Aims:
To provide information about soil biology in farming systems.
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To investigate whether soil compaction was causing them production losses.
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To assess a previous soil pH monitoring site, sampled 14 years prior, and a farmer led onfarm lime trial was conducted west of Condobolin NSW.
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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 review stripe rust management.
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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 measure ryegrass populations under continuous cropping with a range of stubble and tillage practices.
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To investigate sulfonylurea herbicide and zinc / phosphorus fertiliser interactions in wheat in the Central West NSW cropping belt.
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To study the interaction between herbicides and Zn nutrition of wheat.
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To examine the long-term environmental, biological and economic effects of alternate production systems.
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To discuss the agronomy of durum wheats.
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To provide further information regarding sowing rates and optimum plant densities.
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To report on the effect of sowing rate on the performance of wheat in the Forbes and Parkes districts
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To investigate the effect of sowing time and variety on yield and oil concentration of canola (Brassica napus)
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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 provide localised data on optimum plant density for 6 different varieties of field peas.
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To provide localised data on the yield and quality response of released and near release wheat lines at Nyngan, Tottenham, Euabalong and Rankins Springs
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To investigate the production, management and profitability of three different pulse crops.
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To determine the performance of triticale varieties, a crop species uncommon in these low rainfall regions
of Central West NSW.
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To compare a standard practice of an upfront MAP fertiliser only, to this same rate of MAP plus a Twin N foliar application.
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To provide information about understanding maps.
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To conduct a vetch variety trial to look for a dual purpose vetch variety.
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To further investigate the impact of rainfall timing on the effectiveness of topdressed urea N uptake, and
the possible role of Agritain-treated urea to overcome the problems with the timing of topdressing.
Aims:
To further investigate the impact of rainfall timing on the effectiveness of topdressed urea N uptake, and
the possible role of Agritain-treated urea to overcome the problems with the timing of topdressing.
Aims:
To use a combination of alternative weed control methods to minimise the reliance on chemicals.
Aims:
To determine if sowing direction and row spacing can be used to influence grass weed populations and growth,
and their impact on crop performance in the Mallee.
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To report on vetch breeding and versatility of vetch in field crop rotations.
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To integrate productive perennial pastures into annual cropping systems so as to improve the profitability and sustainability of dryland farming.
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To look at the different weed control options for field peas.
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To investigate the impact that two different harvest weed seed control (HWSC) methods – narrow windrowing of header trash and the Esperance Mobile Ag Repairs (EMAR) chaff deck – have on reducing the weed burden in the following crop.
Aims:
To inform readers about weed sensing: the use of a machine or instrument to detect a weed; a plant that shouldn’t be there
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To satisfy the questions of local farmers.
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To evaluate the impact of tillage treatments on wheat yield in a number of farmer demonstrations.
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To determine the effects of sowing rates and row spacing on yield of wheat in our low rainfall environment.
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To compare pulse production, as well as, assess the follow-on benefits of different pulses to wheat.
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To compare the performance of potential wheat and barley varieties with existing varieties commonly
grown in SNSW under local conditions.
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To measure potential responses in wheat.
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To evaluate the susceptibility of new wheat varieties, which currently have insufficient trial data to provide a disease score, to CRR compared with varieties with known disease ratings.
Aims:
During 2013 harvest Mr Roger Bolte of Wyalong established windrows in paddocks in an attempt to help manage herbicide resistant ryegrass populations.
Aims:
To see if zinc was limiting yield potential.