Clover trials

To Increase producer awareness of the potential issues and management strategies to deal with oestrogenic clover.

To report on a case study of lessons learned about growing perennial pastures.

To investigate options for pasture and fodder break crops for southern Victoria with an emphasis on weed control.

To investigate options for pasture and fodder break crops for southern Victoria with an emphasis on weed control.

To compare the production of different winter pastures and their recovery from grazing.

To conduct a survey of manganese concentrations in harvested grain of lupin, wheat and barley.

To determine the effect of different cropping sequences to continuous cropping.

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 management on soil chemistry and structure. The objective
was to gain more understanding of how irrigation practices affect the soil and how this in turn impacts on white clover production both presently and into the future

This trial aims to assess the biomass production and quality of legumes oversown with cereals.

To report on activities and results from the core site in 2005.

To investigate the merit of fodder crops in the crop rotation, with particular interest in weed control, nitrogen and gross margin.

To answer three key questions:

1. Can a break crop be as profitable as a cereal?
2. Are crop sequences including break crops more profitable than continuous wheat?
3. What effects do break crops have on soil nitrogen availability?

To evaulate the nitrogen fixing capacity of various legume species grown on Kangaroo Island.

To demonstrate the productivity and persistence of annual pasture legumes (NAPLIP cultivar/species) on several soil types in the medium–low rainfall wheat belt environment.

To identify the best rotation (or system) for the region, that will also prevent the degradation or loss of soil chemical, physical and biological characteristics. 

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.

Investigate the dry matter accumulation and timing of a range of pastrure species and mixes and comparing them to the dry matter production by crops that are grown to be grazed before being shut up for grain production or cut for hay or silage.

Investigate the dry matter accumulation and timing of a range of pastrure species and mixes and comparing them to the dry matter production by crops that are grown to be grazed before being shut up for grain production or cut for hay or silage.

Investigating the dry matter accumulation and timing of a range of pasture species and mixes and comparing them to the dry matter produced by crops that are grown to be grazed before being shut up for grain production or cut for hay from silage.

To explore the relationship between phosphate fertiliser and micronutrients on acid soils.

To provide a useful technique for estimating pasture legume seed reserved in paddocks.

To investiage the dry matter potential of several types of annual cover and also of annual species that may fit well.
 

To evaluate forage varieties in a cropping system. 

To investigate using alternative crops in medium to high rainfall zone, and to collect more data to establish dry matter and production in these zones.  

To collect more data on dry matter and production figures for forage varieties.

To evaluate forage varieties in a cropping system.

To evaluate sub clover varieties in a cropping system. 

To evaluate sub clover varieties in a cropping system.

To establish performance of subs in the Western Victoria cropping zones.

To evaluate sub clover varieties in a cropping system.

To evaluate sub clover varities in a cropping system.

To quantify the level and effects of sub-clover root disease in pastures across the south-east region of South Australia.It aims to understand the production and economic impact of root disease and, through the evaluation of chemical and cultural control
methods, establish cost-effective solutions to manage these diseases.

The project aims to quantify the level and effects of sub-clover root disease in pastures across the south-east region of South Australia.

To investigate the effects of rates and granule size of copper containing superphosphate on wheat yields grown on yello9w brown gravelly  soil

To investigate if the effects of rates and granule size of copper containing superphosphate on wheat yields grown on yellow brown gravelly  soil persist into following year.

To assess and evaluated a range of different pasture varieties at three different sites.

To assess and evaluated a range of different pasture varieties at three different sites.

To report on experimenting with a range of pasture and fodder-type options based on TG1, 2 and 3 and aims to gain an understanding of how they work in the south-eastern HRZ.

To remind growers to apply molybdenum on a regular basis.

The ‘Good Clover Bad Clover’ project is a three-year project that commenced in April 2017 and aims to increase awareness of the potential issues and improve management strategies to deal with oestrogenic clover.

To incrase the producer awareness of the potential issues and management strategies to deal with oestrogenic clover.

To conduct visual assessments and laboratory testing for the presence of oestrogenic clover species in 25 paddocks from 10 properties across the South East region of SA and on Kangaroo Island. 

To evaluate a range of Group G herbicide ‘spikes’ to better understand there market fit prior to sowing broadacre crops.

To demonstrate the available herbicide options for a range of annual legume pasture varieties.

To discuss alternative options to increase organic matter; improve soil properties and provide additional non-chemical control options for weed management, whilst providing a break crop effect.