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To compare growth, development and yield of current commercial faba bean varieties and advancing breeding lines at three times of sowing (TOS) at Wagga Wagga.
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To report on faba bean time of sowing x plant density x row spacing at Tarlee, Mid North, SA.
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To investigate a range of management options across the latest varieties and potential new releases in faba bean at Westmere, and investigate the effect of chocolate spot and rust management strategies across a range of faba bean varieties.
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To determine appropriate sowing dates and densities of new faba bean varieties in the South East of SA, and quantify effect of various crop-top timings on yield of commercial cultivars.
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To test the response of two common faba bean varieties to changes in plant density in the Victorian high rainfall zone (HRZ).
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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 access the impact of faba bean varieties on Pratylenchus thornei build-up.
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Developing new varieties that are high yielding with a manageable level of resistance to the major fungal diseases and with quality suited to the major markets, particularly the Middle East.
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To test the differences between faba bean varieties.
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To report on the faba bean variety trial at Hamilton.
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To identify the current Faba bean varieties that are best suited to the Western Districts, and to assist in selection of future varieties for the region.
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To identify the current faba bean varieties that are best suited to the Western Districts, and to assist in selection of future varieties for the region.
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To evaluate faba bean varieties and breeding lines under irrigated conditions.
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To compare the effect of rhizobia strains and application rate on the nodulation, biomass, grain yield and grain quality of faba beans grown in suboptimal (acidic and high salinity) soil conditions.
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Faba Bean, Canopy Management, HRZ South East (Bool Lagoon), South Australia Faba Bean, Canopy Management, HRZ Eyre Peninsula (Yeelanna), South Australia Faba Bean, Canopy Management, HRZ Mid North (Tarlee), South Australia
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To evaluate the effects of fungicide strategies and inoculants on the nodulation, root disease score and grain yield.
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To investigate the adaptability of a range of faba bean varieties and breeding lines to different plant densities and fungicide programs.
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To evaluate the genetic resistance to common fungal diseases of faba bean varieties and its interaction with fungicide strategies for disease control and grain yield.
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To evaluate potential foliar fungicide spray strategies, new breeding lines and varieties for management of fungal diseases in faba bean.
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To evaluate potential of foliar fungicide spray strategies, new breeding lines and varieties for management of fungal diseases in faba bean.
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To evaluate foliar fungicide spray strategies on disease control in new breeding lines and varieties.
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Faba Bean, Fungicides strategies, chocolate spot in PBA Amberley, HRZ South East (Bool Lagoon), South Australia Faba Bean, Fungicides strategies, chocolate spot in PBA Amberley, MRZ Lower Eyre Peninsula (Yeelanna), South Australia
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To evaluate the performance of a range of faba bean varieties and breeding lines with traits for adaptation to low rainfall zones.
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To evaluate the performance of faba bean varieties and breeding lines with drought tolerant traits in low rainfall environments.
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To evaluate the response of the new ‘imi’ tolerant varieties, to novel herbicide strategies involving Group B and C herbicide products.
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To investigate the tolerance of a newly released faba bean variety PBA Bendoc to residual (simulated) and in-crop application timings of Group B herbicides in comparison with the commercial variety PBA Samira.
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To investigate the tolerance of a newly released faba bean variety PBA Bendoc to residual (simulated) and in-crop application of various Group B herbicides in comparison with the commercial variety PBA Samira.
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To compare the level of herbicide tolerance in PBA Bendoc (an imidazoline tolerant faba bean variety) against the newly released line PBA Amberley (tested as AF11023) to pre and post emergent applications of GpC at various rates.
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To evaluate the level of herbicide tolerance in a faba bean mutant derived line with Group B herbicide tolerance traits in response to simulated residues and post-emergent applications of Group B herbicides.
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To evaluate the efficacy of acid-tolerant rhizobia to increase faba bean performance compared to a commercial strain of rhizobia or nitrogen fertiliser on an acidic soil.
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To evaluate the optimum sowing rate for different faba bean varieties sown in spring.
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To promote early vigour to improve biomass and yield partitioning in faba bean.
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To investigate the response of faba bean to application of lime, macro and micro-nutrients
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To investigate the response of faba bean to application of macro and micro-nutrients.
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To investigate the response of faba bean to phosphorus fertilizer rates.
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To evaluate the effects of timing of potassium application on growth and vigor of faba bean.
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To evaluate the effectiveness of fungicide seed dressings and in-furrow treatments against cercospora leaf spot in faba bean.
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To evaluate the optimum rate and time of sowing for PBA Samira faba beans for increased yield and profitability.
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To evaluate the adaptability of flowering time and yield of various faba bean varieties.
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To evaluate the adaptability of faba bean cultivars to spring sowing in the Victorian HRZ.
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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 improve the performance of legumes in the Southern Region high rainfall zone.
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A case study to demonstrate that faba beans can serve as a much needed break crop in the dominant canola-barley rotation on the South Coast sandplain
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To invesigate the tolerance of a newly released faba bean variety PBA Bendoc to post sowing pre-emergence (PSPE) and in-crop application timings of Group B herbicides in comparison with PBA Samira.
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Evaluation of faba bean varities and breeding lines under irrigated conditions.
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To evaluate alternative products for faba bean desiccation.
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The Making Better Fertiliser Decisions for Cropping Systems in Australia project (BFDC) aims to provide the fertiliser industry, agency staff, agribusiness advisors and growers with the knowledge and resources to improve nutrient recommendations for optimising crop production.
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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 if the effects of rates and granule size of copper containing superphosphate on wheat yields grown on yellow brown gravelly soil persist into following year.
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To investigate factors driving nitrous oxide emissions from uncropped (head ditch and tail drain) areas of irrigated cotton fields after water-run urea application.
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To report on the final season that was monitored by the FAST project.
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To look at the impact of break crops on Rhizoctonia inoculum in 2013 and of crop management on disease expression in the following cereal crop.
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To look at the impact of 2012 break crops on Rhizoctonia inoculum in 2013 and of crop management on disease expression in the 2013 cereal crop.
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The Grain and Graze program was keen to test the findings from extensive trial work with a group of farmers to see if the theories of grazing cereals provided the desired response under a range of conditions and farming situations. The financial gain from the exercise was also calculated.
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To demonstrate and assess the value of sowing into cereals
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Caring for Our Country funding was obtained to demonstrate the impact of new fungicides for Rhizoctonia suppression by monitoring farmer implement broad acre strips in their current farming systems in 2014.
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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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The DAFF and GRDC funded national trial will examine existing, new and alternative strategies for farmers in the cereal sheep zone to increase soil carbon. The trial will be used as baseline data for carbon accumulation in soils and to: discuss the various forms of soil organic carbon (plant residues, particulate, humus and resistant fractions),… read more
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The DAFF and GRDC funded national trial will examine existing, new and alternative strategies for farmers in the cereal sheep zone to increase soil carbon. The trial will be used as baseline data for carbon accumulation in soils and to: discuss the various forms of soil organic carbon (plant residues, particulate, humus and resistant fractions),… read more
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The DAFF and GRDC funded national trial will examine existing, new and alternative strategies for farmers in the cereal sheep zone to increase soil carbon. The trial will be used as baseline data for carbon accumulation in soils and to: discuss the various forms of soil organic carbon (plant residues, particulate, humus and resistant fractions),… read more
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The DAFF and GRDC funded national trial will examine existing, new and alternative strategies for farmers in the cereal sheep zone to increase soil carbon. The trial will be used as baseline data for carbon accumulation in soils and to: discuss the various forms of soil organic carbon (plant residues, particulate, humus and resistant fractions),… read more
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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 investigate the management, sustainability and profitability of a range of farming systems.
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To assess the impact of various stubble management practices on the extent, severity and duration of frost and determine its effect on canopy temperature and grain yield.
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Determine thresholds of stubble loads (0, 1, 2 & 4t/ha) which increase severity and duration of frosts, and associated frost risks.
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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 test whether knowledge of soil potential, soil variation and in-season predictions of grain yield with Yield Prophet could be useful to improving management.
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To determine the impact on soil carbon fraction levels of applications of balanced nutrients, N, P and S, stubble retention, stubble removal and stubble incorporation.
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To offer students of St Anne's Agriculture classes Year 9 and 10 hands on opportunities to undertake a small field trial using varying urea rates.
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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 discuss the question, 'Should you feed in a drought?'
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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.