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To investigate whether fertiliser granule size influences nutrient availability to plants.
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To investigate whether fertiliser granule size influences nutrient availability to plants.
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To investigate whether fertiliser granule size influences nutrient availability to plants.
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To determine whether UAN as a carrier, rather than just water, increases the efficacy of grass selective herbicides on ryegrass control.
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To present ideas around drought being a catalyst for change.
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To discuss the integration of livestock into the cropping program.
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To discuss notes on Durum wheat production.
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To conduct a Durum wheat agronomy demonstration,
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To trial a number of Durum wheat varieties in a demonstration.
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To determine the best (control and cost effetive) herbicide for the control of radish in barley.
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To assess the impact of time of sowing (TOS) on a range of wheat variety maturity classes (winter wheat, slow and mid spring maturing varieties) and to measure the impact of plant density and the presence of weeds (simulated with tame oats) on these varieties.
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To compare the yield performance of several slow-developing winter wheat cultivars (requiring vernalisation) with spring wheat cultivars (photoperiod sensitive) at different plant densities, in the presence or absence of weeds.
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To conduct an easy N late top-dressing demonstration.
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To look at the combination of four phosphorus rates (0, 9, 18 and 36kg P/ha applied via triple superphosphate) and five nitrogen rates (zero, 20, 40, 80 and 160kg N/ha applied via urea) as well as two nitrogen timings, at sowing and top-dressed.
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To evaluate the crop safety and efficacy on annual ryegrass of soil-incorporated pre-emergent herbicides in dry and wet sowing conditions.
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To evaluate emerging and newly released medic, vetch and forage peas varieties for their ability to produce dry matter and nutritive value for stock in the Mallee and Wimmera environments.
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To evaluate the interaction between seeding systems and pre-emergence herbicides on the establishment of wheat, on two contrasting soil types.
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To provide a useful technique for estimating pasture legume seed reserved in paddocks.
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To identify suitable lucerne varieties for the Mallee and test if there are differences in establishment, persistence and production between them.
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To assess the potential of medic pastures and compare the productivity and persistence of commercial varieties in the Birchip area.
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To compare the productivity of herbicide tolerant canola varieties grown in the southern Mallee and northern Wimmera environments.
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To assess the potential of lentils in the Birchip area and compare the grain yield of commercial lentil varieties at Birchip.
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To compare soil P tests for predicting crop responses on a paddock scale.
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To compare soil P tests for predicting crop responses on a paddock scale.
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To compare soil P tests for predicting crop responses on a paddock scale.
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To compare soil P tests for predicting crop responses on a paddock scale.
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To compare soil P tests for predicting crop responses on a paddock scale.
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To compare soil P tests for predicting crop responses on a paddock scale.
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To compare soil P tests for predicting crop responses on a paddock scale.
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To compare soil P tests for predicting crop responses on a paddock scale.
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To compare soil P tests for predicting crop responses on a paddock scale.
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To compare soil P tests for predicting crop responses on a paddock scale.
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To compare soil P tests for predicting crop responses on a paddock scale.
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To compare soil P tests for predicting crop responses on a paddock scale.
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To compare soil P tests for predicting crop responses on a paddock scale.
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To compare soil P tests for predicting crop responses on a paddock scale.
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The aim of this work was to test the robustness of current soil testing procedure
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To demonstrate a range of zinc fertiliser products.
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To investigate new faba bean varieties.
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To develop and release faba bean varieties that are resistant to both ascochyta blight and chocolate spot, flower early and produce high yields in the drier areas of southern Australia such as the Mallee.
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To conduct a faba bean variety evaluation.
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To compare the performance of current and potential new faba bean varieties under low rainfall Mallee conditions
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To compare the performance of current and potential new faba bean varieties in Victoria.
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To determine the optimum time of windrowing for faba beans and compare this practice to direct heading.
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To report on the final season that was monitored by the FAST project.
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To demonstrate six different seeding machine set-ups sowing in stubble. This demonstration was used to compare different set-ups across two different rates of triflualin at a number of different sowing speeds.
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To conduct a demonstration of farmer-retained canola seed.
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To discuss the BCG Farming Systems 2000 season.
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To compare the profitability of four different farming systems.
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To report on the BCG Farming Systems project in 2001.
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To investigate pasture production and utilisation by sheep.
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To present results from BCG's Farming Systems trials.
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To update information on livestock ad the Farming Systems site.
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To report on the Farming Systems trial 2003.
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To report on the Farming Systems trial.
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To report on the Farming Systems trial 2006.
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To compare the yields of crops in southern Mallee farming systems in 2009.
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To compare the yields of crops in the southern Mallee under various farming systmes in 2010.
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To compare the yields of crops grown under four different farming systems common to the southern Mallee region.
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To see how different the machinery requirements are in different farming systems.
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To assess the Farming Systems trial for changes in the soil properties/health that may have occurred between each of the four systems since 2000.
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To uncover what makes for profitable and sustainable crop production.
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To link financial management to the environmental and production aspects of a variety of farming systems in south eastern Australia.
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To test the persistence and performance of summer-active perennial grasses in a Mallee environment and the potential for pasture cropping.
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To discuss the feeding of sheep.
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To investigate whether higher fertiliser rates profitably produced greater amounts of better quality pasture than when district average fertiliser rates are used.
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To identify weed species that pose the greatest threats to agricultural produciton if incursion an dispersal is allowed to occur from roadsides and fence-lines into farmed land.
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To investigate the role of fenugreek in south eastern Australian farming systems.
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To investigate the effect of post-sowing pre-emergent herbicides and post emergent herbicides on fenugreek growth and yield and weed control.
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To assess weed control and fenugreek tolerance of several herbicide mixes and to screen new fenugreek varieties for tolerance to commonly used herbicides.
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To investigate the yield and bacterial blight incidence of potential fenugreek varieties for grain production in the Wimmera.
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To conduct a Fenugreek variety trial.
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To determine optimum seed and fertiliser placement in canola and wheat and the effect of Agrotain in reducing seedling burn from urea.
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To deal with fertiliser types and rates, and also how they can be applied and when, and what other factors need to be considered.
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To provide answers to a number of commonly asked fertiliser questions in the southern Mallee/Northern Wimmera and to generate guidelines to assist growers develop profitable nutrient strategies for the coming season.
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To test for field evidence for efficiency of fluid fertilisers.
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To determine the optimum sowing date(s) and sowing rate(s) for new field pea cultivars.
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To develop inproved cultivars of field peas for all regions in southern Australia.
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To conduct a field pea variety trial.
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To compare the performance of four field pea varieties in the Mallee.
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To improve the yield potential, adaptation and grain quality of field pea in southern Australia by breeding superior varieties for growers.
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To investigate the effects of soil type and climate on the yield of commercial varieties and advanced breeding lines in Victoria and thereby assist in the selection of superior varieties for farmers in this state.
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To conduct a field pea variety evaluation.
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To identify the best varieties available and potential commercial releases from the breeding program for growers in Victoria.
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To discuss field pea varieties and issues.
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To intriduce Fiesta VF (formerly Acc 483) - a new variety of faba bean for release in 1998.
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To raise awareness about the increasing occurrence of herbicide resistant wild radish populations in the Wimmera and Mallee and to determine the best management practices for farmers to combat it and reduce its spread.
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To assess and evaluated a range of different pasture varieties at three different sites.
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To assess and evaluated a range of different pasture varieties at three different sites.
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To discuss the criteria for financial viability after drought.
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To demonstrate a range of crop types and end-uses that could have a role in the low rainfall farming systems of the Mallee.
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To demonstrate a range of crop types and end-uses that could have a role in the low rainfall farming systems of the Mallee.
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To help conventional (till) and no-till farmers appreciate the differences in management issues between the two establishment techniques and associated farming systems.