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To evaluate a range of herbicide combinations for controlling brome grass in lentils.
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To measure differences in yield and brome grass control following a numerous years of cultural practice on commercial size trial
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To measure differences in yield and brome grass control following a numerous years of cultural practice on commercial size trial
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To investigate herbicide control options for brome grass control in direct drilled wheat in the Mallee.
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To investigate selection of the right rotation and herbicide strategy for brome grass management.
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To investigate selection of the right rotation and herbicide strategy for brome grass management.
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To quantify how much brome grass seed was retained on plants at different times of harvest.
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To investigate the threshold temperatures to kill weed seeds, and the temperatures achieved when burning crop residues in various formats to faciliate weed seed control of problematic weeds in low rainfall cropping systems.
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To gain insights from some of the top performing farm businesses in the zone about their management, agronomy practices and the triggers for key decision-making.
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To compare the productivity and profitability of cropping in the presence of a background of herbicide resistant ryegrass, and to assess the implications of various low or high input grass control options applied to wheat and break crops on production costs and ryegrass management.
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To determine whether soil organic carbon be increased in a continuous cropping system in the low to medium rainfall zone.
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To present actual farming results from a large cropping program in the Condobolin area in central NSW.
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To identify key ingredients of agronomic packages that deliver high yielding wheat crops with good quality in the Parndana environment.
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To study the effect of a 1994 canola stubble on a subsequent wheat cop, and was compared against a 1994 chickpea stubble.
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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 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 assess the efficacy of foliar, on-seed and on-fertiliser commercially available fungicides on blackleg control in retained stubble systems.
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To test the effectiveness of broadcasting canola into wheat stubble as a method of establishing a canola crop
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To demonstrate whether current seeder set ups within the region are capable of successfully sowing canola into heavy stubble.
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To identify variety x sowing date combinations to achieve optimum flowering window.
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To determine the effect of final grain yield from grazing canola grown for grian and fodder.
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To investigate different nitrogen timings on the grain yield and quality of canola. Also to compare the performance of urea and sulphate of ammonia (SOA) as sources of nitrogen.
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To investigate the effect of nutrition and disease management on canola yield and quality at Westmere in 2014.
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To evaluate options to manage risk in canola crops without yield penalty, such as:
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To assess the yield of a range of canola varieties
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To test 8 TT varieties of hybrid and open pollinated canola.
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This trial had the objective of examining how different crop canopies influenced the need for disease control in winter wheat.
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To investigate swathing early then harvesting for weed seed collection to evaluate usefulness for farmers in providing another tool for integrated weed management, especially for barley grass that matures and sheds seed before crops ripen.
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The aim of these experiments is to examine how tillage intensity influences allocation and stabilisation (storage) of newly assimilated C in canola crop-soil and wheat crop-soil systems at Wagga Wagga and Condobolin.
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The Upper North Farming systems group is involved in several Carbon Farming projects, which are trying to identify areas which have the greatest potential for soil carbon sequestration or reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.
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To evaluate if there is any difference in deriving management zones from soil or production spatial information and in what situations each of these layers may be useful to help maximise grower investment in PA technologies.
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This project aims to evaluate if there is any difference in deriving management zones from soil or production spatial information and in what situations each of these layers may be useful to help maximise grower investment in PA technologies.
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An objective of this research was to create a water balance model for white clover seed production. In conjunction with the water balance investigation, determination of $return/ML applied to assess water use efficiency would be studied. Overlaying this research was the aim of assessing current, as well as historical, impacts of irrigation manag… read more
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To investigate the impact that stubble treatments (burning, cultivation, harrowed/flattened or standing stubble) imposed towards the end of the fallow have on the yield of winter crops.
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To provide advice on cereal stubble for grain legumes.
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To determine the level of herbicide resistance to selective in-crop herbicides in annual ryegrass across western Victoria using random weed surveys.
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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 assess the optimum fungicide management strategy for new varieties of chickpea.
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To determine the optimum disease management strategy for Flip 94-090c, Flip 94-509c and Flip 94-508c.
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To determine the optimum disease management strategy for Flip 94-090c, Flip 94-509c and Flip 94-508c.
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To determine the optimum disease management strategy for Flip 94-090c, Flip 94-509c and Flip 94-508c.
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To determine optimum disease management strategy, focussing on podding applications, in new resistant and moderately resistant desi and kabuli chickpea varieties.
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To maximise production advantages of new kabuli and desi chickpea varieties through the development of appropriate disease management strategies.
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To determine optimum disease management strategy, focussing on podding applications, in new resistant and moderately resistant desi and kabuli chickpea varieties.
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To report on chickpea disease management in the Wimmera, Victoria.
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To report on chickpea sowing time x row space x plant density at Wimmera (Minyip),Victoria.
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To conduct a chickpea variety trial.
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To test chickpea variety yields as part of the Pulse Breeding Australia and National Variety Testing programs.
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To develop variety specific management packages for ascochyta blight of chickpea.
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To determine the best management practices for growing the new varieties of chickpeas here in Condobolin.
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To answer the question 'What if there is no break until June or July?'
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To look at canopy management and its integration with disease management principles in the different climates of southern Australia.
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To identify on-farm management strategies to increase soil organic carbon (SOC) and quantify any associated risks and benefits in a grain production system. In this trial the NSPNR wanted to detrmine whether: Altering inputs to increase plant biomass would subsequently increase soil carbon, and amending soils with compost would increase soil car… read more
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To identify on-farm management strategies to increase soil organic carbon (SOC) and quantify any associated risks and benefits in a grain production system.
In this trial the Facey Group wanted to determine whether:
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1. Assess the potential yield loss/gains when increasing the seed row width for the benefits of subsequent inter‐row (no‐till) cropping;
2. To determine if nitrogen application efficiency can be increased in wider row spacing by applying the nitrogen either as an up front or in crop treatment;
3. To assess the varietal yield re… read more
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This research determines to assess the benefits (economic and environmental) of a green manure phase under current cropping systems in areas with a poor nutritional status.
To evaluate crop types and incorporation techniques to rejuvenate poor performing soils using a green manure phase, as well as to identify and evaluate the potent… read more
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To compare the effect of different stubble treatments on crop establishment, growth, grain yield and quality over a three year timeframe.
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To compare the crop effect of two formulations of trifluralin – Triflur 480 (480 g/L active ingredient) and Crew (330 g/L active ingredient with slow release formulation). The work also included a demonstration of crop effect of trifluralin under dry- and wet sowing conditions.
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To identify if twin row seeding systems and adjusting seeding rate will; 1)Increase the competitive ability of wheat in weedy situations and reduce weed seed set, 2)Increase the profitability of wheat production through increased yield and reduced costs of inputs.
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To identify best management practices for the production of red lentils.
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To quantify how paddock stubble load and weed burden during summer can affect soil water, nutrients and subsequent crop yield.
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To quantify how paddock stubble load and weed burden during summer can affect available soil water, nutrients and subsequent crop yield.
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To quantify how paddock stubble load and weed burden during summer can affect available soil water, nutrients and subsequent crop yield.
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To quantify how paddock stubble load and weed burden during summer can affect soil water, nutrients and subsequent crop yield.
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To quantify how paddock stubble load and weed burden during summer can affect soil water, nutrients and subsequent crop yield.
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To quantify how paddock stubble load and weed burden during summer can affect soil water, nutrients and subsequent crop yield.
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To quantify how paddock stubble load and weed burden during summer can affect soil water, nutrients and subsequent crop yield.
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To quantify how paddock stubble load and weed burden during summer can affect soil water, nutrients and subsequent crop yield.
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To determine if various farm management techniques improve the storage of out-of-season rainfall and whether this leads to improvements in crop growth and/or yield.
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To determine if various farm management techniques improve the storage of out-of-season rainfall and whether this leads to improvements in crop growth and/or yield.
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To determine if various farm management techniques improve the storage of out-of-season rainfall and whether this leads to improvements in crop growth and/or yield.
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To determine if various farm management techniques improve the storage of out-of-season rainfall and whether this leads to improvements in yield.
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To answer the question - continuous cropping - is it sustainable?
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To improve farmer access to quality information relating to soil health
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To discuss a closely-monitored paddock in the Charlton district that has been in wheat for the last seven years.
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To quantify the contribution of sunflower leaves to yield and oil quality through the application of twelve leaf defoliation treatments.
Sunflowers are generally considered a minor crop in the NSW northern grains region. However, they play an important role in providing a broadleaf summer crop rotation option. An individual sunflower p… read more
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To quantify the contribution of different sunflower leaves to yield and oil quality by applying 12 leaf defoliation treatments.
Sunflowers are generally considered a minor crop in the northern grains region. However, they play an important role in providing a broadleaf summer crop rotation option. An individual sunflower plant produces… read more
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To test the impact of sheep grazing no-till and zero-till farming systems on soil conditions and crop yields.
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To compare crop emergence between treatments.
To compare programs of seed and foliar fungicides for BL control.
To compare yield and $ROI between Canola disease programs.
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To determine the effectiveness of cut stump treatments for control of ratoon cotton
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To evaluate the effect of long term management strategies on the wild oat seedbank and measure the efficacy of various control techniques.
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To evaluate the effect of long term management strategies on the wild oat seedbank and measure the efficacy of various control techniques.
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This project aimed to explore different management strategies to overcome copper deficiency in cereals. The project compared the effectiveness of copper sulfate and copper chelate applied either as liquids banded at seeding or as a foliar spray. The project also evaluated the effect of different timings of application of the foliar sprays and th… read more
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To investigate the management, profitability and sustainability of four farming systems.
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To screen a range of herbicide treatments for cotton regrowth management via a 'cut stump' application.
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This research aimed to determine the external critical phosphorus (P) requirement (i.e. the soil extractable-P concentration required to achieve 90% of maximum yield) of a range of pasture legume species under field conditions. This information can be used as a benchmark for soil testing and soil P fertility management on farms.
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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 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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Issue EP farmers identified as a problem with stubble retained systems was sowing into non-wetting sands and the resulting uneven germination. The trial at Murlong (near Lock) was established in 2013 to compare how crop establishment is affected by time of sowing, sowing rate, and seed position and depth on a non-wetting sand.
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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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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.