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To investigate optimum safe trifluralin rates and water rates in wheat on canola stubble.
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The GRDC Low Rainfall Crop Sequencing project is identifying the effects that different break crops and rotations have on Mallee farming systems. Farmers have increasingly adopted continuous cereal cropping strategies as non-cereal crops are perceived as riskier than cereals due to greater yield and price fluctuations. However, break phases can … read more
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The aim of this project was to test if including one or two-year break phases in low rainfall crop sequences could successfully address agronomic constraints to increase the productivity of subsequent cereal crops and improve the profitability of the long term crop sequence when compared to maintaining continuous cereal
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To assess the potential to use Ultra High Pressure (UHP) liquid injection technology to apply an ultra low soil disturbance UAN sideband into cropping soils and test whether UHP injection of UAN is a viable alternative N application method for the future.
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To increase grower and adviser understanding of: (i) tools available for better crop management decisions; (ii) soil water relationships and plant available water capacity (PAWC); and (iii) influence of seasonal conditions and PAWC on crop yield potential.
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To investigate how nutrient interactions influence yield response. Specifically, if:
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To evaluate the agronomic and economic benefits of using different rotations and management strategies to deal with Group A resistant ryegrass in a farming system.
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To compare the effects varying fertiliser rates on three different soil types and to compare fertiliser rates, Nil, replacement, standard and high.
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To provide the farmers with calcareous soils that were P retentive, with an alternative to P fertilisers which were continually becoming locked-up, as well as an economical and effective method for the application of these fertilisers
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To develop a method using PA tools and VR technology, to resolve low yielding sandy rises in cropping paddocks.
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• To use farmer scale machinery to evaluate the benefits of adopting zone
management farming on a range of soil types over a three year period;
• To increase the output to input ratio for our farming system; and
• To collaborate with, and add value to research in precision agriculture being
undertaken by CSIRO, … read more
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To investigating if applying fertiliser according to productivity zones is more profitable than blanket applications of fertiliser across the whole paddock. We aimed to design trials to demonstrate to growers that matching fertiliser inputs to productivity zones will increase whole paddock profitability compared to blanket applications of fertil… read more
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To put into practice one of the key findings from the BCG research work over the last three years - 'high sowing rates in Silverstar wheat will decrease screenings' At the same time it was a good opportunity to test the results of small scale plot work in a real life situation on a large scale.
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To assess the effect of retaining hybrid seed for sowing canola in the next year
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To share Tim Buck's story about using technology to make better farming decisions.
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To address the following questions.
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To compare the effects and to demonstrate the economic benefits that may result from the use of variable rate fertiliser applications by broad acre farmer trial.
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To compare the effects of variable rate nitrogen applications on wheat yield across varying soil types.
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To investigate the possible advantages of varying nitrogen rates over different soil types on a field in the Upper North region.
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To compare the effects and demonstrate the economic benefits that may result from the use of variable rate phosphorus applications by broad acre farmer trial.
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To determine the effect of stubble management (standing, slashed or burnt) on the crop safety of pre-sowing herbicides, and their efficacy against Group A-resistant annual ryegrass.
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Case study to explore versatility in mixed farming at Millicent
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To quantify the benefits of very wide rows for wheat quality and yield.
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To investigate the potential of new vetch species/varieties for very low rainfall areas in Southern Australia.
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To evaluate improved vetches for wheat and barley farming systems.
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To evaluate improved vetches for cereal farming systems.
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To determine the suitability of ascochyta blight resistant entries in Victorian advanced testing for release as varieties.
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To compare the effects VRT on different soil tyes and to compare rates of seed and fertiliser.
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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 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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Interviews were conducted on each farm to determine for each paddock the species that were sown
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To determine what happens to pre-drilled N on southern Malle clay-loam soils.
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To determine what happens to pre-drilled N on southern Malle clay-loam soils.
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To systematically assess the impact of sowing time, seeding rate and wetting agents on wheat establishment and productivity across a range of environments on water repellent soil and determine whether there are interactions between the agronomic options tested.
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Compare 6 barley (feed and malt) and 6 wheat (APW and AH) varieties response to increasing nitrogen applications across 5 locations across the wheatbelt. We have only included information for Binnu location.
Assess responsiveness of new varieties to management and the consequences for grain yield, grain quality and overall agronomic … read more
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To verify the performance of the currently susceptible cultivar Chara, in higher rainfall conditions and to assess various application timings of fungicide to minimise the impact of the WA pathotype of stripe rust, that seems to have maintained virulence throughout eastern Australia.
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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 assess the effect of varying the seed and fertiliser rates on the yield of wheat grown after wheat.
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Evaluate yield and quality response of long season wheat and barley to sowing time.
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To demonstrate the benefits of applying phosphorus and nitrogen to wheat in cereal-leume rotations on sodic soils in the southern Mallee.
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To review wheat varieties and alternatives to ensure the best option is chosen to maximise profit with minimal risk.
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To evaluate new wheat varieties and thier suitability to the Mallee.
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To compare the performance of emerging and current varieties in large plots. In 2002, Wimmera Farming Systems (WFS) joined forces with TOPCROP in the Wimmera to test several wheat varieties on 14 farms.
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To examine the potential for crop yield in the northern sandplain systems and explore practices that will allow the potential to be approached.
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To examine the potential for crop yield in the northern sandplain systems and explore practices that will allow the potential to be approached
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To explore the yield potential for wheat in the northern sandplain region and to identify the main constraints to achieving this potential.
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To assess the performance of current vetch varieties and ANVBP lines.
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To search for answers about white grain on Eyre Peninsula.
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To assess the whole farm implementation of water repellence management strategies.
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To develop systems to protect grain quality and yield in a low rainfall area. Trying wider rows to conserve moisture instead of fallow.
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To observe and record what impact varying stubble heights have on wind speed and therefore soil erosion and crop vigour
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To determine the impact of stubble burning on snail populations in a canola paddock
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To determine the impact of stubble burning on snail populations in a canola paddock
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Can cover crops increase infiltration and net water accumulation in pivot-irrigated cotton systems with low (<30%) ground cover?
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To demonstrate the effect of water rates and droplet size on the efficacy of pre-emergent herbicides, and to assess the impact of increased ground speed on the efficacy of Sakura in retained stubble systems in the medium rainfall zone of South-East of South Australia.
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This was the second year of a three-year trial, funded by the South Australian Grains Industry Trust (SAGIT), to evaluate the nitrogen fixation capabilities of various legume species commonly grown on Kangaroo Island.
In this second year, the trial was set up to answer the following questions:
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To evaluate the the value of foliar fungicide sprays for the control of yellow leaf spot in wheat established in the stubble of the previous wheat crop under no till.
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To compare two commonly planted wheat varietie, Scout and Corack, tested under three different fungicide regimes for suceptibility to yellow leaf spot
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To evaluate the reported yellow leaf spot susceptibility ratings of 20 common wheat varieties
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The project objectives were to: determine what effect stubble load and type had on YLS infection. Determine whether changing cultural practices would aid in reducing YLS incidence. Investigate the effect of fungicide application timing and nutrition on YLS severity.
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To evaluate the performance of annual crops when pasture cropped over different perennial species.
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To comment on Yield Prophet® 2007.
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To comment on Yield Prophet® in 2006 and how it can help save a packet in a drought season.
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To investigate low risk, best bet strategies for the low rainfall cropping zone.
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To determine if any specific treatments reduced the impact of frost.
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To compare the profitability between the RR and TT system as well as between OP and Hybrid varieties within these two systems.
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To compare the profitability between the RR and TT system as well as between OP and Hybrid varieties within these two systems.
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To compare the profitability between the RR and TT system as well as between OP and Hybrid varieties within these two systems.