Oats trials

• To demonstrate and refine the technique to suit the many mixed farmers on Kangaroo Island.

To investigate the questions:

• What if there was a simple way to improve the top soil depth to encourage plants to grow deeper root systems?
• Could we grow the massive crops you seen grown overseas where they measure top soil in feet not inches?

To investigate the idea of Pasture Cropping (PC), which involves seeding a crop into an existing summer-active pasture stand without killing the pasture.

To report on the Stanton's “current strategy to set up a rotation of liming approximately one fifth of the total land base or about 300ha per year to assist in budgeting".

To assess the suitability of various cereal and linola varieties in the Southern mallee.

To evaluate the feed response of barley and oats to two different N rates applied at sowing and post-sowing, and the economic returns from sheep production.

To conduct a cereal variety demonstration.

To conduct a cereal variety demonstration.

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.

To answer the question 'What if there is no break until June or July?'

To compare grass herbicides alone and in comparison with common broadleaf herbicides.

To compare a number of different varieties  which could be used for making hay.

To report on the results of recent herbicide resistance ryegrass surveys.

To discuss the integration of livestock into the cropping program.

• To evaluate the suitability of different wheat and barley varieties for both grazing and grain production, when sown early in the cropping program in low rainfall western Victoria.
• To evaluate how the stage at which the crop is grazed affects its recovery.

To compare the profitability of four different farming systems.

To compare the yields of crops in the southern Mallee under various farming systmes in 2010.

To demonstrate a range of crop types and end-uses that could have a role in the low rainfall farming systems of the Mallee.

To measure effect of gibberellic acid application and grazing timings on the biomass production and feed quality of oats.

To provide a gross margin calculation method for 1994.

To determine whether maintaining stubble cover in low rainfall environments increases summer moisture conservation, and, to establish the minimum stubble quantity or threshold necessary to ensure maximum moisture conservation over the summer.

To assess the long-term impat of a rnage of P fertiliser rates on crop yield and economic returns.

To assess the implications of different P fertiliser rates on crop growth and profitability over time.

To identify the most economical rate of phosphorus usage in a southern Mallee cropping system over time. 

To evaluate the yield performance of milling oat varieties, and the grazing value, hay and grain yield of grazing-hay oat varieties in the southern Mallee.

To investigate the potential for using oats to increase fodder production over the early part of winter, thereby reducing the risk of running out of feed. 

To evaluate commercially available forage cereal varieties, comparing their feed value and suitability for grazing or grain production in low rainfall Mallee and Wimmera environments.

To evaluate commercially available forage cereal varieties, comparing their feed value and suitability for grazing or grain production in low rainfall Mallee and Wimmera environments.

To discuss nutrient strategies for 1995.

To investigate the effect of seeding rate and nitrogen rate on oats for hay production.

To investigate herbicide options for the control of ryegrass in three oaten hay varieties.

To show the production potential of new oaten hay varieties in the southern Mallee/northern Wimmera.

• To balance between maximising production, through the application of nitrogen, and quality, where one of the marketing factors is the level of soluble sugars, which are reduced through the application of nitrogen.
• To provide herbicide alternatives to Lontrel, that has been prohibited from use in export oaten hay crops due to residual presence of the herbicide in the stems and leaves.
• To provide best bet variety options.

To identify suitable pasture species for the SA Mallee.

To determine whether responses ‘to liquid P, found in wheat are the same as those found in barley, canola, oats and lentils.

To determine tolerance, resistance and management strategies for root lesion nematode.

To make farmers more aware of herbicide drift and the management practices which reduce the potential for drift to occur.

To measure and report the potential impact of best management practices for dryland agriculture in the Mallee.

To compare new and old varieties of crops in a demonstration trial.

To demonstrate a wide variety of crop types and varieties in the Southern Mallee.

To evaluate the early biomass production, hay and grain yield of oat varieties, as well as their response to a herbicide strategy, in the southern Mallee and Wimmera.

To evaluate the early biomass production, hay and grain yield of oat varieties, as well as their response to a herbicide strategy, in the southern Mallee and Wimmera.

To investigate options for broadleaf weed and grass control in oats.

To see whether green manure a viable management option (in terms of maintenance of ground cover and other agronomic benefits) as we know that terminating cover crops will result in 100% seed set control providing that the crop is effectively killed at an appropriate time.

To evaluate which cereal species and variety will produce the most early feed.

To provide localised data on the yield and quality response of released and near release oats lines.

To report on 2003 crop monitoring.

To discuss nitrogen inputs from pasture and patterns of release for crops.

• To investigate the impact of different stubble treatments imposed towards the end of the fallow have on the yield of wheat, barley and oats.
• To evaluate any varietal responses within crop species to the impact of the different stubble treatments.

• To investigate the impact of different stubble treatments imposed towards the end of the fallow have on the yield of wheat, barley and oats.
• To evaluate any varietal responses within crop species to the impact of the different stubble treatments.