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To compare the efficacy of pre-emergent herbicide mixtures for 'hard to control' broadleaf weeds in chickpeas.
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The aim of this project is for the Corrigin Farm Improvement Group (CFIG) to compare the profitability of a range of crop rotations, including chemical fallowing, on a medium textured, loamy soil type east of Corrigin. Gross returns are assessed both on an annual basis and on an accumulative multi-year basis.
This project was designed … read more
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To determine the comparative performance of alternative crops and pastures as pest and disease breaks in an intensive cereal phase. In low rainfall regions of south-eastern Australia broad-leaf crops make up only a very small proportion of the total area of sown crops.
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To determine the comparative performance of alternative crops and pastures as pest and disease breaks in an intensive cereal phase.
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To test the vernalisation theory and answer questions around grazing management.
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To investigate whether weed management outside a cropping area provide benefits to growers in terms of lower weed burden, pest and disease risk within crop fields and an associated reduction in herbicide and pesticide inputs with an increase in economic returns?
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A guide to weather and climate on Kangaroo Island
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To evaluate the impact of residual herbicide strategies in winter cereals for fleabane management in the spring and summer.
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To evaluate the efficacy of pre-emergent herbicides against grass weeds in wheat.
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To evaluate the efficacy of pre-emergent herbicides against grass weeds in wheat.
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To evaluate the efficacy of pre-emergent herbicides against grass weeds in wheat. Specifically Annual Ryegrass.
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To evaluate the efficacy of pre-emergent herbicides against grass weeds in chickpea.
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To evaluate the efficacy of pre-emergent herbicides against grass weeds in chickpea.
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To evaluate residual control of button grass in fallow
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To evaluate residual control of button grass in fallow
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To evaluate the efficacy of pre-emergent herbicides against grass weeds in wheat.
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To evaluate the efficacy of pre-emergent herbicides against grass weeds in wheat.
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To evaluate residual herbicides for control of phalaris in chickpea.
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To evaluate residual herbicides for control of wild oats in chickpea.
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To evaluate residual herbicides for control of phalaris in chickpea.
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To evaluate the efficacy of pre-emergent herbicides against grass weeds in chickpea.
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To evaluate the efficacy of pre-emergent herbicides against grass weeds in chickpea. No weed emergence.
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To evaluate the efficacy of pre-emergent herbicides against grass weeds in chickpea.
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To evaluate the efficacy of pre-emergent herbicides against grass weeds in chickpea. No weed emergence.
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To evaluate the efficacy of pre-emergent herbicides against grass weeds in chickpea. No weed emergence.
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To evaluate the efficacy of pre-emergent herbicides against grass weeds in chickpea. Specifically Wild Oats.
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To evaluate the efficacy of pre-emergent herbicides against grass weeds in chickpea.
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To evaluate the efficacy of pre-emergent herbicides against grass weeds in wheat. No weed emergence.
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To evaluate the efficacy of pre-emergent herbicides against grass weeds in wheat.
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To evaluate the efficacy of pre-emergent herbicides against grass weeds in wheat.
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To evaluate the efficacy of pre-emergent herbicides against grass weeds in wheat.
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To evaluate efficacy of residual herbicides against summer weeds in fallow.
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To evaluate the efficacy of pre-emergent herbicides against grass weeds in wheat.
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To evaluate the efficacy of pre-emergent herbicides against grass weeds in chickpea.
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To evaluate the impact of residual herbicide strategies in winter cereals for fleabane management in the spring and summer.
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To evaluate the impact of residual herbicide strategies in winter cereals for fleabane management in the spring and summer.
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To evaluate the impact of residual herbicide strategies in winter cereals for fleabane management in the spring and summer.
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To evaluate the impact of a range of in-crop winter residual herbicides for control of spring and summer germinating awnless barnyard grass.
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Recognising the increasing difficulty in effective fallow control of sowthistle and grasses and the potential role of residual herbicides, a series of field trials were established to compare efficacy of residual herbicide treatments across a range of environments and soil types.
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To improve returns to growers through a better understanding of nitrogen and seeding rates responses.
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To provide early feed for stock in autumn, a time of year when pastures haven’t established properly, and get ewes and lambs out of the confinement feedlot and onto good quality feed as soon as possible.
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To determine the variation in the build-up of Rhizoctonia solani AG8 inoculum between cereal crops wheat, barley, triticale and cereal rye and varieties in a cropping system.
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To report on the role and management of high density legume break crops in dryland dropping rotations.
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To quantify wheat yield loss in response to root lesion nematode (Pratylenchus quasitereoides) population size, by using a unique population gradient which has been set up as a result of host-crop varieties and nitrogen treatments over the 2018 and 2019 growing seasons.
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Controlling barley grass in upper EP farming systems is becoming a major issue for growers, due to the development of herbicide resistance and delayed weed emergence. Management options other than herbicides need to be considered to address the issue for long-term sustainability. One of the best bets for cultural control of barley grass in-crop … read more
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To investigate regional risk and management tactics for RWA.
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To examine rygrass control in barley using pre-emergent herbicides.
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To draw on this previous work and is testing a ‘best bet’ approach to incorporating OMSB into wheat belt farming systems in NSW.
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To report on yield variability maps and yield estimates at farm, field and site level. Agrecon is currently extending the application of satellite imagery to broadacre crop production.
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To investigate the impact of different stubble treatments (burning, cultivation or standing stubble) imposed towards the end of the fallow have on the yield of wheat and barley, and evaluate any cultivar responses within crop species to the impact of the different stubble treatments.
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To report on seed quality, nitrogen, screenings and black point in wheat and barley.
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To investigate the potential non-chemical options for managing barley grass in a crop is increasing crop competition by reducing row spacing and increasing sowing rate.
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To investigate the potential of non-chemical options for managing barley grass in a crop is increasing crop competition by reducing row spacing and increasing sowing rate.
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To quantify the effect of paddock stubble management and weed burden during the summer fallow on crop available soil water, nutrients and yield.
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To test whether sheep grazing in no-till systems damages soil and reduces crop yields.
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To assess the impact of sheep grazing on crops, stubbles, soil structure, water dynamics and crop yield.
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To assess the impact of sheep grazing on crops, stubbles, soil structure, water dynamics and crop yield.
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To assess the impact of sheep grazing on crops, stubbles, soil structure, water dynamics and crop yield.
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To assess the impact of sheep grazing on crops, stubbles, soil structure, water dynamics and crop yield.
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To assess the impact of sheep grazing on crops, stubbles, soil structure, water dynamics and crop yield.
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To assess the impact of sheep grazing on crops, stubbles, soil structure, water dynamics and crop yield.
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To assess the impact of sheep grazing on crops, stubbles, soil structure, water dynamics and crop yield.
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To determine the impact of sheep grazing on stubbles during the summer fallow period on soil properties, crop resources and growth under no-till, controlled traffic cropping with strict weed control.
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To identify alternative grazing systems that are both sustainable and profitable in low-medium rainfall zones where cropping is no longer viable due to high risks and changing climatic conditions.
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For a sub-tropical grass established in the Mallee environment, to assess the pattern and reliability of growth and its potential as a fodder source using simulation models.
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To evaluate the effectiveness of skip row spacing of wheat in a medium to low rainfall environment.
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To examine the pasture productivity and economic response to the application and incorporation of low rates of clay to pale deep sandplain over three years.
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To examine the pasture productivity and economic response to the application and incorporation of low rates of clay to pale deep sandplain over three years.
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To discuss soil conservation and land use.
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To assess the impact of the 2006 drought on soil resources of the Mallee region, and to identify preventative means for soil stabilization.
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To examine varieties of industrial hemp
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To determine whether sowing direction influences wheat and barley grain yields in the southern grains region.
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To determine if sowing direction and row spacing can be used to reduce grass weed populations, growth and seed set, and their impact on crop performance in the Mallee.
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To determine if sowing direction and row spacing can be used to reduce grass weed populations, growth and seed set, and their impact on crop performance in the Mallee.
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To outline how farmers can maximise wheat yield on long fallow by sowing early with slow developing cultivars.
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To compare the early grazing and yield potential of winter wheat varieties sown very early in response to summer rain.
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To assess wether recent field pea breeding advancements in resistance to blackspot are significant enough to allow management changes to sowing time in this crop.
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The objective of this trial was to evaluate the knockdown efficiency of Spray.Seed with and without common tank mix ‘spikes’, at various rates, on the control of grass and broadleaf weeds including Roundup Ready canola volunteers.
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To see if herbicide strategies can be developed that will reduce the heavy reliance that growers in the Northern Agricultural Region now place on the key active pyrosulfatole, found in the products Velocity and Precept.
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To evaluate new and existing yellow lupin varieties.
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To evaluate new and existing chickpea varieties.
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To evaluate new and existing lupin varieties.
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To evaluate new and existing lupin varieties.
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To determine whether sowing direction influences wheat and barley grain yields in the southern grains region.
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To compare the economic and agronomic response between the paddock rotations of wheat on wheat, wheat on late pasture topping and wheat on chemical fallow. This investigation aims to identify winter fallowing as a low-risk rotational strategy for low rainfall cropping systems in the North and Eastern Wheatbelt region of Western Australia.
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To investe options for reducing nitrous oxide emissions from dryland summer grain cropping in northern NSW.
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To report the biomass, grain production, and gross margin results from sorghum grown in 2014−15 on plots where nitrogen (N) fertiliser was applied in 2013−14 and no additional N was applied to the current crop.
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To discuss how to manage pests and diseases to optimise crop production whilst still managing costs.
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To investigate how differing summer farming practices influence stored water and how plant available water may influence grain yield potential and grain quality attributes in the low rainfall area in central NSW.
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To determin the effect of grazing and burning stubbles on grain yield and quality in no-till and zero-till controlled traffic farming systems in SNSW.
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To develope regional guidelines and recommendations that assist growers and advisors to consistently retain stubbles profitably.