Vetch trials

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Green manuring - a better way to fallow?

To investigate some other types of legumes for their dry matter and suitability as green manure.

Birchip Cropping Group
1993 Lameroo SA
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Vetch in the Mallee

To provide basic information about growing vetch.

Birchip Cropping Group
1993 Birchip VIC
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Coming out of a drought - management of pastures and sheep

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

Birchip Cropping Group
1994 Berriwillock VIC
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Legume herbicide tolerance trial

To provide results of a legume herbicide tolerance trial.

Birchip Cropping Group
1994 Birchip VIC
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Nutrient strategies for 1995

To discuss nutrient strategies for 1995.

Birchip Cropping Group
1994 Birchip VIC
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Grain legumes on sandy calcareous soils

To evaluate commercial and new pulse (grain legume) cultivars on sandy, calcareous soils, in terms of both the crop performance and its benefit in a rotation.

Birchip Cropping Group
1995 Birchip VIC
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Herbicide demonstration in pulses and canola
  • To observe the control of legumes and oilseeds of treatments normally used in cerealy crops applied pre-sowing and early post emergent.
  • To observe the crop effect of a range of products over a range of crops applied post sowing pre-emergent and applied early post emergent.
Birchip Cropping Group
1995 Watchupga East VIC
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Variety demonstration

To report on variety descriptions and characteristics.

Birchip Cropping Group
1995 Walpeup VIC
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Vetch variety evaluation

To evaluate improved vetches for wheat and barley farming systems.

Birchip Cropping Group
1995 Walpeup VIC
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Demonstration of varieties of hay

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

Birchip Cropping Group
1996 Watchupga East VIC
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Herbicide use in pulses and canola
  • To compare a number of herbicides and herbicide mixes to control broadleaf weeds in a variety of legume and canola crops.
  • To compare a number of herbicides and herbicide mixes to control broadleaf weeds in a variety of legume and canola crops before sowing another crop.
Birchip Cropping Group
1996 Watchupga East VIC
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Inoculum demonstration

To demonstrate the effects on plant density, nodulation and yield from inoculating legume seed using the correct method, applying inoculum dry and sowing 7 days after inoculating seed.

Birchip Cropping Group
1996 Watchupga East VIC
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Root lesion nematode - tolerance, resistance and management strategies

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

Birchip Cropping Group
1996 Sandilands SA
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Vetch variety evaluation

To evaluate improved vetches for cereal farming systems.

Birchip Cropping Group
1996 Birchip VIC
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Inoculum demonstration

To determine whether crop growth and yield responses are likely from inoculating legumes on alkaline clay-loams in the Southern Mallee.

Birchip Cropping Group
1997 Watchupga East VIC
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Comparison of different green manure crops as tools for renovation cropping and evaluating economic benefits at Mullewa on a heavy soil

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 potential longevity of benefits on a heavy loam soil in Mullewa, Western Australia over five years.

SoilsWest
1998 Mullewa WA
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Vetch variety evaluation

To evaluate vetch varieties for grain yield, dry matter and disease resistance.

Birchip Cropping Group
1998 Walpeup VIC
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Advanced vetch variety evaluation

To conduct an advanced vetch variety evaluation.

Birchip Cropping Group
1999 Birchip VIC
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Evaluation of pulse crop options for Nyngan

To evaluate the pulse crop options suitable for the district not only in terms of their profitability but in terms of their contribution to the performance of subsequent wheat crops.

Central West Farming Systems
1999 Nyngan NSW
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Growing pulse crops - a grower experience

To report on a grower experience of growing pulse crops in NSW.

Central West Farming Systems
1999 Gunningbland NSW
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Pasture herbicide tolerance

To investigate herbicide options on newly sown pasture crops at three sites.

Birchip Cropping Group
1999 Charlton VIC
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Advanced vetch variety evaluation

To evaluate improved vetch varieties for the Victorian Mallee.

Birchip Cropping Group
2000 Ultima VIC
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Pasture herbicide tolerance

The aim of this project was to assess parture herbicide tolerance at Charlton in 2000.

Birchip Cropping Group
2000 Charlton VIC
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Role and management of HDL break crops in dryland cropping rotations

To report on the role and management of high density legume break crops in dryland dropping rotations.

Central West Farming Systems
2000 Cootamundra NSW
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The profitability of green manuring - discussion paper

This paper assesses the economic benefits of green manuring and the potential costs. It also investigates the circumstances in which green manuring will be profitable and those that result in losses to growers.

SoilsWest
2000 Agriculture WA WA
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Euabalong pulse yield comparisons

To develop cropping rotations to include pulse crops.

Central West Farming Systems
2001 Euabalong NSW
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Merriwagga crop totation trial - 2001 results

To investigate the consequences of four different cropping practices at Merriwagga under 2 tillage systems.

Central West Farming Systems
2001 Merriwagga NSW
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Grass selective herbicides on nodulation of pulses and legume pastures

To investigate the effect of grass herbicides on nodulation in legumes.

Birchip Cropping Group
2002 Birchip VIC
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Herbicide tolerance of vetch varieties grown for hay or grain

To determine the herbicide tolerance of Morava, Blanchefleur and Languedoc vetch.

Birchip Cropping Group
2002 Birchip VIC
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Demonstrating the effect of water quality on glyphosate efficacy

To investigate the effect of water quality on glyphosate efficacy when used in a spring-spraying knockdown scenario.

Birchip Cropping Group
2003 Birchip VIC
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Euabalong CWFS site - pulse trial

To assess the value and place of grain legumes in a wheat rotation.

Central West Farming Systems
2003 Euabalong NSW
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Farming systems 2002 livestock report

To investigate pasture production and utilisation by sheep.

Birchip Cropping Group
2003 Jil JIl VIC
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Farming systems 2003 production report and economic summary

To report on the Farming Systems trial 2003.

Birchip Cropping Group
2003 Birchip VIC
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Nyngan CWFS site - mixed pulse trial

To investigate the yield potential of several pulse crops. 

Central West Farming Systems
2003 Nyngan NSW
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Ungarie CWFS site - vetch variety trial

To conduct a vetch variety trial to look for a dual purpose vetch variety.

Central West Farming Systems
GRDC
2003 Ungarie NSW
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Alternative crops trial

To look at alternative crops to wheat and barley.

Central West Farming Systems
2004 Tottenham NSW
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Pulse trial

To detemine how well alternative pulse crops grow in the district and to calculate the associated gross margins to determine their profitability.

Central West Farming Systems
2004 Condobolin NSW
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Does UAN as the spray carrier improve efficacy of grass herbicides?

To determine whether UAN as a carrier, rather than just water, increases the efficacy of grass selective herbicides on ryegrass control.

Birchip Cropping Group
2005 St Arnaud VIC
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Spray nozzles for grass weed control

To try and determine what is good practice for weed control whilst minimising the potential for drift. 

Birchip Cropping Group
2005 Rupanyup VIC
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Sustainable land management

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

Birchip Cropping Group
2005 Hopetoun VIC
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Vetch breeding and versatility of vetch in field crop rotations

To report on vetch breeding and versatility of vetch in field crop rotations.

Central West Farming Systems
2005 Rankins Springs NSW
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Is Lontrel-resistant vetch a possibility

To investigate the discovery of two Lontrel resistant weed biotypes have been identified (not in Australia).

Birchip Cropping Group
2006 Birchip VIC
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Pastures for Mallee environments

To identify suitable pasture species for the SA Mallee.

Birchip Cropping Group
2006 Murray Bridge SA
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Profitable future: new rotations for low rainfall environments

To compare various crops and crop mixtures as alternatives to fallow in the first year of a 2 year cropping rotation.

Central West Farming Systems
2006 Walpeup VIC
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Profitable future: new rotations for low rainfall environments
Central West Farming Systems
2006 Walpeup VIC
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Cost effective farming – financial analysis

To assess the financial consequences of changing farming systems and inputs, specifically investigating the impact of changing break crop type and reduced fertiliser inputs on subsequent wheat yields and longer term profitability.

Hart Field Site Group
2008 Hart SA
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Evaluation of forage varieties in a cropping system

To evaluate forage varieties in a cropping system. 

Southern Farming Systems
2008 Mininera VIC
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Evaluation of grain crops for fodder and silage production

To compare several field pea and vetch varieties and triticale, oat and wheat varieties for dry matter production and feed value. A further trial examined optimal densities of field pea/cereal mixtures.
 

Southern Farming Systems
2008 Perth TAS
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Flexible crops and end-uses for the Mallee

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

Birchip Cropping Group
2008 Manangatang VIC
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Legume and oilseed herbicide tolerance

To compare the tolerance of legumes and canola varieties to a range of herbicides and timings.

Hart Field Site Group
2008 Hart SA
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