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To report on the Goonumbla Management trial: NSW DPI Field pea sowing rate trial.
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To assess the impact of (and interaction between) grazing and frost damage on the grain yield and quality of a range of winter and spring cereal varieties sown at two times of sowing.
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To comare the dry matter production available for forage and plant recovery after grazing of the forage barley variety Moby with that of Hindmarsh barley and Correll wheat.
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To determine the success of Pasture Cropping for different starting pasture compositions and crop sequences (i.e. the difference betweencropping year-after-year compared to doing it once) in comparison to No Till cropping and pasture treatments. Success will be assessed by the profitability of the crop, the grazing value of the pasture, perennia… read more
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To understand how a range of pasture types combine to form a whole farm feed supply.
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The trial aims to see the benefits of crop grazing at various times of sowing, to increase feed availability for stock, while retaining winter pastures and to find out whether crop grazing can be utilised in delaying the flowering window to reduce the impact of frost. It also aims to assess the impact of grazing times against the grain yield and… read more
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To evaluate a range of new varieties of grain legumes under improved management conditions.
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To evaluate a range of new varieties of grain legumes under improved management conditions.
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To compare the early sowing performance of a high yielding Australian wheat variety with reasonable lodging resistance (Revenue) with an English variety recognised for strong stem strength (Einstein). As an additional comparison, the new triticale variety Endeavour was included as it has a strong winter habit (vernalisation requirement) before… read more
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The objective of this study was to evaluate existing and future wheat varieties for performance when sown early (March) without grazing.
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To assess the performance of 18 commercial barley varieties sown at three dates during 2015.
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To test a number of potential malting quality barley lines out of the Syngenta Seeds breeding program in comparison to current commercial barley varieties.
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To compare a number of feed and milling quality varieties that are commercially available against several long season durum lines potentially suited to southwest Victoria. These variety trials were evaluated with a fungicide programme, to determine the yield response of the varieties by comparing controlled leaf disease against an untreated cont… read more
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The GRDC ‘Maintaining profitable farming systems with retained stubble’ projects on upper and lower Eyre Peninsula (EP) aim to improve farm profitability while retaining stubble in farming systems. Grass weed management is one of the key issues of current cropping systems with annual ryegrass and barley grass being of most importance on lowe… read more
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To determine how post-grazing nitrogen application rates and post flowering rainfall affect the recovery of Mace and Trojan grain wheat crops after grazing.
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To evaluate a vigorous hybrid canola variety in a low rainfall Mallee environment for its grazing value at different growth stages, and its ability to recover from grazing.
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To search for greater profit and improved management of feed gaps and pastures, which are incentives for grazing cereals.
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This Demonstration forms part of the Grain & Graze II project looking at the relative merits of grazing canola and cereal crops. This demonstration looks to assess whether the effects of grazing wheat with sheep during the growing season. Factors being assessed are Yield & quality, dry matter production and grazing value.
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To determine the impact that grazing of crops in winter had on subsequent grain yield and quality, production factors such as weeds, disease and nutrition, and livestock carrying capacity.
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To monitor the feed value and grain production from different types of grazed cereal crops in Northern Victoria.
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To monitor the feed value and grain production from different types of grazed cereal crops in Northern Victoria.
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To monitor the feed value and grain production from different types of grazed cereal crops in Northern Victoria.
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To investigate the drivers for yield loss under grazing with a view to make grazing crops less risky.
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To see how new varieties fared at different sowing dates compared with varieties suited to those dates.
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To investigate some other types of legumes for their dry matter and suitability as green manure.
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To compare Triflur 480 versus Stomp, in relation to traditional use and minimum cultivation, on wheat and canola.
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To evaluate a range of Group G herbicide ‘spikes’ to better understand there market fit prior to sowing broadacre crops.
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To grow chickpeas on eastern Eyre Peninsula.
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To identify the agronomic practices which lead to the production of high quality hard and durum wheat.
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The aim of this trial is to assess the viability of long season wheat in the HRZ.
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To determine the agronomic conditions required to grow a quality barley product suitable for malting.
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To economically grow irrigated wheat to meeet DR1 specifications
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The aim of this trial was to compare the performance of very early sown wheat varieties, their early grazing potential and ability to recover from grazing.
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To assess the establishment of two new hard-seeded French serradellas, Erica and Margurita, in the medium rainfall zone using the under-sowing technique.
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To determine the performance of new and current barley varieties in the Wimmera and Mallee
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The GRDC project ‘Maintaining profitable farming systems with retained stubble - upper Eyre Peninsula’ aims to improve farm profitability while retaining stubble in farming systems on upper Eyre Peninsula (EP). Weed control in stubble retained systems can be compromised when stubbles and organic residues intercept the herbicide and prevent i… read more
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The GRDC project ‘Maintaining profitable farming systems with retained stubble - upper Eyre Peninsula’ aims to improve farm profitability while retaining stubble in farming systems on upper Eyre Peninsula (EP). One of the barriers to retaining stubble is the perceived reduction in pre-emergent herbicide effectiveness (efficacy) in stubbles. … read more
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To demonstrate the available herbicide options for a range of annual legume pasture varieties.
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To identify patterns of herbicide resistance levels on Kangaroo Island in 2009.
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To ascertain the best herbicide options for new varieties: to compare Tyson as an existing desi chickpea to two new varieties: Howzat and ICCV96836.
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To determine the herbicide tolerance of Morava, Blanchefleur and Languedoc vetch.
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To investigate a range of herbicides on crop tolerances in three chickpea varieties.
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To trial a number of herbicide treatments applied to field peas, chickpeas, lentils and lupins to determine effective weed control and their effects on the crops.
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To compare the efficacy and crop safety of various pre-sowing herbicide mixes on grassy weeds in a dry sowing situation for wheat, and followed the treatments through to final grain yield.
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To compare new hybrid and open pollinated (OP) varieties in the mid to late maturity groups suited to the 2.0 to 4.0 t/ha environments and evaluate them statistically, head to head, across all five herbicide technologies.
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To test canola and wheat yield response and the interactions between nutrients where N, P, K and S and micro-nutrients Zn and Cu are omitted.
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To investigate the fit of high value pulse crops (faba bean, lentil, and chickpea) in the sowing program and their rotational (agronomic and economic) benefits to the following cereal crop.
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To asses optimum sowing date and variety type for Canola for the South West Slopes region of NSW
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To test if no-till crops grown on clay soils in the low rainfall, southern Mallee environment would yield better if more straw could be retained on the soil surface from the previous crop.
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To evaluate the performance and agronomic attributes of a range of Hybrid and OP canola varieties across different herbicide tolerant technologies over two time of sowing events.
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To assess comparative effect of anthracnose on yield and seed infection in a range of varieties and advanced lupin breeding lines.
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Can systems performance be improved by modifying farming systems in the northern grains region? Specifically, what impact do crop species and crop sequences have on soil- and stubble-borne pathogens?
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Can systems performance be improved by modifying farming systems in thenorthern grains region? What are the impacts of crops and crop sequences on soil water accumulation and use?
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To evaluate the impact of crown rot inoculum on cereal variety yield and grain quality.
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To evaluate the impact of crown rot inoculum on cereal variety yield and grain quality.
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To evaluate the impact of crown rot inoculum on cereal variety yield and grain quality.
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To evaluate the impact of crown rot inoculum on cereal variety yield and grain quality.
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To evaluate the impact of crown rot inoculum on winter cereal variety yield and grain quality.
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To evaluate the impact of crown rot inoculum on cereal variety yield and grain quality.
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To evaluate the impact of crown rot inoculum on cereal variety yield and grain quality.
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To evaluate the impact of crown rot inoculum on cereal variety yield and grain quality.
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To evaluate the impact of crown rot inoculum on cereal variety yield and grain quality.
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To evaluate the impact of crown rot inoculum on cereal variety yield and grain quality.
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To evaluate the impact of crown rot inoculum on cereal variety yield and grain quality.
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To evaluate the impact of crown rot inoculum on cereal variety yield and grain quality.
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To evaluate the impact of crown rot inoculum on cereal variety yield and grain quality.
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To evaluate the impact of crown rot inoculum on cereal variety yield and grain quality.
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To investigate the yield and quality effects of a delayed harvest on a range of barley varieties.
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With larger seeding programs, increased summer weed control to conserve soil moisture and more variable autumn rainfall patterns, more growers Australia-wide are moving toward dry sowing.
On upper Eyre Peninsula in 2017 and 2018, seed was placed in the soil for many weeks with limited soil moisture, some seed still germinated but the d… read more
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To determine the potential toxicity of the fungicide P-Pickel T (PPT) to rhizobia applied as a commercial inoculant (peat and freeze-dried) on field pea (R. leguminosarum, group F) in field conditions in a soil with a low rhizobial background.
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To evaluate the impact of planter type on yield of winter cereals and chickpeas.
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To investigate the adaptability of a range of lentil and chickpea varieties and breeding lines to interrow sowing in wider row spacings than conventional cropping systems.
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To analyse the impact of sowing date and variety on the phenology and grain yield of faba beans and lentils in upper Eyre Peninsula.
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To evaluate the impact of planter type, sowing depth and plant population on chickpea production.
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To evaluate the impact of sowing depth, method, plant population and sowing time on chickpea production.
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To evaluate the impact of sowing depth, method, plant population and sowing time on chickpea production.
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To investigate the impact of summer cropping on subsequent winter crop (wheat yield). To dtermine nitrogen (N) response of wheat following summer crops.
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To compare soil moisture, soil nitrogen and profitability of five different vetch end-use treatments from 2012, sown to wheat in 2013.
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To examine the effect of two sowing dates on final Pt populations in a range of durum, bread wheat and barley varieties near Tulloona in north-western NSW in 2015.
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To assess the chemical control options for effective control of onion weed without cultivation.
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To implement the findings of previous work conducted on the establishment of native perennial grasses in the Upper North.
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To assess the impact of different seeding systems on crop establishment in water repellent soil.
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To promote the sowing of persistent perennial grasses on Kangaroo Island properties to:
• improve ground cover in late summer, autumn and winter, and to
• increase pasture water use to minimize soil acidification and salinisation.
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To investigate water repellence mitigation options at seeding. The trial aims to identify the driving chemistries (surfactants vs humectants) and application techniques (furrow surface, vs seed zone) that are better able to lift crop responses under local sowing conditions. This article reports on the Year 1 data, with more work being planned f… read more
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To determine the value of additives or spikes to paraquat versus grasses or broadleaf weeds in the winter fallow.
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To determine the value of additives or spikes to paraquat versus grasses or broadleaf weeds in the winter fallow.
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To determine the value of additives or spikes to paraquat versus grasses or broadleaf weeds in the winter fallow.
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To test the optimum sowing time for long season wheat cultivars uisng three target sowing dates.
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In this experiment, we compare three methods of N supply to wheat:
1. surface spread in front of the seeder (early May)
2. mid-row banding at sowing (early May)
3. surface spread at stem elongation (late July).
The difference method was used to evaluated the efficiency of each.
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With larger seeding programs, increased summer weed control to conserve soil moisture and more variable autumn rainfall patterns, many growers Australia wide are continuing to dry-sow. More traditionally, growers may have previously ‘dabbled a little’ in dry-sowing and are observing with interest the successes and failures of dry-sowing syst… read more
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Aimed at identifying factors limiting the production and nitrogen fixation of pulse crops grown on acidic soils in the high rainfall zone (HRZ) grain production regions of south eastern Australia with a long-term average annual rainfall above 500 mm.
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To determine the value of pasture legumes grown in rotation with crops at Streatham, Gnarwarre and Hamilton
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To evaluate the response of wheat (yield and protein) in different paddock management zones to in-season application of nitrogen fertiliser, using the Yield Prophet system as a guide.
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To evaluate the influence of perennial row spacing and grass suppression on the performance of serradella summer sown into subtropical perennial-grass pastures.
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