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To assess the impact of deep ripping and spading on crop yield across three different soil types near Quairading, WA.

Cereal (Grain): Wheat 1 trial Management systems Management systems Soil engineering Soil Preparation Soil Preparation Tillage
Quairading, WA
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1. To investigate the effects of dry sowing on the nodulation and nitrogen fixation of chickpea in a low rainfall environment.

2. To investigate the residual effects on the growth of a subsequent wheat crop.

 

Grain Legume: Chickpeas 2 trials Seed treatment Seed treatment Inoculant
Merredin, WA
Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
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  • To assess the effect of nitrogen rate and timing on wheat yield and grain quality
  • To assess the impact of sowing rate on grain yield and quality

Cereal (Grain): Wheat 3 trials Fertiliser Fertiliser Rate Fertiliser Fertiliser Timing Sowing Sowing Rate
Hamilton, VIC Lake Bolac, VIC
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To assess the impact of nitrogen timing on canopy development and resultant grain yield and quality, where starting soil nitrogen levels are high.

Cereal (Grain): Wheat 1 trial Fertiliser Fertiliser Timing
Yalla-Y-Poora, VIC
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The aim of the trial is to identify the best nitrogen timing and rate in order to maximize profits for the widely grown cultivar Kellalac, in the local higher rainfall conditions of southern Victoria.

Cereal (Grain): Wheat 1 trial Fertiliser Fertiliser Rate Fertiliser Fertiliser Timing
Hamilton, VIC
Trial Report Unavailable
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The demonstration undertaken at four on-farm sites seeks to test the Yield Prophet tool to determine its relevance and usefulness to growers of the West Midlands region in determining the most efficient and effective nitrogen strategy.

Cereal (Grain): Wheat 3 trials Technology Technology Modelling
Badgingarra, WA West Moora, WA Brown sandy loam
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To assess the impact of deep ripping on crop yield over a two year period in the To assess the impact of deep ripping on crop yield over a two year period in the eastern wheatbelt

Cereal (Grain): Wheat 2 trials Soil Properties Soil Properties Compaction Soil Improvement Soil Improvement Rate Soil Improvement Soil Improvement Type
Hyden, WA
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To assess the impact of deep ripping on crop yield in a gravelly loam soil type near Muradup, WA.

Cereal (Grain): Barley Oilseed: Canola 6 trials Management systems Management systems Soil engineering Soil Preparation Soil Preparation Tillage
Muradup, WA
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Important Caution The results of this trial may have been impacted by unusual or adverse events
Pests
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To assess the impact of deep ripping on crop yield across varying sites on a farm near Nyabing, WA.

None: No crop specified 2 trials Management systems Management systems Soil engineering Soil Preparation Soil Preparation Tillage
Nyabing, WA
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To assess the impact of deep ripping on crop yield in different soil types and production zones near Beverley, WA.

Cereal (Grain): Wheat 2 trials Farm operations Farm operations Economics Management systems Management systems Soil engineering Soil Preparation Soil Preparation Tillage
Beverley, WA
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To increase grower awareness of: the current status of soil acidification and the associated causes and impacts and associated need to address of soil acidification via the ongoing application of agricultural lime.

Cereal (Grain): Barley 5 trials Fertiliser Fertiliser Rate Fertiliser Fertiliser Type
Alectown, NSW Gunning Gap, NSW Lake Cargelligo, NSW Tullamore, NSW Ungarie, NSW Red sandy loam
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To increase grower awareness of: the current status of soil acidification and the associated causes and impacts and associated need to address of soil acidification via the ongoing application of agricultural lime.

Gunning Gap, NSW Lake Cargelligo, NSW Tullamore, NSW
Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
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To increase grower awareness of: the current status of soil acidification and the associated causes and impacts and associated need to address of soil acidification via the ongoing application of agricultural lime.

None: No crop specified 5 trials Fertiliser Fertiliser Rate Fertiliser Fertiliser Type
Condobolin, NSW Nyngan, NSW Tottenham, NSW Ungarie, NSW Wirrinya, NSW Red sandy loam
Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
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To increase grower awareness of: the current status of soil acidification and the associated causes and impacts and associated need to address of soil acidification via the ongoing application of agricultural lime.

Oilseed: Canola 3 trials
Condobolin, NSW Tottenham, NSW Ungarie, NSW
Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
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To increase grower awareness of the benefits of applying Lime to a cropping operation. Providing local relevance to farmers.

Cereal (Grain): Wheat 1 trial Fertiliser Fertiliser Rate
Condobolin, NSW Red sandy loam
Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
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To determine the critical concentration of zinc for plant growth in chickpea shoots

Grain Legume: Chickpeas 1 trial Fertiliser Fertiliser Rate
University of Adelaide , SA Sand
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To present a review of soil fertility and fertiliser requirements of different Australian soils.

Other: Not specified 1 trial Fertiliser Fertiliser Application Method
Auburn, SA Various
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To investigate the effect controlled traffic and shallow raised beds has on soil structure and grain yields/quality on a Balliang sandy loam overlying a clay loam. 
 

Cereal (Grain): Barley 1 trial Soil Properties Soil Properties Compaction
Balliang, VIC
Trial Report Unavailable
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To evaluate the response of eighteen barley lines for grain yield, grain quality and malting quality to changes in soil pH (due to liming).

Cereal (Grain): Barley 1 trial Crop Crop Variety
Buntine, WA Sandy loam
Trial Report Unavailable
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  • To determine the effect of growth regulators on plant height and lodging tendency.
  • To measure the effect of growth regulators on grain yield and grain quality.

Cereal (Grain): Barley 1 trial Growth regulator Growth regulator Rate Growth regulator Growth regulator Timing Growth regulator Growth regulator Type
Gnarwarre, VIC
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To evaluate the potential of combining summer-growing perennial grasses with a cereal in a pasture cropping system in the Mallee.

Cereal (Grain): Barley 1 trial Crop Crop Type Crop Crop Rotation
Hopetoun, VIC
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CRC <abbr title='Grains Research and Development Corporation'>GRDC</abbr>

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To evaluate a range of commercially available varieties. These reflect the most widely grown varieties in the area and include others that may be considered in the future. They include a number of different grades, reflecting market options in Southern Victoria.

Cereal (Grain): Barley 1 trial Crop Crop Variety
Dunkeld, VIC
Trial Report Unavailable
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To test the accuracy of alkaline and acid tests on soil labs.

None: No crop specified 1 trial Soil Properties Soil Properties Type
Birchip, VIC
Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
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This research aims to determine in which situations extra fertilisation can bring benefits to growers in 14 different Eyre Peninsula (EP) environments.

Every season, growers need to make choices over limited resources in order to optimise their profitability. Soil type and water represent two of the key limiting resources which define … read more

Cereal (Grain): Wheat 6 trials Crop Crop Type Soil Properties Soil Properties Type
Condada, SA Cungena, SA Elliston, SA MAC, SA Port Kenny, SA Streaky Bay, SA Loam over clay
Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
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To determine if inclusion of Bentonite clay improves crop yields on sandy soils.

Cereal (Grain): Barley 1 trial Soil Improvement Soil Improvement Type
Miling, WA Sandy loam
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To determine if the inclusion of Bentonite clay improves crop yields on non-wetting sandy soils and their ability to store more carbon.

Oilseed: Canola 1 trial Soil Preparation Soil Preparation Tillage Soil Improvement Soil Improvement Method
Miling, WA Yellow sands
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Demonstrate best practice phalaris establishment and management at the PPS/EverGraze site at Mooneys Gap which should provide information to producers to give them confidence to increase phalaris use.

Cereal: Mixed species 4 trials Crop Crop Type Crop Crop Variety
Mooney's Gap, VIC
Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
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To build resilience into EP farms by understanding the interactions between soil potential, climate and management.

Cereal (Grain): Wheat 3 trials Management systems Management systems Precision Agriculture
Minnipa, SA Mudamuckla, SA Wharminda, SA
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To improve the long term control of Rhizoctonia by increasing the understanding of the interactions between disease inoculum and natural soil suppressive activity and to improve the prediction and management of disease.

Cereal (Grain): Barley Cereal (Grain): Wheat Forage: Medic Oilseed: Canola 4 trials Crop Crop Type Crop Crop Rotation Management systems Management systems Integrated pest management
Streaky Bay, SA
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Aims:

  • To demonstrate effectiveness of controlled traffic in the more traditional high rainfall cropping ares of Western Victoria.
  • To compare controlled traffic, raised beds and conventional flat cropping methods.

Cereal (Grain): Wheat 1 trial Fertiliser Fertiliser Rate Soil Properties Soil Properties Compaction
Willaura, VIC
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To assess water repellent soil amelioration options and to determine whether a one-way plough can be used to ameliorate non-wetting sand for much lower cost than mouldboard ploughing or rotary spading.

Grain Legume: Lupins 1 trial Soil Improvement
Badgingarra, WA Pale deep sand
Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
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To determine the long term effects of 1980 P treatments on soil fertility.

Cereal (Grain): Wheat 1 trial Soil Soil Testing method
Badgingarra, WA Deep grey over pale yellow
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To determine the effectiveness of biochar on increasing soil carbon and soil stability.

Cereal (Grain): Wheat 1 trial Fertiliser Fertiliser Rate Soil Improvement Soil Improvement Type
Corrigin, WA
Trial Report Unavailable
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To investigate the possibility of reducing the inoculum of Fusarium graminearum in wheat stubble by spraying the stubble with spores of a harmless fungus, Trichoderma species, in order to control the disease.

Cereal (Grain): Wheat 1 trial Management systems Management systems Integrated pest management
Condobolin, NSW
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The trial purpose was to compare seed dressing and foliar application of Bioprime using granular and liquid fertilisers. 

Cereal (Grain): Wheat 1 trial Soil Improvement
Moora, WA Yellow sandy loam
Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
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Trials from over four years are examining different rates and timing of application of Bioprime, a liquid soil amendment which changes soil microbiology. The aim is to relate measured plant growth and yield improvement to changes in microbial populations in the soil around roots, and to show how these changes and different ways of applying nitro… read more

Cereal (Grain): Wheat 1 trial Soil Improvement
Buntine, WA Sand to sandy loam
Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
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To examine boosting pulse crop performance on acidic soils.

Grain Legume: Faba beans Grain Legume: Chickpeas Grain Legume: Lentils 3 trials Crop Crop Type Soil Properties Soil Properties Type Soil Improvement Soil
Grafton, NSW
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To determine whether vegetative response of genotypes to boron can mimic the genotypic yield responses to boron in the field.

Oilseed: Canola 1 trial Crop Crop Variety
Mount Compass, SA Sand
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To determine the ways in which different crop types influence available soil P and the P requirements of subsequently sown cereals

Ballapur, VIC Rupanyup, VIC
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To identify the best break crop options for different climate, soil type and biotic stress situations within major cropping regions of the southern low rainfall zone.

Other: Break crops 1 trial Crop Crop Type Crop Crop Variety
Minnipa Agricultural Centre, SA
Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
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To investigate whether a break crop can be used to manage weeds.

Eurongilly, NSW
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Farming systems in the low rainfall zone of southern Australia are dominated by cereal production. There is increasing concern about grass weed and soil-borne disease pressure, diminishing soil fertility (particularly nitrogen), and water use efficiency, as a result of continuously cropping cereals. Break crops have a key role to play in address… read more

Cereal (Grain): Mixed 1 trial Crop Crop Type
Minnipa Agricultural Centre, SA Clay loam
Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
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To evaluate the effects of break crop species on the yield of subsequent wheat crop.

Warnertown, SA Clay loam
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To evaluate the effects of break crop species on the yield of subsequent wheat crop.

Oilseed: Canola 2 trials Crop Crop Type Crop Crop Variety
Warnertown, SA
Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
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Southern Pulse Agronomy

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To evaluate the suitability of different pulse species as break crops for different climatic, soil and biotic stress conditions.

Coomandook, SA Eudunda, SA Mundulla, SA Warnertown, SA Sandy loam Clay loam
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To challenge this notion, and to examine the impacts of break crops on the longer-term financial performance of following wheat crops.

Cereal (Grain): Wheat 1 trial Crop Crop Type Crop Crop Variety
Forbes, NSW
Trial Report Unavailable
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To identify low risk, profitable break crops for the Mallee region, and quantify their benefits to subsequent wheat crops.

Hopetoun, VIC
Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
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To report on results of a visit by Wayne Hawthorne (esteemed pulse expert from Pulse Australia) to Kangaroo Island.

Grain Legume: Broad beans 1 trial Crop Crop Type
Kangaroo Island, SA
Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
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To determine the best technique for controlling brome grass in wheat and barley.

Cereal (Grain): Wheat Cereal (Grain): Barley 2 trials Herbicide Herbicide Rate Herbicide Herbicide Type
Watchupga East, VIC
Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
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To evaluate a range of herbicide combinations for controlling brome grass in lentils.

Grain Legume: Lentils 1 trial Herbicide Herbicide Application Method Herbicide Herbicide Rate Herbicide Herbicide Timing Herbicide Herbicide Type
Bute, SA
Trial Report Unavailable
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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
Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
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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
Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
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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
Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
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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
Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
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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
Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
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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
Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
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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
Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
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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
Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
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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
Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
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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
Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
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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
Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
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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
Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
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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
Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
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To test the effectiveness of various soil ameliorants in establishing irrigated canola

Oilseed: Canola 1 trial Soil Improvement
Kerang, VIC
Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
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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
Trial Report Unavailable
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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
Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
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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
Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
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
Trial Report Unavailable
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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
Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
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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
Trial Report Unavailable
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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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Aims:

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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Aims:

  • 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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Aims:

  • 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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Aims:

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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Aims:

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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Aims:

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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Aims:

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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