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In 2006 seven Demonstration Sites funded by the National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality and the National Landcare Program continued to be used to demonstrate and measure the potential impact of best management practices for dryland agriculture in the Mallee.
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To test the hypothesis that "drainage of waterlogged soils in southwest Victoria through raised beds will increase crop and pasture production with beneficial modifications to soil properties".
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To evaluate the effects of varietal selection, sowing date, plant population and N management on grain yield, oil content and lodging
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To establish a farmer scale demonstration site at Nungarin on a Wodjil soil type investigating cheap, cost-effective methodology to effectively incorporate lime to depth which removes the subsurface constraint and provides more immediate returns to growers on their investment.
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Brome grass is the costliest weed to grain production in the Mallee region despite herbicide resistance being relatively low. This paper brings together research trials from 2015 and 2016 addressing the potential for greater efficacy of pre-emergence herbicides on brome and the potential for better crop competition on non-wetting sands. For grow… read more
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To investigate the interactions between pre-emergence herbicide options and crop row placement.
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To test pre-emergence herbicide options for brome grass on Mallee sand.
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To give an indication of performance at different parts of the island.
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GRDC has funded a programme to address this issue and one of the projects within this programme is developing an improved understanding and implementation of management practices for brassica and pulse crops, pastures and other options to reduce the risk of crop failure and improve whole farm profitability in low rainfall south-east Australia.… read more
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To evaluate the effect and profitability of inoculation and/or nitrogen topdressing on chickpeas and field peas.
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To identify nutrient and stubble management practices which result in increased soil organic matter.
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This trial was located in York in the grainbelt of Western Australia and investigated combinations of UAN (Urea Ammonium Nitrate) Placement (streamed or broadcast), UAN rate (low and high input) and UAN timing (early or late in the crop growth) for management of ARG.
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To investigate the cost-effectiveness of on-farm lime for ameliorating soil acidity in Kwinana East Port Zone and to validate the iLime application (developed by DPIRD and Desiree Futures with funding from GRDC) by comparing simulations with field trial results.
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To demonstrate differences between sprayed and unsprayed plots from December 2012 to February 2013 for RCSN Kwinana East Port Zone trial locations.
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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 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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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 examine the effect of seed manganese concentration on barley yield.
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The study the effects of soil ameliorants on the establishment of canola.
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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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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 demonstrate the pros and cons of different stubble/ soil management and establishment treatments.
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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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To understand management factors influencing cadmium concentration of grain in field grown wheat.
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To develop a new extraction procedure for soil zinc.
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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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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 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 assess the influence of sowing date and species phenology on yield dynamics of barley, oats and wheat in frost conditions
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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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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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A short review of manganese in NSW Agriculture.
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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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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 examine the effect of foliar manganese application on lucerne grown on manganese deficient soil.
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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 compare the zinc efficiency, root growth and production characteristics of 2 cultivars of wheat
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To identifiy zinc deficiency in flax and treatment with zinc fertiliser.
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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 discuss ‘tillage rotation’ as a way to rehabilitate compacted subsoil and increase yield and profit.
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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 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 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 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 screen winter and for summer crops for the tolerance of copper deficiency in glasshouse trials.
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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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To determine the most effective method of applying trace elements to crops on sandy soil that has been clay spread.
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To establish the micronutrient status of some South Australian soils.
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To explore relationships between the availability of trace elements in some South Australian soils.
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To measure concentrations of trace elements in terra rossa and rendzina soils in South Australia.
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A review of trace element research in South Australia.
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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 determine safe ways of using higher rates of Trifluralin.
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To assess the potential to use Ultra High Pressure (UHP) liquid injection technology to apply an ultra low soil disturbance UAN sideband into cropping soils and test whether UHP injection of UAN is a viable alternative N application method for the future.
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To (i) improve the understanding of how soil moisture probes and Yield Prophet can be used to complement each other; (ii) increase the range of APSoil soil type selections in Yield Prophet by modifying existing soil types based on the probe data; (iii) provide growers with access to real-time soil moisture data and periodic Yield Prophet repor… read more
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This research identified the plant traits most likely to determine differences in external critical phosphorus (P) requirements (i.e. the soil extractable-P concentration required to achieve 90% of maximum yield) of pasture legume species. Understanding trait differences that affect critical P requirements of pasture legumes is important in prov… read more
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To gain an understanding of production benefits of clay incorporation and the role of organic matter in sandy soils.
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To increase grower and adviser understanding of: (i) tools available for better crop management decisions; (ii) soil water relationships and plant available water capacity (PAWC); and (iii) influence of seasonal conditions and PAWC on crop yield potential.
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To compare and showcase a range of strategic tillage options for amelioration of shallow sandy duplex soils (Sand over clay/gravel) and to assess their effectiveness at overcoming a range of soil constraints including topsoil water repellence and Compaction and increasing crop productivity over a period of 4-5 years.
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There are a range of machinery options that can provide different levels of lime incorporation such as spading. However, research to date on rotary spaders has shown soil/amendment mixing is not uniform due to the cyclical process, and the mixing quality reduces significantly at faster speed (Ucgul et al. 2019). This trial aimed to understand ho… read more
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To understand the impact of soil carbon and nitrogen cycling on disease suppression.
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To compare and showcase the broad range of strategic tillage options for amelioration of yellow sandplain soils and to assess their effectiveness at overcoming a range of soil constraints including non-wetting soil surface, compaction and subsoil acidity and increasing crop productivity.
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To investigate how nutrient interactions influence yield response. Specifically, if:
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To improve predictability of growth responses to zinc from soil analysis.
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To determine the extent of volatilisation loss of two nitrogen fertilisers (granular urea vs. liquid UAN) applied over a number of days at the end of tillering on a Wimmera grey clay soil (Marnoo) and Mallee clay loam (Birchip).
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To determine if crop sensors can be used during stem elongation to determine N content of the plant and the need for applied N.
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To report on the use of crop sensors as an aid for nitrogen decisions.
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To compare the effects varying fertiliser rates on three different soil types and to compare fertiliser rates, Nil, replacement, standard and high.
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• To use farmer scale machinery to evaluate the benefits of adopting zone
management farming on a range of soil types over a three year period;
• To increase the output to input ratio for our farming system; and
• To collaborate with, and add value to research in precision agriculture being
undertaken by CSIRO, … read more