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To provide advice to breeders, researchers, agronomists and growers on the plant characteristics suited to the HRZ.
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To focus on maintaining profitable retained stubble systems rather than investigating agronomic and economic benefits of stubble retention.
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To test whether soil fertility and health could be improved under a higher input system (e.g. higher fertiliser and seeding rates, establishment of improved pasture) compared to a lower input and more traditional system (district practice seed and fertiliser inputs, volunteer pasture).
The six year (2008-2013) rotation of: wheat, wheat… read more
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A long-term study was established at the Minnipa Agricultural Centre from 2008 to 2016 (EPFS Summaries 2008 to 2015) to assess the systems impact of grazing on crop and pasture production, and soil health.
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To demonstrate the yield and dry matter responses of field peas, lentils and chickpeas to the application of phosphorus and zine in the southern Mallee.
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To investigate the impacts of degree and timing of grazing on crop yield.
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To demonstrate the impacts of degree and timing of grazing of crops on yield.
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To measure the impact of grazing within cropping systems on soil properties, water dynamics and crop yield.
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To investigate available technology tools for farmers to make in-season management decisions for grain farming in the Esperance Port Zone (EPZ). Until recently, Yield Prophet was the most well-known yield estimation tool, however there are now other options becoming available. SEPWA looked at how other in-season management tools measure up in a… read more
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To investigate available technology tools for farmers to make in-season management decisions for grain farming in the Esperance Port Zone (EPZ). Until recently, Yield Prophet was the most well-known yield estimation tool, however there are now other options becoming available. SEPWA looked at how other in-season management tools measure up in … read more
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To investigate available technology tools for farmers to make in-season management decisions for grain farming in the Esperance Port Zone (EPZ). Until recently, Yield Prophet was the most well-known yield estimation tool, however there are now other options becoming available. SEPWA looked at how other in-season management tools measure up in … read more
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To investigate available technology tools for farmers to make in-season management decisions for grain farming in the Esperance Port Zone (EPZ). Until recently, Yield Prophet was the most well-known yield estimation tool, however there are now other options becoming available. SEPWA looked at how other in-season management tools measure up in … read more
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To identify the agronomic practices which lead to the production of high quality hard and durum wheat.
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The aim of this project is to see if harvest weed seed practices can be adopted to reduce soil weed seed banks in high yielding high rainfall zone (HRZ) areas of the southern region to address herbicide resistance issues.
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To report on the high inupt cropping trial.
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To continue an economic evaluation of high input versus district practice for 2000.
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The project aims (i) to collect field data that can be pooled with existing data from the Better Fertiliser Decisions for Crops database (BFDC) to assess the applicability of recommended soil critical values for the HRZ of southern Australia, (ii) quantify the effects
of nutrient deficiencies on grain yield, and (iii) identify the main nu… read more
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The project aims (i) to collect field data that can be pooled with existing data from the Better Fertiliser Decisions for Crops database (BFDC) to assess the applicability of recommended soil critical values for the HRZ of southern Australia, (ii) quantify the effects of nutrient deficiencies on grain yield, and (iii) identify the main nutrients… read more
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To investigate the yield response of wheat to zinc enriched fertiliser, MAP and no fertiliser control.
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To investigate the effects of deep ripping on the need for N fertiliser, and to compare the effectiveness of N applied at seeding compared to late tillering.
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To discuss how placement influences the efficacy of zinc oxide and zinc sulfate fertilisers.
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To assess the performance of winter and spring wheat germplasm managed under three different levels of management
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To assess the performance of winter and spring wheat germplasm managed under three different levels of management (mid-May sown).
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To evaluate the impact of crop type and plant population on fallow efficiency and following crop performance
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To evaluate the impact of crop type and stubble amount on fallow water efficiency.
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With larger seeding programs, increased summer weed control to conserve soil moisture and more variable autumn rainfall patterns, more growers Australia-wide are moving toward dry sowing.
On upper Eyre Peninsula in 2017 and 2018, seed was placed in the soil for many weeks with limited soil moisture, some seed still germinated but the d… read more
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To evaluate the impact of groundcover quantity on fallow water efficiency
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To evaluate the impact of crop type and planting density on subsequent fallow efficiency.
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To evaluate the impact of sorghum row spacing and plant population on fallow efficiency
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To evaluate the impact of sorghum row spacing and plant population on fallow efficiency
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To evaluate the impact of harvest stubble height on fallow efficiency.
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To evaluate the impact of harvest stubble height on fallow efficiency.
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To evaluate the impact of harvest stubble height on fallow efficiency.
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To determine how mouldboard ploughing (soil inversion), rotary spading and banded wetting agent affect the availability of soil nutrients.
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To investigate two management strategies applicable to the Mid-North region that could influence nutrient stratification.
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To use the increased concentration of fertiliser granules in low SBU systems to measure any advantage of fertiliser uptake
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In this experiment, we compare three methods of N supply to wheat:
1. surface spread in front of the seeder (early May)
2. mid-row banding at sowing (early May)
3. surface spread at stem elongation (late July).
The difference method was used to evaluated the efficiency of each.
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To investigate the effectiveness of common fertiliser spreaders to evenly distribute snail/slug bait products to achieve recommended numbers of baits per square metre.
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With larger seeding programs, increased summer weed control to conserve soil moisture and more variable autumn rainfall patterns, many growers Australia wide are continuing to dry-sow. More traditionally, growers may have previously ‘dabbled a little’ in dry-sowing and are observing with interest the successes and failures of dry-sowing syst… read more
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To investigate the reasons for these differences in WUE by continuing with trials established at 4 sites in 2008 on different soil types and rainfall zones in selected grower paddocks.
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To investigate the reasons for these differences in WUE by continuing with trials established at 4 sites in 2008 on different soil types and rainfall zones in selected grower paddocks.
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To assess the performance of wheat following either peas, wheat or barley.
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To use a thick layer of cereal straw maintained within the growing season to focus on reducing the amount of moisture lost to soil evaporation.
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To use a thick layer of cereal straw maintained within the growing season to focus on reducing the amount of moisture lost to soil evaporation.
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To investigate the reasons for these differences in WUE by continuing with trials established at 4 sites in 2008 on different soil types and rainfall zones in selected grower paddocks.
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To investigate the reasons for these differences in WUE by establishing four sites on different soil types and rainfall zones in selected grower paddocks.
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To investigate the reasons for these differences in WUE by establishing four sites on different soil types and rainfall zones in selected grower paddocks.
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To investigate the reasons for these differences in WUE by establishing four sites on different soil types and rainfall zones in selected grower paddocks.
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To investigate the reasons for these differences in WUE by establishing four sites on different soil types and rainfall zones in selected grower paddocks.
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To investigate the reasons for these differences in WUE by continuing with trials established at 4 sites in 2008 on different soil types and rainfall zones in selected grower paddocks.
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To determine the value of pasture legumes grown in rotation with crops at Streatham, Gnarwarre and Hamilton
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To evaluate the response of wheat (yield and protein) in different paddock management zones to in-season application of nitrogen fertiliser, using the Yield Prophet system as a guide.
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To evaluate the response of wheat (yield and protein) in different paddock management zones to in-season application of nitrogen fertiliser, using the Yield Prophet system as a guide.
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To determine which soil tests and tissue tests could be used to increase the likelihood of profitable responses from the application of nitrogen to wheat.
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To comment on increasing economic returns of agronomic management using precision agriculture.
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To investigate the use of Gamma Radiometrics in SA.
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To report on investigations on increasing economic returns of agronomic management using
precision agriculture.
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To report on outcomes of the Upper North Water Use Efficiency Project.
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To (i) ground truth through statistical analysis of small plot trials current practices of leading farmers in regards to the use of Variable Rate Technology (VRT), predictive yield modelling and nutrition modelling in improving water use efficiency and hence profitability; (ii) address the hypothesis that greater return on investment can be achi… read more
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To assess the influence of additional Potassium fertiliser (Potassium Sulphate) used in crop on grain yield, tissue and grain concentration on soil with adequate K indices.
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To assess the influence of additional Potassium fertiliser (Potassium Sulphate) used in crop on grain yield, tissue and grain concentration on soil with adequate K indices.
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To evaluate the response of three genotypes of Brassica napus and one genotype of Brassica juncea to subsoil low in zinc.
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To test the viability of establishing lucerne pastures in areas where they have not been traditionally grown.
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To look at canopy management and its integration with disease management principles in the different climates of southern Australia.
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To understand the impact of soil carbon and nitrogen cycling on disease suppression.
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Everyone knows that Queensland grows the best chickpeas, but chickpeas leave the soil quite bare. This bare soil then reduces our fallow efficiency (amount of fallow rainfall captured for use by the next crop), which is a big problem in an area that relies on stored soilwater for yield.
Our team recently completed a study growing cover… read more
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To assess a range of application methods for zinc including seed dressing, soil and foliar sprays and zinc with super fertiliser.
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To investigate fertiliser additives to assess their claim of improving P efficiency, as well as the addition of Potassium and Copper supplements, to improve the yield of irrigated wheat
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The majority of durum growers are trying to push yield towards 10 tonnes/ha which is resulting in some variability in quality and potential downgrading if protein requirements are not met. This trial aimed to investifgate end of season nitrogen (flag leaf) application, growth regulants and irrigation strategies and their influence that these h… read more
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Determine if there are economic and agronomic advantages with using soil ‘wetters’ at seeding to improve crop emergence of wheat (Arrino) in hydrophobic soils (non-wetting).
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To see if disease suppression can be stimulated by increasing organic matter (i.e. carbon) inputs into farming systems under local conditions.
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To determine whether maintaining stubble cover in low rainfall environments increases summer moisture conservation, and, to establish the minimum stubble quantity or threshold necessary to ensure maximum moisture conservation over the summer.
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To investigate responses to phosphorus (P) fertiliser of common wheat and barley varieties on a P deficient soil
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To determine whether highly zinc responsive crops such as faba beans and lentils would respond to additional zinc when grown on a paddock which has had a good zinc history.
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To demonstrate the effect of applying K-Komplex liquid fertiliser to a wheat crop.
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To investigate the usefulness of kikuyu for farmers on Kangaroo Island.
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To investigate the role of the nitrogen stabilisers and plant stimulants on pastures.
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To test the effect on grain protein by late application of N fertiliser.
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To determine how best to ameliorate subsoil acidity.
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To compare methods of applying molybdenum and assess the benefits of lime.
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To compare crop performance and gross margin returns for a range of fluid and granular nitrogen and phosphorus fertiliser treatments in conjunction with trace elements and in-furrow fungicide.
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On sandy soils in the Mallee to test the efficiency of granular versus liquid P fertilisers and determine the impact of zinc and copper on crop performance.
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To compare the gross margins of a liquid fertiliser to a granular fertiliser strategy.
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To determine if disease suppression against rhizoctonia is achievable in an upper EP environment on a grey highly calcareous soil using different rotations and cropping inputs.
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To determine if disease suppression against rhizoctonia is achievable in a grey highly calcareous soil using alternative rotational systems and crop inputs in an upper EP environment and if soil microbial populations can be influenced by rotation and fertiliser inputs.
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To investigate the effect of phosphorus application rates and strategies over a number of years on the growth and yield of wheat.
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To assess the long-term impat of a rnage of P fertiliser rates on crop yield and economic returns.
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To assess the long-term impact of a range of P fertiliser rates on crop yield and economic returns