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The project has two components: an agronomy component that will assess the impact of varying surface irrigation management strategies (scheduling and frequency) on nitrogen use efficiency, water use efficiency and overall system profitability; and a hydrology component that will develop irrigation design criteria that will allow precise applicat… read more
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To evaluate the principles of full canopy management through integration of crop inputs (nitrogen, fungicide and growth regulators) across both wheat and barley to maximize crop strength, resilience and yield capacity in high yielding environments.
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Similar trials were conducted for the GRDC funded Grain & Graze 3 project in 2015 across o… read more
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To evaluate the efficacy and crop safety of alternative metolachlor use patterns.
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To evaluate the efficacy and crop safety of alternative metolachlor use patterns. Specifically Awnless Barnyard Grass.
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To evaluate efficacy and safety of alternative Dual Gold use patterns. Specifically on Awnless Barnyard Grass.
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To evaluate efficacy and safety of alternative Dual Gold use patterns. Specifically on Awnless Barnyard Grass.
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To evaluate efficacy and safety of alternative Dual Gold use patterns. Specifically on Liverseed Grass.
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To evaluate the efficacy and crop safety of alternative metolachlor use patterns. Specifically Awnless Barnyard Grass.
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GRDC are providing funding to attempt to discover alternative herbicides for wild radish control in lupins. So far we have found no new herbicides for this purpose but we have had some success with improving wild radish control with currently registered herbicides. Mandelup lupins appear to be tolerant of metribuzin pre-sowing of lupin. This dat… read more
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To examine barley germplasm management interaction
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To evaluate the use PGR’s in wheat and barley in the HRZ of the South East.
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The aim of the trial was to evaluate wheat production with the use of either granular fertiliser or liquid fertiliser inputs at seeding on three different soil types.
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To determine if there was an economical benefit in top-dressing nitrogen on a steep sandy rise, with a good zinc history at Hopetoun.
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The objectives of this project are to quantify the size and efficiency of response to mid-row banded nitrogen in irrigation systems within the southern Riverina of Australia. This will include the assessment of the effect of mid-row banded N on growth, yield and apparent nitrogen recovery efficiency (ANRE), of wheat as compared to the current be… read more
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To investigate the effect of fallow management treatments on crop establishment and yield, weed and pest management and nitrogen management in retained stubble systems in the high rainfall zone in the South-East of South Australia.
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To conduct an on-farm barley demonstration.
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Aim to develop kinowledge and skills in improved soil moisture profile management to reduce yield loss and maximise profitability. Three moisture probes were established on Felix Farm north west of Ariah Park and Bellevue, south west of Ariah Park.
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Crop intensive farming systems are running down soil carbon, requiring increased inputs to maintain or increase yield without necessarily improving profitability. Mixed species cover cropping offers a new approach to reverse this trend in the Australian context. It is a key component of some farming systems overseas but is yet to be adopted wide… read more
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To use the simulation software AusFarm was used to model a mixed-farming system at Wagga Wagga with Merino ewes joined to terminal sires and grazing lucerne-subterranean clover pasture over a 41-year period.
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The issue of enteric (from intestines) methane (CH4) emissions produced by ruminant livestock is gaining local and global interest due to methane being a powerful greenhouse gas and ruminants being a significant source of emissions. In the absence of measurements, prediction models can facilitate the estimation of enteric methane emissi… read more
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This project explored the extent to which various crop and pasture management options effected changes in SOC, from sub-tropical to temperate environments.
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To report on trials showing the value of nitrogen.
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To determine the residual effectiveness of Mo fertiliser for maximum clover ley grown on orange brown gravelly sand countryl
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To determine the residual effectiveness of Mo fertiliser for maximum medic grown on York Gum country.
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To determine the residual value of previous applied Mo and determining the critical concentration of Mo in youngest fully emerged blades.
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To deterine the effect of applicaiotn of molybdenum and nitrogen to the molybdenum content of maize seed.
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Barley grass continues to be a major grass weed in cereal cropping regions on upper Eyre Peninsula (EP). The use of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technology to identify and assess barley grass populations in paddocks and monitor potential resistant populations may be a useful tool for farmers. This approach was tested in three paddocks on upper … read more
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To improve our understanding of the interaction between the pathogen life cycle, the host crop and environmental conditions with the view to developing a disease prediction model for industry to use.
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To monitor the performance of nitrogen application to wheat under full stubble retention.
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To evaluate the effect of Monty’s 4-15-12 as a seed soak product and Monty’s 8-16-8 as a foliar spray on wheat grain yield and quality.
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To determine if the use of a fallow cropping system was better and more profitable than a continuous wheat cropping system in the North East Agricultural Region (NEAR).
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To explore whether cropping strategies using higher inputs are more water use efficient than lower input systems and to what extent this affects profit.
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To explore whether cropping strategies using higher inputs are more water use efficient than lower input systems and to what extent this affects profit.
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To provide a special report on Mouse Census Week - a part of the mouse monitoring program; part of a 3 year study funded by the GRDC to monitor mouse populations and forecast the liklihood of mouse outbreaks.
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To focus on increasing water use efficiency.
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To assess herbicide options to control button grass during summer.
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To compare various canola varieties including RR (Roundup Ready) and TT (Triazine Tolerant) lines.
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To compare an opportunistic break crop against fallow and wheat to better define the pros and cons of fallowing.
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To assess the effects of nitrogen rates on roundup ready canola varieties.
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To determine which combinations of nitrogen and zinc together with a single rate of phosphorus applied either as granular or fluid performed best on a range of soil types.
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To evaluate the impact of nitrogen application in Mungbean.
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To evaluate the impact of nitrogen application in Mungbean.
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To evaluate the impact of nitrogen application in Mungbean.
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To explore how much nitrogen is required to maximise mungbean yield and whether well-nodulated mungbean achieve the same yield as fertilised crops.
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To determine the effect of canola plant density on nitrogen (N) response.
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To establish the nitrogen mineralised from a faba bean stubble
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This trial aimed to test mid-row banding of nitrogen in wheat after rice, in the presence and absence of waterlogging.
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To determine the relative requirements for nitrogen (N) and phosphorous (P) in canola.
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To demonstrate and compare nitrogen and phosphorus responses in wheat and canola side by side.
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To test whether nitrogen management options typical for upper EP would ‘switch off’ disease suppression.
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To measure nitrous oxide losses from inhibitor treated and slow release fertiliser products and their effect on wheat yield and quality
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To develop variety specific agronomy packages for the major winter crops in southern NSW with emphasis on agronomic practices that are likely to have a genotype x environment interaction.
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To report on new barley varieties and management.
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To naturally derived fertiliser formulations against industry standards.
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To assess the logistical advantages and crop safety of resin coated urea relative to standard urea for use in WA agriculture.
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To evaluate the impact of slow release Urea products on yield, grain quality and economics.
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To determine if new and existing barley varieties respond differently to varied nitrogen rates applied at sowing
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To investigate conventional phosphorus fertilisers and alternative sources of phosphorus on the grain yield and quality of wheat.
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To compare N x K applications and in-furrow fungicides for wheat.
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To investigate the effect of notrogen and potassium on yield and grain quality of noodle wheat varieties in the Northern Agricutural Region.
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To determine the best nitrogen and sulphur strategy for wheat grown on sandy soils in the Mallee with a full profile of moisture and a forecast El Nino.
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To determine whether adding extra nitrogen (N) at GS31 will bring benefits above the current standard practice of only applying nitrogen at or near sowing in three different Eyre Peninsula (EP) environments.
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To assess the impact of nitrogen nutrition on chickpea yield.
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To assess the impact of nitrogen nutrition on chickpea yield.
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To assess the impact of nitrogen nutrition on chickpea yield.
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To assess the impact of nitrogen nutrition on chickpea yield.
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To assess the impact of nitrogen nutrition on chickpea yield.
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To assess the impact of nitrogen nutrition on chickpea yield.
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To evaluate whether nitrogen management strategies in wheat are useful tools to limit yield and grain quality losses due to root-lesion nematode.
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To push the nitrogen inputs at Minnipa Agricultural Centre to achieve a target yield of 2 t/ha.
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To determine the relationship between alternative break crops and root disease.
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To determine the amount of N contributed by a faba bean crop in the following season.
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To strengthen our knowledge on seasonal changes in the (1) biological value of stubble (2) mineralisation: immobilisation balance (ratio) and (3) the direct supply of N from stubble to crops as influenced by stubble management.
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To evaluate the effects of different nitrogen rates over a two year period on a broadacre scale and to assess if lower N inputs depletes the soil of plant available nitrogen.
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To discuss the importance of nitrogen fertility and how you can go about finding out how to practically and economically use nitrogen either as fixed by rhizobium or as fertiliser.
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To discuss nitrogen inputs from pasture and patterns of release for crops.
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To report on nitrogen inputs from pasture legumes in a cropping rotation.
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To measure nitrogen loss (as ammonia) from volatilisation after top-dressing wheat crops grown on two soil types: sandy loam in the Mallee and Wimmera clay, using different fertiliser types and application rates.
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To investigate how different N management strategies affect growth, yield and WUE under different water regimes.
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To reduce costs in poor seasons and maximise yield in good seasons by having a greater understanding of tactical nitrogen application and how it affects wheat protein and yield.
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To determine the nitrogen responses of new barley varieties.
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To evaluate the effect of nitrogen timing on grain yield and quality of durum wheat varieties in the South East
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To compare nitrogen use efficiency of anhydrous ammonia and urea under commercial conditions.
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To evaluate the impact of Urea timing and method of application in wheat
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To evaluate the impact of Urea timing and method of application in wheat
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To evaluate the impact of nitrogen application timing and product choice in wheat.
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To evaluate the impact of urea timing, method and rate in wheat.
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To evaluate the impact of timing and method of nitrogen application using commercial equipment.