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To test 6 commercial TT and 6 commercial non IT canola varieties.

Oilseed: Canola 1 trial Crop Crop Variety
Gnarwarre, VIC
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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 control weeds without compromising crop yield.

Oilseed: Canola 1 trial Crop Crop Variety Herbicide Herbicide Type
Rossbridge, VIC
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To test canola varieties to provide growers with alternative options for controlling weeds.

Oilseed: Canola 1 trial Crop Crop Variety
Culgoa, VIC
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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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Cereal disease management and diagnostics: What we learned in 2021 to improve management in 2022

Cereal (Grain): Barley Cereal (Grain): Oats Cereal (Grain): Wheat 9 trials Pest Management Pest Management Bacterial Pest Management Pest Management Fungal Pest Management Pest Management Viral
Southern NSW DPI offices, NSW
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To assess the impact of BYDV on wheat yield and also the effect of a range of fungicide treatments on wheat yield during 2009. 

Cereal (Grain): Wheat 3 trials Fungicide Fungicide Type
Conmurra, SA Millicent, SA Frances, VIC
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To explore chaff cart benefits in a mixed system

Cereal (Grain): Wheat 1 trial Soil Preparation Soil Preparation Tillage
Wolseley, SA
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To provide growers with the tools needed to adopt site-specific weed management (SSWM) strategies as a result of a commercially viable weed ID and mapping system being demonstrated.

Forage: Ryegrass Grain Legume: Chickpeas 2 trials Management systems Management systems Integrated weed management
Mildura, VIC
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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 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 evaluate different commercially available forage crop varieties for their feed value and capacity to recover during winter and spring in a low rainfall Mallee-Wimmera environment.

Corack, VIC
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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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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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To compare pre-emergent herbicides in the control of problem weeds in wheat.

Cereal (Grain): Wheat 1 trial Herbicide Herbicide Rate Herbicide Herbicide Type
Forth Rd, Don, TAS
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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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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
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To investigate opportunities to reduce the dependence on grass herbicides for the control of grass weeds in wheat.

Cereal (Grain): Wheat 1 trial Crop Crop Type
Birchip, VIC
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To investigate the use of competitive crops to reduce weeds.

Cereal (Grain): Barley Cereal (Grain): Wheat 2 trials Crop Crop Type Sowing Sowing Rate Sowing Sowing Row Spacing
St Arnaud, VIC
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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
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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
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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
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To quantify how paddock stubble load and weed burden during summer can affect soil water, nutrients and subsequent crop yield.

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

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

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

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

Kerang, VIC
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To discuss a closely-monitored paddock in the Charlton district that has been in wheat for the last seven years.

Cereal (Grain): Wheat 1 trial Crop Crop Rotation
Charlton, VIC
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To quantify the contribution of sunflower leaves to yield and oil quality through the application of twelve leaf defoliation treatments.

Sunflowers are generally considered a minor crop in the NSW northern grains region. However, they play an important role in providing a broadleaf summer crop rotation option. An individual sunflower p… read more

Oilseed: Sunflower 2 trials Crop Crop Variety
Pine Ridge, NSW
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To quantify the contribution of different sunflower leaves to yield and oil quality by applying 12 leaf defoliation treatments.

Sunflowers are generally considered a minor crop in the northern grains region. However, they play an important role in providing a broadleaf summer crop rotation option. An individual sunflower plant produces… read more

Oilseed: Sunflower 2 trials Crop Crop Variety
Willow Tree, NSW
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Barley grass is becoming an increasingly problematic weed in Western Australia. A GRDC funded project sought to increase the adoption of integrated weed management tactics for barley grass, by working with grower groups to develop regionally appropriate rotations for optimal control.

A survey indicated that growers in the southern lake… read more

Cereal: Mixed species Cereal (Grain): Barley Cereal (Grain): Oats 3 trials Herbicide Herbicide Type Management systems Management systems Integrated weed management
Tarin Rock, WA Loam over clay
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A field experiment was conducted in the summer of 2015–16 at the NSW DPI Leeton Field Station to investigate the effect of powdery mildew and four fungicide treatments on the grain yield of two commercial soybean varieties (Djakal and SnowyA) and two unreleased breeding lines (N005A-80 and P176-2).

Oilseed: Soybean 2 trials Crop Crop Variety Fungicide Fungicide Timing Fungicide Fungicide Type
Leeton, NSW Grey clay
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Herbicide and application timing alternatives to control annual ryegrass and other weeds in fence lines and prevent the onset of resistance.

None: No crop specified 1 trial Herbicide Herbicide Rate Herbicide Herbicide Timing Herbicide Herbicide Type
Ogilvie, WA Loamy sand over gravel
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To explore herbicide and application timing alternatives to control annual ryegrass and other weeds on fencelines and prevent the onset of resistance. wns Research Station, Gibson (SEPWA).

Forage: Ryegrass 1 trial Management systems
east Buntine, WA
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To answer the questions of whether applying a preventative spray regardless of conditions was good practice (i.e. does it help in controlling disease?) and was it cost effective?

Cereal (Grain): Barley Grain Legume: Lentils 6 trials Crop Crop Type Insecticide Insecticide Application Method
Birchip, VIC Rupanyup, VIC Woomelang, VIC
Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
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To answer the questions of whether applying a preventative spray regardless of conditions was good practice (i.e. does it help in controlling disease?) and was it cost effective?

Rupanyup, VIC
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To answer the questions of whether applying a preventative spray regardless of conditions was good practice (i.e. does it help in controlling disease?) and was it cost effective?

Woomelang, VIC
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To identify the most effective herbicide product and mixes to control hard-to-kill broadleaf weeds in the Wimmera.

None: No crop specified 1 trial Herbicide Herbicide Type
Horsham, VIC Heavy clay (black)
Trial Report Unavailable
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To identify some herbicide options for controlling Rosinweed.

None: No crop specified 1 trial Herbicide Herbicide Rate Herbicide Herbicide Timing Herbicide Herbicide Type
Birchip, VIC
Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
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The GRDC project ‘Maintaining profitable farming systems with retained stubble - upper Eyre Peninsula’ aims to produce sustainable management guidelines to control pests, weeds and diseases while retaining stubble to maintain or improve soil health, and reduce exposure to wind erosion. The major outcome to be achieved is increased knowledge … read more

Cereal (Grain): Wheat 1 trial Sowing Sowing Method Sowing Sowing Rate Sowing Sowing Timing
Lock, SA Non-wetting sand
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The GRDC project ‘Maintaining profitable farming systems with retained stubble - upper Eyre Peninsula’ aims to produce sustainable management guidelines to control pests, weeds and diseases while retaining stubble to maintain or improve soil health, and reduce exposure to wind erosion. The major outcome to be achieved is increased knowledge … read more

Cereal (Grain): Barley 1 trial Sowing Sowing Placement Sowing Sowing Rate
Lock, SA Non-wetting sand
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The GRDC project ‘Maintaining profitable farming systems with retained stubble - upper Eyre Peninsula’ aims to produce sustainable management guidelines to control pests, weeds and diseases while retaining stubble to maintain or improve soil health, and reduce exposure to wind erosion. The major outcome to be achieved is increased knowledge … read more

Cereal (Grain): Wheat 1 trial Sowing Sowing Method Sowing Sowing Rate Sowing Sowing Timing
Murlong, SA Non-wetting sand
Trial Report Unavailable
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To provide growers with the tools needed to adopt site-specific weed management (SSWM) strategies as a result of a commercially viable weed ID and mapping system being demonstrated.

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To discuss crop problems.

Birchip, VIC
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The project aims to overcome some of the difficulties with double cropping systems (growing a winter and summer crop following one another) and to provide the opportunity for growers to capitalise on their investment in irrigated agriculture. This project considers the issues of herbicide residues; irrigation layouts and management; stubble mana… read more

Leeton, NSW
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  • To test the adaptability and yield potential of current and new field peas varieties to crop topping over a range of timings in southern NSW to provide an additional weed control method for problem weeds ie ARG.

Grain Legume: Field peas 1 trial Crop Crop Type Crop Crop Variety
Wagga Wagga, NSW
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To monitor moisture retention and nitrogen accumulation under cultivated and chemical fallow regimes.

Cereal (Grain): Wheat 1 trial Fallow Fallow Chemical Fallow Fallow Fallow Cultivated Fallow
Birchip, VIC
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To provide growers and advisers with a better understanding of the benefits of deep ripping and in particular depth of deep ripping required to optimise crop yield and profit.

Cereal (Grain): Wheat 5 trials Soil Properties Soil Properties Compaction Soil Improvement
Arrino, WA Eradu, WA Mullewa, WA Ogilvie, WA Walkaway, WA
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  • To evaluate the effect of water rate using a medium spray quality on bromoxynil based herbicides under conditions where coverage is not optimal.
  • To evaluate the effect of coarse droplets.
  • To evaluate the effect on wild radish control at different water rates with MCPA in tank mixtures with Velocity.

Cereal (Grain): Wheat 1 trial Herbicide Herbicide Type
Buntine, WA Sand to sandy loam
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This site was designed to demonstrate the practical implications of implementing Controlled Traffic and
Precision Agriculture practices

Cereal (Grain): Barley 1 trial Soil Properties Soil Properties Compaction Sowing Sowing Row Spacing
Shelford, VIC
Trial Report Unavailable
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Barley grass possesses several biological traits that make it difficult for growers to manage it in the low rainfall zone, so it is not surprising that it is becoming more prevalent in field crops in SA and WA. A survey by Llewellyn et al. (2015) showed that barley grass has now made its way into the top 10 weeds of Australian cropping in terms … read more

Weed: Barley Grass Cereal (Grain): Barley 2 trials Management systems Management systems Integrated weed management
Minnipa Agricultural Centre, SA Red sandy loam
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Why do the trial? 
Barley grass possesses several biological traits that make it difficult for growers to manage it in the low rainfall zone, so it is not surprising that it is becoming more prevalent in field crops in SA and WA. A survey by Llewellyn et al. (2015) showed that barley grass has now made its way into the top 1 O weeds of A… read more

Weed: Barley Grass Cereal (Grain): Barley Cereal (Grain): Wheat Forage: Medic Oilseed: Canola 13 trials Crop Crop Type Crop Crop Rotation Herbicide Herbicide Application Method Herbicide Herbicide Type Sowing Sowing Rate Sowing Sowing Row Spacing
Minnipa, SA
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To demonstrate various long and short-term management options to mitigate water repellent soils in the Corrigin area in 2017

Cereal (Grain): Wheat 1 trial Soil Improvement Soil Improvement Method Sowing Sowing Method
Corrigin, WA
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To investigate the suitability and profitability of alternative legume crops in the Western Region.

Carnamah, WA
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To demonstrate the profitability of alternative grain legume crops across the Western Region.

Kalannie, WA
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To investigate the suitability and profitability of alternative legume crops in the Western Region.
 

Koorda, WA
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To determine whether desiccation of lentils helps with harvestability.

Grain Legume: Lentils 1 trial Sowing Sowing Timing
Birchip, VIC
Trial Report Unavailable
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To assess the differences between disc and tyne seeding systems in commercial practice.

Cereal (Grain): Wheat 1 trial Grazing Grazing Application Method Sowing Sowing Method
Grenfell, NSW
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To evaluate Diuron as a broadleaf weed killer pre sowing of lupins and to evaluate some mixing partners to improve the control of grass weeds.

Grain Legume: Lupins 1 trial Herbicide Herbicide Rate Herbicide Herbicide Type
Coorow, WA Red loam
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 To treat the canola as a forage brassica until autumn, when it would be locked up to be carried on to produce grain at harvest 2012.
 

Oilseed: Canola 1 trial Grazing Grazing Application Method
Dunkeld, VIC
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  • To increase understanding of the interaction between increasing soil organic carbon and greenhouse gas emissions. In particular to quantify the influence of soil organic carbon on nitrous oxide and methane emissions in a grains cropping system.
  • To determine whether increasing soil organic carbon lowers the amount of nitrogen … read more

Oilseed: Canola Cereal (Grain): Barley Cereal (Grain): Oats 3 trials Soil Improvement Soil Improvement Soil Improvement Rate
Buntine, WA Deep sand
Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
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To investigate if increasing soil organic carbon (SOC) increases N2O emissions.

Cereal (Grain): Oats 1 trial Fertiliser Fertiliser Rate Soil Preparation Soil Preparation Tillage
Buntine, WA
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To investigate the dry matter (DM) productivity and nutritive value (NV) of a range of pasture species sown independently or in conjunction with Fathom barley at Hart in winter and summer.

Hart, SA Calcarosol
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 To investigate the effectiveness of weed control techniques using herbicide treatments and crop population. 

Cereal (Grain): Wheat 1 trial Sowing Sowing Rate Sowing Sowing Timing
Lake Bolac, VIC
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Part 1: Medic cultivars were grown in soil with high boron levels in a glasshouse, leaf damage symptoms recorded and cultivars allocated to different tolerance groups (Howie 2012). 

Part 2: The above identified that all spineless burr medic cultivars are susceptible to high boron levels. Screening wild accessions (supplied by… read more

Forage: Medic 1 trial Crop Crop Type Soil Properties Soil Properties Type
Minnipa Agricultural Centre, SA Red sandy loam
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Over the past three decades there has been a shift from integrated crop-livestock production to intensive cropping in dry areas, which has significantly reduced the resilience of farms in low to medium rainfall areas. Intensive cropping is prone to herbicide resistant weeds, large nitrogen fertiliser requirements, and major financial shocks due… read more

Cereal (Grain): Mixed 3 trials Crop Crop Type
Multiple Site, Eyre Peninsula, SA, SA
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This article will report on findings from two pasture trials conducted on the lower Eyre Peninsula in the 2019-2021 growing seasons. The trials are part of the demonstration component of the Dryland Pasture Legume Systems (DLPS) project developed with the former LEADA committee/AIR EP Medium Rainfall RD&E committee to answer several questions a… read more

Cereal (Grain): Mixed 6 trials Crop Crop Type
Butler, SA Ungarra, SA
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In southern Australian mixed farming systems, there are many opportunities for pasture improvement, providing positive impacts to both cropping and livestock systems. Dryland legume pastures are necessary in low to medium rainfall zones to support productive and healthy livestock, along with optimal production in crops following these pastures. … read more

Cereal: Mixed species 1 trial Crop Crop Type Crop Crop Variety
Minnipa Agricultural Centre, SA Red sandy loam
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  • To demonstrate and refine the technique to suit the many mixed farmers on Kangaroo Island.

Karatta, SA
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To determine the performance of various wheat varieties across the low rainfall regions of Central West NSW

Cereal (Grain): Wheat 4 trials Crop Crop Type Crop Crop Variety
Eubalong, NSW Rankins Springs, NSW Tottenham, NSW Weethalle, NSW
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To assess the impact of time of sowing (TOS) on a range of wheat variety maturity classes (winter wheat, slow and mid spring maturing varieties) and to measure the impact of plant density and the presence of weeds (simulated with tame oats) on these varieties.

Cereal (Grain): Wheat 1 trial Sowing Sowing Timing
Quambatook, VIC Clay loam
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To compare the yield performance of several slow-developing winter wheat cultivars (requiring vernalisation) with spring wheat cultivars (photoperiod sensitive) at different plant densities, in the presence or absence of weeds.

Cereal (Grain): Wheat 1 trial Sowing Sowing Timing
Berriwillock, VIC Sandy clay loam
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To discuss the economics of lucerne establishment.

Forage: Lucerne 1 trial Crop Crop Type Farm operations Farm operations Economics
West Wyalong, NSW
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This field trial at Roseworthy was undertaken to investigate factorial combinations of sowing time, seed rate and herbicides on the management of annual ryegrass in faba beans.

Grain Legume: Faba beans Forage: Ryegrass 2 trials Herbicide Herbicide Type Sowing Sowing Rate Sowing Sowing Timing
Roseworthy campus, University of Adelaide, SA
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  • Gain a better understanding of the impact of crop competition on rigid ryegrass (Lolium rigidum) and brome grass (Bromus spp.) quantities and seed set after deep ripping to raise awareness and improve management.
  • Monitor for differences in Pratylenchus neglectus levels between ripped and un-ripped plots … read more

  • Cereal (Grain): Wheat 1 trial Soil Improvement
    Geraldton, WA
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    A four-year study has investigated if lime applied in a low pH soil could enhance the efficacy of herbicides on weeds (ryegrass and barley grass) and improve crop performance in a wheat-wheat-lupin-barley rotation at the Wongan Hills Research Station, Western Australia.

    Cereal (Grain): Barley 1 trial Crop Crop Type Crop Crop Rotation Soil Improvement Soil Improvement Soil Improvement Application Method
    Wongan Hills, WA Sand
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    Change in sowing time can have multiple effects on crop-weed competition. Delayed sowing can provide opportunities to kill greater proportion of weed seedbank before seeding the crop, but weeds that establish in late sown crops can be more competitive on a per plant basis. This is one of reasons why farmers who have adopted early seeding have re… read more

    Forage: Ryegrass Cereal (Grain): Barley 2 trials Herbicide Herbicide Type Sowing Sowing Rate Sowing Sowing Timing
    Buckland Park, SA
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    To identify the optimum sowing time for establishment of sub-tropical grasses to the east of Eneabba.

    Other crop: Grasses 1 trial Sowing Sowing Timing
    Eneabba, WA Deep sandy duplex
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    The GRDC project ‘Maintaining profitable farming systems with retained stubble - upper Eyre Peninsula’ aims to produce sustainable management guidelines to control pests, weeds and diseases while retaining stubble to maintain or improve soil health, and reduce exposure to wind erosion. The major outcome to be achieved is increased knowledge … read more

    Forage: Medic 1 trial Stubble Stubble Management
    Mt Cooper, SA Red loam
    Trial Report Unavailable
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    The GRDC project ‘Maintaining profitable farming systems with retained stubble - upper Eyre Peninsula’ aims to produce sustainable management guidelines to control pests, weeds and diseases while retaining stubble to maintain or improve soil health, and reduce exposure to wind erosion. The major outcome to be achieved is increased knowledge … read more

    Forage: Medic 1 trial Stubble Stubble Management
    Mt Cooper, SA Red loam
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    To evaluate the performance of crops (barley in 2009) when pasture cropped over different perennial species established on deep pale sands.

    Cereal (Grain): Barley 1 trial Crop Crop Type Crop Crop Rotation Fertiliser Fertiliser Rate Sowing Sowing Row Spacing
    Dandaragan, WA Pale deep sand
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    To assess the competiveness of 18 commercial barley varieties for their capacity to suppress or out-compete weeds during the season.

    Cereal (Grain): Barley Cereal (Grain): Oats 2 trials Crop Crop Variety Management systems Management systems Integrated weed management
    Condobolin, NSW Red chromosol
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    Soybean variety evaluation experiments (in collaboration with more variety-specific agronomy experiments) at Trangie Agricultural Research Centre (Trangie ARC) were conducted for three consecutive summer seasons (2013–14, 2014–15 and 2015–16) to assess if new soybean varieties for the Macquarie Valley under irrigated conditions were a su… read more

    Oilseed: Soybean 3 trials
    Trangie Agricultural Research Centre, NSW
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    To study the efficiency that summer fallow rainfall was stored for the following winter crop by measureing it at 9 sites in the Parkes and Forbes district during the 2007/08 summer fallow period.

    : N/A 1 trial Fallow Fallow Chemical Fallow Fallow Fallow Cultivated Fallow
    Parkes, NSW
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    • To allow producer groups to trial new grazing systems in their local environment at a commercial scale.

    Forage: Ryegrass Forage: Lucerne Pasture: Kikuyu Pasture: Phalaris 4 trials Crop Crop Type Farm operations Farm operations Economics
    Macgillivray,
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    • To allow producer groups to trial new grazing systems in their local environment at a commercial scale.

    Forage: Ryegrass Forage: Lucerne Pasture: Kikuyu Pasture: Phalaris 4 trials Management systems Management systems Mixed farming
    Macgillivray,
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    To reinvigorate the livestock component of the EP farming system.

    None: No crop specified 1 trial Livestock
    Minnipa, SA
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    To provide growers with the tools needed to adopt site-specific weed management (SSWM) strategies as a result of a commercially viable weed ID and mapping system being demonstrated.

    Forage: Ryegrass Grain Legume: Faba beans 2 trials Management systems Management systems Integrated weed management
    Mildura, VIC
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    To provide growers with the tools needed to adopt site-specific weed management (SSWM) strategies as a result of a commercially viable weed ID and mapping system being demonstrated.

    Forage: Ryegrass Grain Legume: Faba beans 2 trials Management systems Management systems Integrated weed management
    Mildura, VIC
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    Funding sources

    Aims:

    To evaluate a number of commercially available Lupin varieties and two Faba Bean varieties for yield. 

    Grain Legume: Lupins Grain Legume: Faba beans 2 trials Crop Crop Type Crop Crop Variety
    Bairnsdale, VIC
    Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
    Important Caution The results of this trial may have been impacted by unusual or adverse events
    Crop disease
    Research organisaton

    Aims:

    To provide growers with the tools needed to adopt site-specific weed management (SSWM) strategies as a result of a commercially viable weed ID and mapping system being demonstrated.

    Weed: Other grass Grain Legume: Faba beans 2 trials Management systems Management systems Integrated weed management
    Mildura, VIC
    Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
    Research organisaton
    Funding sources

    Aims:

    To investigate a range of management options across the latest varieties and potential new releases in faba bean at Westmere, and investigate the effect of chocolate spot and rust management strategies across a range of faba bean varieties.

    Grain Legume: Faba beans 1 trial Crop Crop Variety Fungicide Fungicide Rate Fungicide Fungicide Timing Fungicide Fungicide Type
    Westmere, VIC
    Trial Report Unavailable
    Research organisaton

    Aims:

    To report on the faba bean variety trial at Hamilton.

    Grain Legume: Faba beans 1 trial Crop Crop Variety
    Hamilton, VIC
    Trial Report Unavailable
    Research organisaton

    Aims:

    To test the persistence and performance of summer-active perennial grasses in a Mallee environment and the potential for pasture cropping.

    Cereal (Grain): Wheat 2 trials Crop Crop Type
    Karoonda, SA Hopetoun, VIC
    Trial Report Unavailable
    Research organisaton
    Funding sources
    CRC <abbr title='Grains Research and Development Corporation'>GRDC</abbr>

    Aims:

    To identify weed species that pose the greatest threats to agricultural produciton if incursion an dispersal is allowed to occur from roadsides and fence-lines into farmed land.

    None: No crop specified 4 trials Herbicide Herbicide Type
    Birchip, VIC Hopetoun, VIC Lalbert, VIC Sea Lake, VIC
    Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
    Research organisaton

    Aims:

    To provide growers with the tools needed to adopt site-specific weed management (SSWM) strategies as a result of a commercially viable weed ID and mapping system being demonstrated.

    Forage: Ryegrass Grain Legume: Field peas 2 trials Management systems Management systems Integrated weed management
    Mildura, VIC
    Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
    Research organisaton
    Funding sources

    Aims:

    To facilitate the expansion of field peas into lower rainfall areas of southern Australia through the development of new cultivars and identification of agronomic methods to improve yield and yield reliability, and to provide an economically viable break crop option in areas where pulses are not presently grown.

    Grain Legume: Field peas 1 trial Crop Crop Variety Sowing Sowing Timing Stubble Stubble Management
    Minnipa, SA
    Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
    Research organisaton

    Aims:

    To evaluate new and existing field pea varieties.

    Grain Legume: Field peas 1 trial Crop Crop Variety
    Winchester, WA Sandy duplex
    Trial Report Unavailable
    Research organisatons

    Aims:

    To raise awareness about the increasing occurrence of herbicide resistant wild radish populations in the Wimmera and Mallee and to determine the best management practices for farmers to combat it and reduce its spread.

    Cereal (Grain): Wheat 2 trials Herbicide Herbicide Type
    Birchip, VIC Corack, VIC Sandy loam
    Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
    Research organisaton
    Funding source

    Aims:

    To evaluate the impact of residual herbicide strategies in winter cereals for fleabane management in the spring and summer.

    Cereal (Grain): Wheat 1 trial Herbicide Herbicide Application Method Herbicide Herbicide Rate Herbicide Herbicide Timing Herbicide Herbicide Type
    Bowenville, QLD
    Trial Report Unavailable
    Research organisaton
    Funding source