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  • To compare three time of sowing dates across five newly released and commercial varieties of field peas, lupins and vetch and evaluate their contribution to soil nitrogen and the benefits to the following wheat crop.

Grain Legume: Field peas Hay: Vetch Grain Legume: Lupins 3 trials Crop Crop Type Crop Crop Variety Sowing Sowing Timing
Wagga Wagga, NSW
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To improve water use efficienes of crops and pasture by reducing the soil constraints that impede root growth.

Cereal (Grain): Barley Cereal (Grain): Wheat Grain Legume: Faba beans 15 trials Crop Crop Rotation Fertiliser Fertiliser Rate Fertiliser Fertiliser Type Soil Preparation Soil Preparation Tillage
Bordertown, SA Lowan Vale, SA Sherwood, SA Western Flat, SA Willalooka, SA
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The aim is to improve water use efficiencies of crops and pasture by reducing the soil constraints that impede root growth.

Cereal (Grain): Barley Cereal (Grain): Wheat Forage: Lucerne 15 trials Crop Crop Rotation Fertiliser Fertiliser Application Method Fertiliser Fertiliser Rate Fertiliser Fertiliser Type Soil Preparation Soil Preparation Tillage
Bordertown, SA Lowan Vale, SA Sherwood, SA Western Flat, SA Willalooka, SA
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Soil testing for N, P, K and S is a key strategy for monitoring soil fertility of cropping soils as well as for refining fertiliser application strategies for future crops. For this to be successful, the relationship between the soil test and likely response to applied nutrients needs to be well calibrated. Many of these calibrations were develo… read more

Oilseed: Canola Cereal (Grain): Wheat 2 trials Crop Crop Type
Minnipa, SA Red sandy clay loam
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To study the use of VRT through zoning the paddock based on pre-2008 yield monitor maps, and incorporating EM38 and elevation maps.

Cereal (Grain): Barley 1 trial Fertiliser Fertiliser Rate Sowing Sowing Rate
Minnipa Agricultural Centre, SA
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To investigate the potential of using a modified delving operation, which rips the clay and allows topsoil/gravel to fall back into the clay slot, to create a subsurface drainage line through the clay and reduce waterlogging.

Oilseed: Canola 1 trial Soil Improvement Soil Improvement Soil Improvement Application Method
, SA
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To answer the question: Can incorporation of lime speed up yield response?

Cereal (Grain): Wheat Oilseed: Canola 4 trials Engineering Engineering Tillage Soil Improvement
Drysdale, VIC Inverleigh, VIC
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To investigate whether kikuyu improve soil organic carbon levels on Kangaroo Island.

Pasture: Kikuyu 1 trial Soil Improvement Soil Improvement Application Method
Kangaroo Island, SA
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To test mid infrared analysis to estimate micronutrient concentrations in soils.

None: No crop specified 1 trial Soil Soil Testing method
Eyre Peninsula, SA Calcarosol
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To test whether disturbance seeding systems overcome water repellence in non-wetting gravels and other soil health issues over time.

Grain Legume: Field peas Oilseed: Canola 4 trials Engineering Engineering Tillage
Kendenup, WA
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To compare the productivity and profitability of cropping in the presence of a background of herbicide resistant ryegrass, and to assess the implications of various low or high input grass control options applied to wheat and break crops on production costs and ryegrass management.

Eurongilly, NSW
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To determine whether soil organic carbon be increased in a continuous cropping system in the low to medium rainfall zone.

Cereal (Grain): Barley Cereal (Grain): Wheat Oilseed: Canola 72 trials Fertiliser Fertiliser Rate Stubble Stubble Management
Temora, NSW , SA Hart, SA Birchip, VIC
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To determine which ameliorant practice is the most effective and economic in remediating subsoil acidity at depth.

Cereal (Grain): Wheat 1 trial Farm operations Farm operations Economics Soil Improvement
West Wubin, WA Yellow deep sand
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To determine how much green feed tedera can produce on gutless pale sandy soil and to determine if growing tedera can increase the amount of soil organic carbon in pale sandy soil.

Cereal: Mixed species 1 trial Crop Crop Type
Watheroo, WA Acidic sand
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To present actual farming results from a large cropping program in the Condobolin area in central NSW.

Cereal (Grain): Barley Oilseed: Canola Cereal (Grain): Wheat 3 trials Farm operations Farm operations Economics Soil Preparation
Condobolin, NSW
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To identify key ingredients of agronomic packages that deliver high yielding wheat crops with good quality in the Parndana environment.

Cereal (Grain): Wheat 1 trial Fertiliser Fertiliser Rate Fertiliser Fertiliser Timing Fertiliser Fertiliser Type Fungicide Fungicide Type Growth regulator Growth regulator Type
Stokes Bay Road,
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To investigate the quesion 'Can we reduce our P inputs?’ 

Other: Not specified 1 trial Fertiliser Fertiliser Rate
Minnipa, SA
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To test the effectiveness of various soil ameliorants in establishing irrigated canola

Oilseed: Canola 1 trial Soil Improvement
Kerang, VIC
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To demonstrate the ideal depth for optimum canola establishment in local conditions.

Oilseed: Canola 3 trials Sowing Sowing Method
Birchip, VIC Charlton, VIC Sea Lake, VIC
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To test the effectiveness of broadcasting canola into wheat stubble as a method of establishing a canola crop

Oilseed: Canola 1 trial Sowing Sowing Method Stubble Stubble Management
Kerang, VIC
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  • To evaluate the performance of Phosyn products on both grain and oil yield in canola.
  • To evaluate the performance of Photrel and Sulphur F3000 on canola. 

Oilseed: Canola 1 trial Crop Crop Variety Fertiliser Fertiliser Type
Gnarwarre, VIC
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To discuss canola variety selection for 2007.

Oilseed: Canola 1 trial Crop Crop Variety
Horsham, VIC
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To discuss how to minimise risk while maximising yields.

Oilseed: Canola 1 trial Crop Crop Type
Birchip, VIC
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To evaluate options to manage risk in canola crops without yield penalty, such as:

  • Delaying nitrogen inputs
  • Optimising nitrogen inputs according to soil type and management history
  • Optimising sowing date (while keeping canola at the very beginning of the sowing program)
Oilseed: Canola 1 trial Fertiliser Fertiliser Rate Fertiliser Fertiliser Timing
Karoonda, SA
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To demonstrate how soil inversion using a mouldbaord plough could be used to incorporate lime into acidic subsoil, overcome soil water repellance and control weeds and to measure its in=mpact and growth.

Oilseed: Canola 1 trial Soil Improvement Soil Improvement Application Method
Moora, WA
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To report on a grower experience of bringing canola to Western NSW.

Oilseed: Canola 1 trial Crop Crop Type
Lake Cargelligo, NSW
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Barley grass continues to be a major grass weed in cereal cropping regions on the upper Eyre Peninsula (EP). Swathing a cereal crop involves cutting and collecting the cereal crop and weeds into windrows at 20 to 40% grain moisture and allowing it to dry. Having the weed seeds cut and in the windrow before the seed heads shatter and before tille… read more

Weed: Barley Grass Cereal (Grain): Barley 2 trials Crop Crop Type
Condada, SA Red sandy loam
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 The aim of these experiments is to examine how tillage intensity influences allocation and stabilisation (storage) of newly assimilated C in canola crop-soil and wheat crop-soil systems at Wagga Wagga and Condobolin.
 

Cereal (Grain): Wheat Oilseed: Canola 8 trials Soil Improvement
Wagga Wagga, ACT Condobolin, NSW
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The Upper North Farming systems group is involved in several Carbon Farming projects, which are trying to identify areas which have the greatest potential for soil carbon sequestration or reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.

None: No crop specified 1 trial Soil Improvement Soil Improvement Soil Improvement Type Stubble Stubble Management
Jamestown, SA
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To evaluate if there is any difference in deriving management zones from soil or production spatial information and in what situations each of these layers may be useful to help maximise grower investment in PA technologies.

None: No crop specified 1 trial Management systems Management systems Precision Agriculture
Wickepin, WA
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This project aims to evaluate if there is any difference in deriving management zones from soil or production spatial information and in what situations each of these layers may be useful to help maximise grower investment in PA technologies.

Cereal (Grain): Barley 1 trial Management systems Management systems Precision Agriculture
Corrigin, WA
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An objective of this research was to create a water balance model for white clover seed production. In conjunction with the water balance investigation, determination of $return/ML applied to assess water use efficiency would be studied. Overlaying this research was the aim of assessing current, as well as historical, impacts of irrigation manag… read more

Hay: Clover 2 trials Irrigation Irrigation Type
Bool Lagoon, SA
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To compare four locally grown wheat varieties at district practice and high seeding rates to assess their influence on reducing the impact of ryegrass in the whole farming system.

Cereal (Grain): Wheat 1 trial Crop Crop Variety
Wanilla, SA
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Important Caution The results of this trial may have been impacted by unusual or adverse events
High rainfall
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To examine the effect of increasing inputs for crop varieties representing APW wheat, oats, triticale and a new wheat investigating the prospects for ethanol production from wheat, on profitability for growers on a sandy soil with a highly acidic subsoil in the Liebe Group area.

Cereal (Grain): Wheat 1 trial Fertiliser Fertiliser Application Method Herbicide Herbicide Application Method
Watheroo, WA Acidic sand
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To investigate the impact that stubble treatments (burning, cultivation, harrowed/flattened or standing stubble) imposed towards the end of the fallow have on the yield of winter crops.

Cereal (Grain): Barley 12 trials Stubble Stubble Management
Alectown, NSW Gunning Gap, NSW Lake Cargelligo, NSW Mumbil Creek, NSW North Parkes, NSW Nyngan, NSW Tottenham, NSW Tullamore, NSW Ungarie, NSW Weethalle, NSW West Wyalong, NSW Wirrinya, NSW Clay loam
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To provide advice on cereal stubble for grain legumes.

Other: Not specified 1 trial Stubble Stubble Management
Birchip, VIC
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To present the Cereal Variety Disease Guide for 2011.

Cereal (Grain): Oats Cereal (Grain): Triticale Cereal (Grain): Wheat Cereal (Grain): Barley 4 trials Crop Crop Variety Pest Management Pest Management Fungal
Urrbrae, SA
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To assess the effects of physical (spading), chemical (fertiliser) and biological (compost) treatments on soil organic carbon (SOC) in relation to changes in long term crop yields and quality.

Cereal (Grain): Oats 1 trial Crop Crop Variety
Buntine, WA Deep yellow sand
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On the upper Eyre Peninsula (UEP), highly calcareous soils constitute a high proportion (more than 1 million hectares) of soils used for agricultural production (Bertrand et al. 2000, Bertrand et al. 2003). The website ‘Yield Gap Australia’ (http://yieldgapaustralia.com.au/maps/) identifies that the average grain yield on W… read more

Cereal (Grain): Wheat 3 trials Crop Crop Type Soil Properties Soil Properties Type
Cungena, SA Minnipa, SA Streaky Bay, SA Red sandy loam
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To investigate variety specific responses to applied N.
 

Cereal (Grain): Wheat 1 trial Crop Crop Variety Fertiliser Fertiliser Rate Fertiliser Fertiliser Timing
Westmere, VIC
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To evaluate the impacts of the soil amelioration practices of deep ripping and organic matter inputs on the growth and production of lupin, lentil and chickpea grown on deep sandy soils in the Mallee.

Grain Legume: Chickpeas Grain Legume: Lentils Grain Legume: Lupins 3 trials Crop Crop Type Soil Improvement Soil Improvement Type
Kooloonong, VIC
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To determine

  • what is the optimum soiwng date for chickpeas, and
  • what is the best sowing depth, especially in relation to the use of pre-emergent herbicides.
Grain Legume: Chickpeas 1 trial Sowing Sowing Rate Sowing Sowing Timing
Watchupga East, VIC
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  • To evaluate ascochyta blight response of new varieties by comparing their susceptibility to known cultivars.

Grain Legume: Chickpeas 1 trial Crop Crop Variety
Turretfield, SA
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  • To investigate the effects of fertiliser rates and its placement on the germination and establishment of deci and kabuli type chickpeas.
  • Tto measure the grain yield responses to fertiliser rates.

Grain Legume: Chickpeas 1 trial Fertiliser Fertiliser Application Method
Yenda, NSW
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To compare chickpea genotypes for their susceptibility to zinc deficiency and to identify some plant characteristics that are related to zinc efficiency in different genotypes.

Grain Legume: Chickpeas 1 trial Crop Crop Variety
Adelaide, SA Siliceous sand
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To determine the relative herbicide tolerance of Flip 94-090c, Flip 94-509c and Flip 94-508c.

Grain Legume: Chickpeas 1 trial Crop Crop Variety
Birchip, VIC
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To evaluate a range of varieties and advanced PBA breeding lines.

Phytophthora medicaginis, the cause of phytophthora root rot (PRR) of chickpea is endemic and widespread in southern QLD and northern NSW, where it carries over from season to season on infected chickpea volunteers, lucerne, native medics and as resistant structures (oo… read more

Grain Legume: Chickpeas 2 trials Crop Crop Variety Seed treatment Seed treatment Inoculant
Warwick, QLD
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To test the yield response of new varieties and advanced lines of chickpeas to changes in plant populations in southern NSW.

Grain Legume: Chickpeas 1 trial Crop Crop Variety Sowing Sowing Rate
Yenda, NSW
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To look at the yield response of new chickpea varieties to varying row spacing.

Grain Legume: Chickpeas 1 trial Crop Crop Variety Sowing Sowing Row Spacing
Yenda, NSW
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To determine optimum sowing dates and plant densities of Flip 94-090c, Flip 94-509c and Flip 94-508c.

Grain Legume: Chickpeas 1 trial Crop Crop Variety Sowing Sowing Rate Sowing Sowing Timing
Wimmera, VIC
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To test the yield response of new varieties of chickpeas and faba beans to different sowing times in southern
NSW.

Grain Legume: Chickpeas 1 trial Crop Crop Variety Sowing Sowing Timing
Wagga Wagga, NSW
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To investigate the effects of soil type and climate on the yield of commercial varieties and advanced breeding lines in Victoria and thereby assist in the selection of superior varieties for farmers in this state.

Grain Legume: Chickpeas 9 trials Crop Crop Variety
Beluah, VIC Gooroc, VIC Horsham, VIC Rainbow, VIC Rosebery, VIC Rupanyup, VIC Tarranyurk, VIC Ultima, VIC Warne, VIC
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To compare a range of inoculant products on chickpea root nodulation, yield and nitrogen (N) fixing ability. 

Grain Legume: Chickpeas 1 trial Crop Crop Variety Seed treatment Seed treatment Inoculant
Pyramid Hill, VIC
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To evaluate effectiveness of commercially available inoculant products to increase nodulation in chickpea. 

Grain Legume: Chickpeas 1 trial Crop Crop Variety Seed treatment Seed treatment Inoculant
Werrimull, VIC
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To investigate the response of chickpea to application of macro and micro-nutrients.

Grain Legume: Chickpeas 1 trial Crop Crop Variety
Telangatuk, VIC
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To investigate the response of chickpea to application of macro and micro-nutrients on a sandhill and swale soil.

Grain Legume: Chickpeas 1 trial Crop Crop Variety
Ouyen, VIC
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To identify nutrient inputs that will improve growth and yield of chickpea on the variable soil types encountered in Mallee paddocks.

Grain Legume: Chickpeas 1 trial Crop Crop Variety Fertiliser Fertiliser Rate Fertiliser Fertiliser Type
Loxton, SA
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  • To compare the growth, development and yield of current commercial chickpea varieties and  promising advanced breeding lines at three sowing dates on a hard-setting, acidic, red-brown soil at Yenda in southern NSW.

Grain Legume: Chickpeas 1 trial Crop Crop Variety Sowing Sowing Timing
Yenda, NSW Red sandy loam
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To assess changes in crop productivity as a result of overcoming the chemical, physical and biological constraints of a sandy soil at Cadgee.
 

None: No crop specified 1 trial Soil Improvement
Cadgee, SA
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To overcome the chemical, physical and biological constraints of sandy soils, with the aim of achieving long term crop productivity gains greater than 70%.

Cereal (Grain): Barley Cereal (Grain): Wheat Grain Legume: Lupins 9 trials Soil Improvement Soil Improvement Application Method Soil Improvement Soil Improvement Type
Cadgee, SA
Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
Important Caution The results of this trial may have been impacted by unusual or adverse events
Pests
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To compare different clay spreading and tillage methods for the amelioration of water repellent gravel soils.

Grain Legume: Lupins 1 trial Soil Improvement Soil Improvement Application Method
Badgingarra, WA Pale deep sand
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To compare different clay spreading and tillage methods for the amelioration of water repellent gravel soils.

Cereal (Grain): Wheat 1 trial Soil Improvement
Moora, WA Gravelly sand
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To compare different clay spreading and tillage methods for the amelioration of water repellent soils.

Cereal (Grain): Barley 1 trial Adverse Effects Management Soil Improvement
Dandaragan, WA Deep yellow sand
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To assess the impact of the rate of application of clay-rich subsoil to water repellent sand on grain yield and the interaction with incorporation method.

Cereal (Grain): Wheat 1 trial Soil Improvement
Badgingarra, WA Pale deep sand
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To determine if the livestock carrying capacity of pastures in the Eastern Wheatbelt of Western Australia, including those on mildly saline soil, can be increased by replacing native ryegrass with the Safeguard variety of ryegrass.

Forage: Ryegrass 3 trials Crop Crop Variety
Ballidu, WA Konnongorring, WA Wongan Hills, WA Sandy loam
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Liebe Group Department of Agriculture and Food WA Ballidu Woolpro Group

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To determine if the livestock carrying capacity of pastures in the eastern Wheatbelt of Western Australia, including those on mildly saline soil, can be increased by replacing native ryegrass with the Safeguard variety of ryegrass.

Forage: Ryegrass 2 trials Crop Crop Variety
Konnongorring, WA Wongan Hills, WA Loam
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To investigate whether plant growth affected by sodic subsoils.

Cereal (Grain): Barley Cereal (Grain): Wheat Cereal: Mixed species Grain Legume: Field peas 16 trials Soil Improvement Soil Improvement Application Method
Condobolin, NSW Forbes, NSW Parkes, NSW Tottenham, NSW
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To determine if there are any benefits to be gained from mouldboard ploughing a yellow sandplain soil

Cereal (Grain): Wheat 1 trial Soil Improvement Soil Improvement Type
West Buntine, WA Sandy loam
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To evaluate the effects of mouldboard ploughing and deep ripping on a yellow sand

Cereal (Grain): Wheat 1 trial Soil Improvement Soil Improvement Type
West Buntine, WA Sandy loam
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To compare the effects of mouldboard plough, spading and deep ripping on yellow non-wetting sand.

Grain Legume: Lupins 1 trial Soil Improvement Soil Improvement Type
Marchagee, WA Sandy loam
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Trials were implemented to compare break crop productivity and profitability on major soil types in the northern South Australian Mallee. This information will help farmers in this region to select the most appropriate break crop for their farming system.

Loxton, SA Waikerie, SA
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Trials were implemented to compare break crop productivity and profitability on major soil types in the northern South Australian Mallee. This information will help farmers in this region to select the most appropriate break crop for their farming system.

Waikerie, SA
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To compare break crop productivity and profitability on major soil types in the northern South Australian Mallee.
 

Loxton, SA Waikerie, SA
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To measure the coleoptile lengths of 12 wheat varieties under different soil temperatures according to average soil temperature data in late March and early May at Hart.

Cereal (Grain): Wheat 1 trial Crop Crop Variety
Hart, SA
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This trial aims to test the effectiveness of various granular and liquid nitrogen products, two nitrogen timings and two nitrogen dressings on yield and grain quality.

Cereal (Grain): Wheat 1 trial Fertiliser Fertiliser Timing Fertiliser Fertiliser Type
Inverleigh, VIC
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To identify on-farm management strategies to increase soil organic carbon (SOC) and quantify any associated risks and benefits in a grain production system. In this trial the NSPNR wanted to detrmine whether: Altering inputs to increase plant biomass would subsequently increase soil carbon, and amending soils with compost would increase soil car… read more

None: No crop specified 1 trial Fertiliser Fertiliser Rate Fertiliser Fertiliser Type
Tincurrin, WA Grey calcareous sandy loam
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To identify on-farm management strategies to increase soil organic carbon (SOC) and quantify any associated risks and benefits in a grain production system.

In this trial the Facey Group wanted to determine whether:

  • Altering inputs to increase plant biomass would subsequently increase soil carbon and
  • Amending s… read more
  • Cereal (Grain): Wheat 1 trial Soil Improvement Soil Improvement Soil Improvement Rate Soil Improvement Soil Improvement Type
    Tincurrin, WA Deep sandy duplex
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    To compare the productivity and relative profitability of various low input/low risk cropping options with alternative high input/high risk, but potentially higher return crops.

    Junee Reefs, NSW Wagga Wagga, NSW
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    The aim of this project is for the Corrigin Farm Improvement Group (CFIG) to identify the best method to increase soil and crop performance in non-wetting soils in the Corrigin area.

    This project was funded through the Wheatbelt NRM Sustainable Agriculture Trials and Demonstrations Project during the 2016 season.

    This demonst… read more

    Cereal (Grain): Wheat 1 trial Soil Properties Soil Properties Type
    Corrigin, WA
    Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
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    To measure the impacts on wheat and canola of brown manure peas. Focus on N usage, moisture conservation, weed control and yield.

    Oilseed: Canola 1 trial Crop Crop Variety Soil Improvement Soil Improvement Type
    Lockhart, NSW
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    To measure the impacts of brown manure peas on nitrogen fixation, moisture conservation, weed control and yield compared to a traditional long fallow system.

    Grain Legume: Field peas 1 trial Crop Crop Rotation Soil Improvement Soil Improvement Type
    Lockhart, NSW Brown sandy loam over clay
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    This research determines to assess the benefits (economic and environmental) of a green manure phase under current cropping systems in areas with a poor nutritional status. 

    To evaluate crop types and incorporation techniques to rejuvenate poor performing soils using a green manure phase, as well as to identify and evaluate the potent… read more

    Cereal (Grain): Oats Cereal (Grain): Wheat Oilseed: Mustard Grain Legume: Field peas Hay: Vetch Oilseed: Canola 30 trials Crop Crop Type Management systems Management systems Other
    Mullewa, WA Red clay loam
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    Aims:

    • To compare the efficacy of commercial pre-emergent herbicides and mixtures for ARG control across multiple soil types using grower machinery for seeding and ongoing management consistent with the grower’s practice.
    • To determine yield and $ return on investment to the grower from current standard pre-emergent herbicides Sakur… read more

    Cereal (Grain): Wheat 4 trials Herbicide Herbicide Type Management systems Management systems Integrated weed management
    Cunderdin, WA Nugadong, WA Pithara, WA Waddy Forest, WA Deep loamy earth
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    Aims:

    To investigate the effect on wheat yield between applications of a gypsum/dolomite mix, high-cal product and lime, and also to compare the long term effects the three products have on soil acidity

    Cereal (Grain): Wheat 1 trial Farm operations Farm operations Economics Soil Improvement Soil Improvement Rate Soil Improvement Soil Improvement Type
    Kalannie, WA Acidic sand
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    Aims:

    To compare commercial seeding machines that have specifically been set up to sow sub-tropical grasses.

    Other crop: Grasses 1 trial Sowing Sowing Method
    Badgingarra, WA Deep sand
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    Aims:

    To determine whether successful establishment of sub-tropical grasses is affected by seeding machine configuration

    Other crop: Grasses 1 trial Crop Crop Type Sowing Sowing Method
    Gillingarra, WA Deep non-wetting sand
    Trial Report Unavailable
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    Aims:

    Two compare two Zn fertiliser application strategies for their impact on soil Zn availability of a grey vertosol.

    None: No crop specified 1 trial Fertiliser Fertiliser Application Method
    Tulloona, NSW
    Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
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    Aims:

    To compare the effect of different stubble treatments on crop establishment, growth, grain yield and quality over a three year timeframe.

    Cereal (Grain): Wheat 1 trial Stubble Stubble Management
    Perth, TAS
    Trial Report Unavailable
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    Aims:

    Using tillage to incorporate lime improves the rates of reaction and increases subsurface pH soomer than spreading lime on the surface alone.

    Cereal (Grain): Wheat 1 trial Soil Improvement Soil Improvement Application Method Soil Improvement Soil Improvement Rate
    West Binnu, WA Yellow sandplain
    Trial Report Unavailable
    Research organisaton

    Aims:

    To assess the yield and quality attributes and subsequent gross margin returns for 7 commonly grown wheat varieties.

    Cereal (Grain): Wheat 1 trial Crop Crop Variety
    Eradu, WA
    Trial Report Unavailable
    Research organisaton

    Aims:

    To evaluate compost and clay for their ability to improve the production capacity of soil.

    Cereal (Grain): Wheat 1 trial Fertiliser Fertiliser Rate Soil Improvement Soil Improvement Rate Soil Improvement Soil Improvement Type
    West Buntine, WA Sandy loam
    Trial Report Unavailable
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    Aims:

    To quantify how paddock stubble load and weed burden during summer can affect soil water, nutrients and subsequent crop yield.

    Cereal (Grain): Barley 12 trials Management systems Management systems Other
    Charlton, VIC Hopetoun, VIC Kerang, VIC Longerenong, VIC Swan Hill, VIC Walpeup, VIC
    Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
    Research organisaton
    Funding source

    Aims:

    To quantify how paddock stubble load and weed burden during summer can affect available soil water, nutrients and subsequent crop yield.

    Oilseed: Canola 1 trial Stubble Stubble Management
    Hopetoun, VIC
    Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
    Research organisaton

    Aims:

    To quantify how paddock stubble load and weed burden during summer can affect available soil water, nutrients and subsequent crop yield.

    Cereal (Grain): Wheat 1 trial Stubble Stubble Management
    Hopetoun, VIC Sand
    Trial Report Unavailable
    Research organisaton
    Funding source

    Aims:

    To quantify how paddock stubble load and weed burden during summer can affect soil water, nutrients and subsequent crop yield.

    Hopetoun, VIC
    Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
    Research organisaton

    Aims:

    To quantify how paddock stubble load and weed burden during summer can affect soil water, nutrients and subsequent crop yield.

    Swan Hill, VIC
    Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
    Research organisaton

    Aims:

    To quantify how paddock stubble load and weed burden during summer can affect soil water, nutrients and subsequent crop yield.

    Charlton, VIC
    Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
    Research organisaton

    Aims:

    To quantify how paddock stubble load and weed burden during summer can affect soil water, nutrients and subsequent crop yield.

    Longerenong, VIC
    Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
    Research organisaton

    Aims:

    To quantify how paddock stubble load and weed burden during summer can affect soil water, nutrients and subsequent crop yield.

    Kerang, VIC
    Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
    Research organisaton

    Aims:

    To determine if various farm management techniques improve the storage of out-of-season rainfall and whether this leads to improvements in crop growth and/or yield.

    Oilseed: Canola 1 trial Stubble Stubble Management
    Buntine, WA Sandy loam
    Trial Report Unavailable
    Research organisaton
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