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To look at nitrogen and sulphur management in wheat.
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To develop nitrogen management strategies that optimise the chance of achieving malt quality in Gairdner barley.
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This trial is investigating the uptake by wheat of different nitrogen fertilisers.
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To assess the impact of applying Nitrogen at different rates and timings on grain yields of selected wheat varieties.
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To assess the impact of applying nitrogen at different rates and timings on grain yield of selected wheat varieties.
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To assess the impact of applying additional Nitrogen at different rates and timings on the grain yield of Bolac wheat.
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To assess the impact of applying additional nitrogen at different rates and timings on grain yield of wheat
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To compare at seeding, delayed and split application of nitrogen at varying phosphorus rates.
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To test the applicability of the South Australian 'Slide rule' type of arrangement whereby nitrogen requirement of a cereal crop can be quickly estimated before sowing in the Victorian southern Mallee and northern Wimmera.
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To compare the effects of different nitrogen rates and soil types on wheat production and to extend information to local growers and identify where savings can be made.
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To investigate nitrogen response at Minnipa in 2009.
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To determine the effect of N rate on the yield and grain quality of eight popular bread wheat varieties at Coolah in central NSW in 2015.
Nitrogen (N) is the nutrient most required by wheat. It is essential for growth and development, and yield and grain protein levels. In recent seasons in Central West NSW there has been a significa… read more
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To determine the effect of N application rates on the yield and grain quality of eight popular bread wheat varieties at Gilgandra in central NSW in 2015.
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To determine the effect of N application on the yield and grain quality of eight popular bread wheat varieties at Merriwa in central NSW in 2015.
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To determine the effect of N rate on the yield and grain quality of eight popular bread wheat varieties at Gilgandra in central NSW in 2015.
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To determine the effect of N application and sowing time on the yield and grain quality of eight popular bread wheat varieties at Trangie in central NSW in 2015.
Nitrogen (N) is the nutrient wheat most needs for growth, development and yield. In recent seasons in Central West NSW there has been a significant trend towards above average… read more
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To investigate nitrogen response of six wheat and four barley varieties across two sowing dates.
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To answer some important questions in relation to nitrogen fertiliser application, these questions are: How much, what product and when?
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To investigate the effects of nitrogen placement and timing in wheat.
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To determine the agronomic effectiveness of different nitrogen fertiliser sources and placements in wheat.
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To assess a number of different nitrogen timings and nitrogen products.
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To compare the optimum rate and timing of nitrogen applications (Flexi-N) for the yield and quality of Wyalkatchem wheat and Baudin barley.
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To investigate (as part of a larger trial) where the nitrogen requirements of wheat.
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To determine whether differences exist in the uptake of nitrogen between three commonly grown wheat varieties.
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To outline the concept for nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) and how it can be used on the farm to optimise yield and protein.
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To evaluate the influence of plant population, row spacing and nitrogen rate on nitrogen use efficiency (NUE), dry matter production, grain yield and harvest index in grain maize.
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To evaluate the influence of plant population on nitrogen use efficiency (NUE), dry matter production, grain yield and harvest index in grain maize.
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To evaluate the influence of different rates and timings of 46 %N prilled urea applied N prior to later applications of liquid N applied as fertigation applied in grain maize.
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To evaluate nitrogen use efficiency in grain maize under different rates and of applied N fertiliser applied at sowing and at V6 as urea (46% N).
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To evaluate nitrogen use efficiency in grain maize under different rates and of applied N fertiliser applied as pre drill urea (46% N) prior to fertigation with an overhead lateral.
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To evaluate the influence of different rates and timings of 46 %N prilled urea applied N prior to later applications of liquid N applied as fertigation applied in grain maize.
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To determine the effect of sowing rate, nitrogen fertiliser rate and timing on wheat and barley crop establishment, tiller production, head counts at harvest, grain yield and grain quality.
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To assess the effect of sulphur on tiller numbers, grain yield and quality when combined with in-crop nitrogen.
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To measure: nitrous oxide fluxes in a wheat crop when different rates of nitrogenous urea fertiliser were applied. The effect on wheat yield and quality of applying fertiliser at zero, medium and high urea rates.
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To measure and quantify N2O emissions from wheat grown in rotation with canola, pulses and legume pastures at two sites in low and medium/high rainfall farming systems of the Eyre Peninsula, while assessing best management practices that local farmers can adopt to reduce the risk of N2O losses and ultimately improve the paddock’s crop producti… read more
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Agricultural soils are the main source of emission of the greenhouse gas (GHG) nitrous oxide (N2O) to the atmosphere. N2O is a potent GHG which lasts in the atmosphere for 114 years and has a global warming potential of approximately 300 times greater than that of carbon dioxide over a 100 year timescale. Agriculture accounts for 16% of Australi… read more
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To measure and quantify N2O emissions from wheat grown in rotation with canola, pulses and legume pastures at two sites in low and medium/high rainfall farming systems of the Eyre Peninsula, while assessing best management practices that local farmers can adopt to reduce the risk of N2O losses and ultimately improve the paddock’s crop producti… read more
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Agricultural soils are the main source of emission of the greenhouse gas (GHG) nitrous oxide (N2O) to the atmosphere. N2O is a potent GHG which lasts in the atmosphere for 114 years and has a global warming potential of approximately 300 times greater than that of carbon dioxide over a 100 year timescale. Agriculture accounts for 16% of Australi… read more
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This experiment compared different rhizobia inoculant formulations on nodulation, growth and yield of field pea, lupin, faba bean, lentil and chickpea under varying rain-fed and soil moisture conditions on an acidic, red-brown earth at Wagga Wagga in the south-eastern cropping zone of southern NSW
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To determine the yield and grain quality of 6 commercial wheat varieties.
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To conduct a noodle wheat agronomy demonstration.
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Can systems performance be improved by modifying farming systems in the northern grains region? | In Goondiwindi: (i) What are the trends that are expected in our farming systems? and (ii) How will these changes impact on the performance and status of our farming systems?
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Can systems performance be improved by modifying farming systems in the northern grains region? | What are the trends that are expected and how will these changes impact on the performance and status of our farming systems?
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To use machinery guidance to enable crops to be grown on wide row-spacings, with crops sown into the space between rows in the next yera.
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To determine the relative importance of nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), potassium (K) and sulphur (S) in canola.
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The aim of this study was to examine the impact of long-term farming practices on SOM decomposition and N, P and S net release in soil, thus evaluating the nutrient supply value of SOM in grain cropping systems.
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To address the following question:
Are there Zn containing N fertiliser products that have a consistent produciton or N use efficiency advantage over urea?
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To investigate the potential to refine fertiliser strategies and take advantage of crop type and their place in the rotation to enhance fertiliser efficiency.
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To investigate "Can fertiliser rates be reduced after a drought year to allow for the use of residual P?"
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To investigate the yield response of canola to phosphorous (P) and nitrogen (N).
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Growers in medium to low rainfall regions are keen to grow oats as a break crop, either for hay or as a profitable grain crop; however, there is a need to identify management inputs and varieties that consistently meet quality specifications. Currently there is considerable interest in the high yielding milling oat varieties Bannister and Willia… read more
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This trial is the second year of the trial series comparing the performance and response of two breeding lines (03198-18, named Kowari , and 06204-16, named Bilby ) and two benchmark varieties (Carrolup and Williams ) to changes in nitrogen and plant density in medium rainfall environments.
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This trial is the second year of the trial series comparing the performance and response of two breeding lines (03198-18, named Kowari, and 06204-16, named Bilby) and two benchmark varieties (Carrolup and Williams) to changes in nitrogen and plant density in medium rainfall environments.
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This trial is the second year of the trial series comparing the performance and response of two breeding lines (03198-18, named Kowari , and 06204-16, named Bilby ) and two benchmark varieties (Carrolup and Williams ) to changes in nitrogen and plant density in medium rainfall environments. This research builds on the trials conducted at Holt… read more
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To conduct an oat variety trial
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To conduct an oat variety trial.
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To conduct an oat variety trial.
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To compare the early grazing value, hay production or grain yield of oat varieties.
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To explore oat varieties in the south east.
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To investigate the effect of seeding rate and nitrogen rate on oats for hay production.
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To test on-row or inter-row seeding with and without a pre-emergent herbicide package of trifluralin + metribuzin
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To compare and assess the effectiveness of one-off tillage treatments on soil water repellence, water infiltration, crop establishment and productivity on a water repellent gravel.
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Onion weed (Asphodelus fistulosusis) is a significant pest of crops and pastures on many soil types on upper EP. Onion weed that germinates in the pasture phase often results in thick stands of large plants that require repeated herbicide application and/or cultivation to control prior to a crop phase. Cultivation prior to sowing is a widespread… read more
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To investigate the optimum fertiliser placement when sowing wheat.
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To investigate how different summer crops influence soil moisture throughout their growing seasons and in the subsequent wheat crop
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To compare an opportunistic break crop against fallow and wheat to better define the pros and cons of fallowing.
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To compare an opportunistic break crop against fallow and wheat to better define the pros and cons of fallowing.
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To highlight the main challenges faced in continuous cropping systems, and provide some recent research outcomes on best-bet management to sustain profitable continuous cropping with current and foreseeable technologies.
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To assess the optimum barley fungicide strategy for the different climatic regions represented in the project and to determine whether the likelihood of fungicide response can be linked to specific timings, disease and plant available water.
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The objectives of these trials are very similar to those pursued last season, those being to establish guidelines on the use of foliar applied fungicides in barley crops.
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To determine the optimum combination of sowing date, nitrogen management and variety for growth, grain yield and oil concentration in Canola.
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To assess a range of commercial rhizobia inoculant products, application strategies and sowing times to provide growers with recommendations that ensures adequate nodulation and nitrogen fixation in dry sown crops.
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The aim of this series of experiments was to deterimine if management of EGA Wedgetail should be different to that of spring wheats sown in May, and if grown for grain only or dual purpose use.
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To investigate phosphorus use efficiency in six crop types - barley, wheat, canola, lentils, faba beans and field peas. This is the third year of this BCG research.
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To investigate phosphorus use efficiency in six crop types - barley, wheat, canola, lentils, faba beans and field peas. This is the third year of this BCG research.
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To investigate phosphorus use efficiency in six crop types - barley, wheat, canola, lentils, faba beans and field peas. This is the third year of this BCG research.
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This project aims to determine if nitrogen supply is limiting uptake of sulphur in canola crops grown in the Riverine Plains region and whether sulphur uptake and yield is increased in canola when nitrogen is available in non-limiting quantities.
The 2017 project trial assessed the response to nitrogen and sulphur in canola crops of the R… read more
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This project aims to determine if nitrogen supply is limiting uptake of sulphur in canola crops grown in the Riverine Plains region and whether sulphur uptake and yield is increased in canola when nitrogen is available in non-limiting quantities.
The 2017 project trial assessed the response to nitrogen and sulphur in canola crops of the R… read more
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This project aims to enable growers to make timely and efficient nitrogen decisions in the Esperance port zone by having a rule of thumb around the cost/benefit of feeding N to crops on waterlogged soils.
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To enable growers to make timely and efficient nitrogen decisions in the Albany and Esperance port zones by having a rule of thumb around the cost/benefit of nitrogen fertiliser for crops on waterlogged soils.
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To enable growers to make timely and efficient nitrogen decisions in the Albany and Esperance port zones by having a rule of thumb around the cost/benefit of feeding N to crops on waterlogged soils.
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To test some of the commercial practices used in irrigated cotton growing. In the 2014–15 summer cropping season, three experiments were conducted at commercial farms located near Emerald (Qld), Moree (NSW), and Gunnedah (NSW).
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The objectives were to:
1. reduce nitrous oxide emissions from dryland grains cropping.
2. improve nitrogen use efficiency.
3. validate and develop process-based biogeochemistry models.
4. simulate net greenhouse gas emission under current and projected future climate scenarios.
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To demonstrate the effectiveness of two types of surface applied organic amendments – compost and chicken manure.
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To explore the use of manganese fertilisers to overcome Mn deficiency in narrow-leafed lupins
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To overcome the challenges in setting up variable rate controllers
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To highlight some of the major issues of trifluralin use and present ways they can be resolved with a little additional care and forward thinking.
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