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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.
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This project is investigating where and how perennials, including fodder shrub species can fit into our farming systems and the benefits they can have on production andsustainability.
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To demonstrate, compare and analyse the efficacy of new herbicide combinations and sequences to achieve control of hard to kill weeds such as ryegrass and radish, whilst maximising yield in hybrid canola, using the hybrid variety Hyola 525RT (Roundup Ready + Triazine Tolerant) canola herbicide tolerant system.
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The study has been designed to examine the use of mixed legume swards which incorporate a mix of hardseeded legumes or hardseeded legumes sown with traditional legumes. Our aim over the lifetime of the study is to quantify the effect of mixed legume swards on livestock productivity and health as well as the balance between sown species and weeds… read more
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To measure the role of water stored in the soil at sowing in affecting wheat yield.
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To provide an overview of the year that was.
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To comment on 1994 - the year that was.
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To discuss the year that was 1995.
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To discuss 1996 - the year that was.
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To discuss 1997 - the year that was.
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To discuss 1998 - the year that was.
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To discuss 1999 - the year that was.
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Please see report
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To provide a summary of 2001 - the year that was.
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To reflect upon 2002 - the year that was.
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It is relatively easy to describe a particular year on one’s own farm. To specify precisely what happened over our whole region is the challenging part. Far more difficult is to accurately describe the feelings of the farmers, not to mention those of their partners: the hopes, expectations, commitment, hard work, disappointments and the conseq… read more
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To comment on the year that was - 2005.
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To comment on 2006 - the year that was.
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To comment on 2007 - the year that was.
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To discuss the year that was - 2008.
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To establish which of the following components has the greater effect on yield: liquid, granular or combined liquid/granular forms of fertiliser nitrogen, phosphorus and trace elements, and in-furrow fungicide.
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To (i) develop a crop monitoring technique to assess wild radish density and provide growers with an estimated cost of hand weeding for a range of wild radish densities, and (ii) assess the efficacy of hand weeding of wild radish using backpacker labour.
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These experiments were conducted to evaluate whether thrips controls applied at the thrips threshold led to higher or lower yields when compared with treatments at a lower threshold (one thrips per plant) and a non-spray treatment. The local cotton industry supported commercialscale experiments over small plot experiments.
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The experiments are part of a project to validate whether the Australian Cotton Industry thrips threshold applies in southern NSW cotton production areas.
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To discuss ‘tillage rotation’ as a way to rehabilitate compacted subsoil and increase yield and profit.
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To assess the benefits and possible crop damage effects of deep-ripping post-seeding.
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To provide growers with useful information to understand the impact of sowing time on the yield and quality of new and current wheat varieties.
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To investigate proactive non-herbicide management strategies for reducing ryegrass seed set and so 'run down' the seed bank.
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To investigate proactive non-herbicide management strategies for reducing ryegrass seed set and so 'run down' the seed bank.
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To measure the effect of time of sowing (TOS) and plant density on wheat and durum varieties with different development habits and maturities.
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To measure the effect of time of sowing (TOS) and plant density on wheat varieties with different development habits and maturities.
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To evaluate the response of seven barley varieties to different sowing times.
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To provide data to assist in decision making of using a cereal for grazing, hay and/or grain based on seasonal conditions, while knowing the relative multipurpose performance of the cereal options.
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To compare the effectiveness of early sowing using a range of wheat varieties with different varietal maturities.
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To determine the optimum sowing date and variety combinations to maximise yield and quality of wheat in WA.
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To assist growers in making decisions on variety choice and management, a trial was conducted at Buntine to assess the yield, quality and economic response of new and potential wheat varieties to different sowing times.
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This soybean experiment was conducted at the NSW DPI Leeton Field Station to test the response of three commercial varieties and five unreleased lines to three sowing times.
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To investigate time of sowing x crop type.
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The focus was on being able to rip and inject lime to depth, to attempt to alleviate the acidity and aluminium toxicity that resulted from the low pH.
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The key aim of this trial was to compare soil pH change to depth; with two different sources of lime (lime sand and farmers chalk lime).
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In the mid 1990’s, DAFWA established a series of lime demonstrations sites across the WA wheatbelt, to highlight the importance of managing soil acidity. This trial is one of the series, which had a very simple design (0, 1 and 2t/ha applied, in 3 replicates). The rationale was to use farmer equipment, to enable larger areas to be treated diff… read more
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The key aim of this trial is to document and understand the change in soil pH down to a depth of 30cm.
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The key aim was to compare the rate of lime movement down the soil profile and the change in pH down to a depth of 30cm.
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To compare alternative agronomic practices that may improve establishment of new and current barley varieties in wider row spacings.
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To compare alternative agronomic practices that may improve establishment of new and current barley varieties in wider row spacings.
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To compare new and existing wheat varieties and their suitability in the Mallee and Wimmera, either sown dry or after the break.
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To determine the optimal timing for the application of foliar fungicides for disease control in wheat.
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To investigate the effect of nitrogen rates and time of application on grain yield, oil and gross margins of Roundup Ready, Triazine Tolerant and Clearfield canola.
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To investigate the effect of nitrogen rates and time of application on grain yield, oil and gross margins of Roundup Ready and Triazine Tolerant canola.
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To investigate the nitrogen rate and time of application response of canola varieties to yield and oil content of Triazine Tolerant (TT) and Roundup Ready (RR) hybrids in comparison with open-pollinated (OP) types to:
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To investigate the N rate and time of application response of canola varieties to yield and oil content of Triazine tolerant (TT) and Roundup Ready (RR) hybrids in comparison with open-pollinated (OP) types to:
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Aim; To investigate the response to changing the nitrogen rate and changing the time of application. Canola yield and oil will be measured and RR hybrids will be compared with open-pollinated TT types (OP TT).
Previous trial results suggest that as long as nitrogen is applied within 8 weeks of sowing, there is no yield penalty.
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To investigate the response to changing the nitrogen rate and changing the time of application. Canola yield and oil will be measured and RR hybrids will be compared with open-pollinated TT types (OP TT).
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To investigate the response to changing the nitrogen rate and changing the time of application. Canola yield and oil will be measured and RR hybrids will be compared with open-pollinated TT types (OP TT).
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To investigate the response to changing the nitrogen rate and changing the time of application. Canola yield and oil will be measured and RR hybrids will be compared with open-pollinated TT types (OP TT).
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To investigate the response to changing the nitrogen rate and changing the time of application. Canola yield and oil will be measured and RR hybrids will be compared with open-pollinated TT types (OP TT).
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To investigate the response to changing the nitrogen rate and changing the time of application. Canola yield and oil will be measured and RR hybrids will be compared with open-pollinated TT types (OP TT).
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To investigate the response to changing the nitrogen rate and changing the time of application. Canola yield and oil will be measured and RR hybrids will be compared with open-pollinated TT types (OP TT).
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To investigate the response to changing the nitrogen rate and changing the time of application. Canola yield and oil will be measured and RR hybrids will be compared with open-pollinated TT types (OP TT).
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To investigate the response to changing the nitrogen rate and changing the time of application. Canola yield and oil will be measured and RR hybrids will be compared with open-pollinated TT types (OP TT).
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To investigate the response to changing the nitrogen rate and changing the time of application. Canola yield and oil will be measured and RR hybrids will be compared with open-pollinated TT types (OP TT).
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To investigate the response to changing the nitrogen rate and changing the time of application. Canola yield and oil will be measured and RR hybrids will be compared with open-pollinated TT types (OP TT).
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To investigate the response to changing the nitrogen rate and changing the time of application. Canola yield and oil will be measured and RR hybrids will be compared with open-pollinated TT types (OP TT).
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To investigate the nitrogen rate and time of application response of canola varieties to yield and oil content of TT and RR hybrids in comparison with open-pollinated types to
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To investigate the effects of rates and granule size of copper containing superphosphate on wheat yields grown on yello9w brown gravelly soil
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To investigate the effects of rates and granule size of copper containing superphosphate on wheat yields grown on yello9w brown gravelly soil
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To determine if there are benefits from the application of the biological based product ‘TM21’ developed by Basic Environmental Systems and Technology (B.E.S.T).
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To determine if there are benefits from the application of the biological based product ‘TM21’ developed by Basic Environmental Systems and Technology (B.E.S.T).
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To examine how two different plant populations and five different nitrogen timings influence the structure, yield and quality of the barley crop canopy in a 1st cereal situation after the break crop.
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To examine how two different plant populations and five different nitrogen timings influence the structure, yield and quality of the barley crop canopy in a first cereal situation.
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To quantify nitrogen leaf uptake when applying UAN with and without follow-up rain; and to determine the effect of streaming versus standard nozzles on nitrogen leaf uptake.
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To economically rebuild many of the characteristics of a soil that will improve the viability of the farming system in this dry land cropping enterprise.
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To investigate the tolerance of barley genotypes to manganese-deficient calcarious soil on Eyre Peninsula.
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To establish the relative tolerance of triticale, wheat and rye to zinc and copper deficiency at a range soil pH.
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A demonstration site to compare different seeding machinery in tough conditions and through a range of soil types.
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To look at the effectiveness of top-dressed urea on canola and the importance of timing prior to rainfall.
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The aim of these nearest neighbour demonstration sites was to investigate the most profitable nitrogen application rates for different regions of the state.
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To provide localised data on optimum plant density for 6 different varieties of field peas.
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To provide localised data on the yield and quality response of released and near release wheat lines at Nyngan, Tottenham, Euabalong and Rankins Springs
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To investigate the production, management and profitability of three different pulse crops.
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To present a review of trace element disorders in South Australian agriculture.
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Assess the response of faba bean and lentil to trace elements cross variable soil types within a paddock
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To look at the potential benefits of applying additional nutrients as foliar sprays during the season, and we also investigated an alternative nutrient product called Hibrix.
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To investigate what macro and micro nutrients are required in order to increase grain yield using a fluid system.
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To investigate the possible yield response in wheat to zinc and copper on the lighter soils in the Cavendish area.
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To ascertain the amount and availability of N under varying stubble management practices and soil environments.
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To measure the trade-off between medic pasture growth and yield of a following cereal crop, with different termination timing of the medic pasture.
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To quantify the benefits of Tramline Farming in a low rainfall area.
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This article summarises the first four years of crop performance after trafficking was imposed on a red calcareous sandy loam at Minnipa Agricultural Centre (a detailed summary of 2015, 2016 and 2017 results can be found in the 2015, 2016 and 2017 Eyre Peninsula Farming Systems Summaries, respectively). Three other trials similar in design and m… read more
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To compare the performance of a controlled traffic system against a conventional traffic system.
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The Transitioning Family Farming Businesses project proposed to facilitate a discussion in the WA grains industry regarding its future industry development requirements around the establishment of farm advisory boards. It did this through the delivery of:
• Needs analysis of the Australian grains industry regarding the development of… read more
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Why do the trial?
There are around 5 million hectares of sandy soils under agricultural production in the low to medium rainfall areas of south-eastern Australia. These soils have multiple constraints limiting production including water repellence, soil acidity, compaction and low organic carbon levels leading to poor biological cycling… read more
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To determine suitable tine spacing and lime products for deep banding of lime to treat subsurface acidity.
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To test a suitable relatively quick and cost-effective method of ameliorating subsurface acidity.
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