium concentration of grain in field grown wheat.
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To determine the potential carry over effects of Brodal on different canola varieties.
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The aim was to assess the impacts of delayed sowing and radish infestation on lupin yield. By doing this we can better understand the extra weed control required to make delayed sowing profitable
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To assess the effects of trace elements on anuello wheat production.
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To promote the eXtensionAUS Crop Nutrition online learning network
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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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Does active ingredient, row spacing or plant population impact the effectiveness of fungicides on powdery mildew control in mungbeans?
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To reports on the results of our “best bet” approach to making grazing canola work in our unique region.
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To examine the interaction between various combinations of nitrogen, sowing rate and grazing to maximise drymatter production and see what impact this has on grain yield and quality and stubble mass post harvest.
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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 fertility and health could be improved under a higher input system compared with a lower input and more traditional system.
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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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To test whether general soil health and fertility can be increased under a higher carbon input system with well managed grazing.
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To understand the impact of soil carbon and nitrogen cycling on Rhizoctonia solani disease suppression.
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To determine if differences in early crop growth and development of crops under different stubble management strategies was due to differences in early-season nitrogen (N) supply.
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To determine if differences in early crop growth and development of crops under different stubble management strategies was due to differences in early-season nitrogen (N) supply.
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To measure the variation in dry matter production, nitrogen fixation, moisture conservation and grain yield as a result of sowing date, legume species and variety.
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To examine the livestock benefits and impacts on cereal yield and stubble aftermath by grazing.
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To measure the loss of soil water attributed to summer weeds and to quantify the impact of summer weeds on lost production.
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To examine the relationship between chlorsulfuron application and crop zinc nutrition and root growth.
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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 assess the influence of sowing date and species phenology on yield dynamics of barley, oats and wheat in frost conditions
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To investigate the interaction between plant growth regulator (PGR) and nitrogen application in early-sown first wheat.
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To examine the interaction between additional nitrogen application above grower practice and the response to plant growth regulator (PGR).
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To investigate the interaction between plant growth regulator (PGR) and nitrogen application in early-sown first wheat.
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The trials located at Miling and Kojonup in the grainbelt of Western Australia investigated combinations of canola variety (hybrid or open pollinated), crop row spacing (25 or 50cm) and canola seeding rate (20, 35 or 50 plants/m2). The average seedbank at the Miling and Kojonup sites were 3,630 seeds/m2 and 23,240 seeds/m2 respectively. Annual… read more
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This trial was located at Cunderdin in the grainbelt of Western Australia and investigated combinations of canola variety (Hybrid or open pollinated), crop row spacing (25 or 50cm) and canola seeding rate (20, 35 or 50 plants/m2) on wild radish (WR) competitiveness and seed production.
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To determine the effect of factorial combinations of seeding rate, row spacing and pollination type on canola yield and wild radish fecundity.
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Trials located at Miling and Kojonup in the grainbelt of Western Australia investigated combinations of canola variety (hybrid or open pollinated), canola seeding rate (20, 35 or 50 plants/m2) and canola seed size (<1.8, >2.0mm diameter) on ARG management.
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To determine the optimal combinations of canola cultivar, seeding rate, and seed size on wild radish seed production and canola growth and yield.
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The objective of this study is to determine the optimal combinations of canola cultivar, seeding rate and row spacing on annual ryegrass seed production and canola growth and yield.
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This study was conducted to determine the effect of factorial combinations of seeding rate, row spacing and pollination type on canola yield and wild radish fecundity.
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The objective of this study is to determine the optimal combinations of canola cultivar, seeding rate and seed size on annual ryegrass seed production and canola growth and yield.
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This research aims to investigate the effect of wheat time of sowing and seeding rate, on the effectiveness and degradation of pre-emergent herbicides commonly used to control annual ryegrass in no tillage farming systems.
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This research aims to investigate the effect of wheat time of sowing and seeding rate, on the effectiveness and degradation of pre-emergent herbicides commonly used to control annual ryegrass in no tillage farming systems.
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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 discuss the key management practices to avoid herbicide resistance.
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To answer the question 'Has the weather changed?'
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To conudct the Machinery Challenge - a cost comparison of machinery usage in four different farming systems.
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The project aimed to identify factors limiting N2 fixation and productivity of pulse crops grown on acidic soils in the high rainfall zone (HRZ) Southern Grain production region.
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To examine the scope for using soil tests to more effectively allocate phosphorus fertiliser expenditures between paddocks and through time.
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To examine the role of vesticular-arbuscular mycorrhizae (VAM), often referred to as 'friendly fungi' in the phosphours nutrition of winter crops in Victoria.
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To discuss the probability of grain prices remaining high.
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This paper assesses the economic benefits of green manuring and the potential costs. It also investigates the circumstances in which green manuring will be profitable and those that result in losses to growers.
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This paper assesses the economic benefits of green manuring and the potential costs. It also investigates the circumstances in which green manuring will be profitable and those that result in losses to growers.
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To determine the relationship between nitrogen rate and the need for disease control in winter wheat in the high rainfall zone environment of Tasmania.
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To determine the relationship between nitrogen rate and the need for disease control in winter wheat in the high rainfall zone environment of Tasmania.
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To compare the responses of six different canola varieties to nitrogen fertiliser.
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To determine the role of stubble management on frost severity and its effects on the grain yield of wheat
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To assess the effects of physical, chemical and biological soil manipulation (or inputs) on soil organic carbon in relation to changes in long term crop yields and quality.
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To assess the effects of physical, chemical and biological soil manipulation (or inputs) on soil organic carbon in relation to changes in long term crop yields and quality.
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To discuss whether the Southern Oscillation Index is useful as a rainfall predictor for the Southern Mallee.
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To answer the question, 'How much damage is done to soil by occasional tillage, strategically applied, in an otherwise direct drilled system?'.
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To report on a three seeder trial.
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To investigate whether polymer films can improve yields of short season crops when late sown.