The South Australian Grain Industry Trust Fund (SAGIT) was established 25 years ago, in 1991, to administer the voluntary research levy contributed by SA grain growers. SAGIT has backed research for South Australian grain growers for 25 years.
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Adopting profitable crop sequences in the South Australian Mallee
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Mallee Sustainable Farming Inc.
SAGIT |
2016 | Loxton SA |
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Airborne imageryTo inform members about airborne imagery: the taking of photographs of the ground and crops from a direct-down position. Platforms for airborne imagery for agriculture include satellites, fixed-wing aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs or “drones”). |
Central West Farming Systems
GRDC SAGIT |
2016 | Loxton SA |
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Amelioration of sandy soils - opportunities for long term improvementTo investigate amelioration options for sands that have low water holding capacity, low organic matter, low nutrient availability, compaction, non wetting and high risk for wind erosion. |
Trengove Consulting
GRDC SAGIT |
2015 | Bute SA |
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Barley agronomyTo investigate:
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Birchip Cropping Group
GRDC SAGIT |
2007 | Manangatang VIC |
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Barley and wild radish (Raphanus raphistrum)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. |
Society of Precision Agriculture Australia
GRDC SAGIT |
2014 | Mildura VIC |
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Barley, wild radish (Raphanus raphistrum), brome grass (Bromus madritensis), annual ryegrass (Lolium rigidum)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. |
Society of Precision Agriculture Australia
GRDC SAGIT |
2014 | Mildura VIC |
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Better medics updateTo assess the potential of a range of multi-trait breeders’ lines for commercial development. |
South Australian Research and Development Institute
SAGIT |
2011 | Arthurton SA |
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Burning temperatures of harvest windrows and standing stubbles in low rainfall farming systemsTo investigate the threshold temperatures to kill weed seeds, and the temperatures achieved when burning crop residues in various formats to faciliate weed seed control of problematic weeds in low rainfall cropping systems. |
SARDI Minnipa Agricultural Centre
SAGIT |
2017 | Minnipa Agricultural Centre SA |
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Canola and annual ryegrassTo 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. |
Society of Precision Agriculture Australia
GRDC SAGIT |
2014 | Weckert SA |
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Canola and grassesTo 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. |
Society of Precision Agriculture Australia
GRDC SAGIT |
2014 | Mildura VIC |
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Canola and mustard in a dry environmentTo test a range of early maturing canola cultivars. |
Central West Farming Systems
GRDC SAGIT SARDI |
2003 | Minnipa SA |
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Canola tolerance to clethodimTo investigate the level of damage that may occur from clethodim applications and what factors might influence the degree of damage, over two seasons |
Hart Field Site Group
SAGIT |
2014 | Hart SA |
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Capturing barley grass in broad acre paddocksTo investigate swathing early then harvesting for weed seed collection to evaluate usefulness for farmers in providing another tool for integrated weed management, especially for barley grass that matures and sheds seed before crops ripen. |
SARDI Minnipa Agricultural Centre
SAGIT |
2017 | Condado SA |
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Capturing barley grass seeds in broad acre paddocksBarley 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 tillers fall over (lodging), may allow greater weed seed collection when using a chaff cart or windrows. Swathing early then harvesting for weed seed collection needs further evaluation as it may provide farmers with another tool for integrated weed management, especially for barley grass that matures and sheds seed before crops ripen. |
SARDI Minnipa Agricultural Centre
SAGIT |
2019 | Condada SA |
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Chickpea and annual ryegrassTo 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. |
Society of Precision Agriculture Australia
GRDC SAGIT |
2014 | Mildura VIC |
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Clethodim tolerance in canolaTo investigate the level of damage that may occur from clethodim applications and what factors might influence the degree of damage, over two seasons |
Hart Field Site Group
SAGIT |
2013 | Hart SA |
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Comparing break crop performance in the SA MalleeTrials were implemented to compare break crop productivity and profitability on major soil types in the northern South Australian Mallee. This information will help farmers in this region to select the most appropriate break crop for their farming system. |
Mallee Sustainable Farming Inc.
SAGIT |
2015 | Loxton SA |
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Copper management for the future - three years of trials on lower EPThis project aimed to explore different management strategies to overcome copper deficiency in cereals. The project compared the effectiveness of copper sulfate and copper chelate applied either as liquids banded at seeding or as a foliar spray. The project also evaluated the effect of different timings of application of the foliar sprays and their efficiency. |
Agricultural Innovation & Research Eyre Peninsula
SAGIT |
2019 | Multiple Site, Eyre Peninsula, SA SA |
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Crop growth stage and accuracy of H sensorTo 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. |
Society of Precision Agriculture Australia
GRDC SAGIT |
2014 | Mildura VIC |
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Crop safety and broadleaf weed control implications for various herbicides and combinations in lentilTo examine crop safety and broadleaf weed control implications for various herbicides and combinations in lentils. |
Trengove Consulting
GRDC SAGIT |
2021 | Bute SA |
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Cropping systemsTo compare the performance of 3 seeding systems and 2 nutrition strategies. This is a rotation trial (funded by SAGIT) to assess the longer term effects of seeding systems and higher fertiliser input systems. |
Hart Field Site Group
SAGIT |
2008 | Hart SA |
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Cropping: using legumes to improve nitrogen efficiencyTo evaulate the nitrogen fixing capacity of various legume species grown on Kangaroo Island. |
Primary Industries and Regions SA
SAGIT |
2016 | MacGillivray SA |
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Demonstrating best management for Rhizoctonia on upper EP and the MalleeTo assess the new products with a range of application strategies and compared them to other management options (tillage, zinc, starter nitrogen, deep sowing, fluid fertiliser and late sowing) which can change the impact of rhizoctonia on crop production. |
Eyre Peninsula Agricultural Research Foundation
EPARF SAGIT |
2013 | Minnipa Agricultural Centre SA |
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Dual purpose canola for South Australia’s high rainfall zoneTo address a knowledge gap by evaluating dual-purpose canola varieties (both commercial cultivars and experimental lines) in the HRZ of south-east SA, comparing two times of sowing and exploring grazing management options. |
MacKillop Farm Management Group
SAGIT |
2018 | Millicent SA |
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Durum agronomy – improving grass control in durumTo evaluate the relative weed competitiveness of barley, bread wheat, and durum against annual ryegrass grown under different management practices including seeding rate, nutrition, variety, and row spacing. |
Hart Field Site Group
SAGIT |
2012 | Hart SA |
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Durum management
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Hart Field Site Group
SAGIT SARDI |
2009 | Hart SA |
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Emerging pulse root diseases in the south east of South AustraliaTo use NGS technology to identify a broader range of pathogens present in the diseased roots. |
MacKillop Farm Management Group
GRDC SAGIT |
2018 | Urrbrae SA |
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Evaluation of slower developing barley for improved yield in the high rainfall zone of the south eastTo evaluate the potential of novel slower developing barley varieties to increase profitability in the higher rainfall zones of SA. |
MacKillop Farm Management Group
FAR Australia SAGIT SARDI |
2018 | Millicent SA |
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Faba bean and annual ryegrassTo 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. |
Society of Precision Agriculture Australia
GRDC SAGIT |
2014 | Mildura VIC |
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Faba bean and annual ryegrass (Lolium rigidum)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. |
Society of Precision Agriculture Australia
GRDC SAGIT |
2014 | Mildura VIC |
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Faba bean and volunteer oatsTo 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. |
Society of Precision Agriculture Australia
GRDC SAGIT |
2014 | Mildura VIC |
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Farmer best bet demonstrations for Rhizoctonia managementTo look at the impact of break crops on Rhizoctonia inoculum in 2013 and of crop management on disease expression in the following cereal crop. |
SARDI Minnipa Agricultural Centre
SAGIT |
2012 | Warramboo SA |
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Farmer best bet demonstrations for Rhizoctonia managementTo look at the impact of 2012 break crops on Rhizoctonia inoculum in 2013 and of crop management on disease expression in the 2013 cereal crop. |
SARDI Minnipa Agricultural Centre
SAGIT |
2013 | Warramboo SA |
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Field evidence for efficiency of fluid fertilisersTo test for field evidence for efficiency of fluid fertilisers. |
Birchip Cropping Group
GRDC SAGIT |
2004 | Birchip VIC |
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Field pea (conventional plant type) and ryegrass (Lolium rigidum)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. |
Society of Precision Agriculture Australia
GRDC SAGIT |
2014 | Mildura VIC |
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Field pea - time of sowing and diseaseTo identify best sowing time and fungicides strategies in new pea varieties to maximise yields and to improve recommendations from the ‘Blackspot Manager’ disease risk prediction model in different regions by incorporating data from replicated trials. |
Hart Field Site Group
GRDC SAGIT |
2009 | Hart SA |
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Field peas - maximising grain yield through sowing times
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Hart Field Site Group
GRDC SAGIT |
2008 | Hart SA |
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Field testing of sodicity- and salt-tolerant oat varietiesTo assess growth (via top biomass at heading) and grain yield of diverse oat varieties (vs durum wheat check) under saline-sodic soil conditions, compared with "good soil" conditions at Turretfield. |
The University of Adelaide
SAGIT |
2018 | Redhill SA |
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Fluid delivery of fungicides and fertilisers for canolaTo assess the potential of fluid nutrient delivery systems and disease control strategies compared to current systems. |
SARDI Minnipa Agricultural Centre
SAGIT |
2017 | Coulta SA |
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Fluid delivery systems and fungicides in wheatTo update the benefits of fluid delivery systems from previous research and assess the potential of fluid nutrients and disease control strategies in current farming systems. |
SARDI Minnipa Agricultural Centre
SAGIT |
2015 | Warramboo SA |
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Fluid delivery systems and fungicides in wheatTo build on previous research by updating knowledge of the benefits, including disease control and nutrition, of fluid delivery systems.
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SARDI Minnipa Agricultural Centre
SAGIT |
2016 | Warramboo SA |
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Fluid delivery systems and fungicides in wheatTo build on previous research by updating knowledge of the benefits, including disease control and nutrition, of fluid delivery systems. |
SARDI Minnipa Agricultural Centre
SAGIT |
2017 | Warramboo SA |
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Fluid delivery systems in canolaTo update the benefits of fluid delivery systems from previous research and assess the potential of fluid nutrient delivery systems and disease control strategies compared to current systems. |
SARDI Minnipa Agricultural Centre
SAGIT |
2015 | Coulta SA |
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Fluid delivery systems in canolaTo update the benefits of fluid delivery systems from previous research and assess the potential of fluid nutrient delivery systems and disease control strategies compared to current systems.
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SARDI Minnipa Agricultural Centre
SAGIT |
2016 | Coulta SA |
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Forage peas – a potential new break crop optionTo assess the potential of the newly released forage (PBA Hayman) and dual purpose (PBA Coogee) field pea varieties as alternatives to vetch and grain field peas. |
Hart Field Site Group
SAGIT |
2014 | Hart SA |
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Forage peas – a potential new break crop option for SATo assess and compare the biomass accumulation and grain yields of current field pea standards, Kaspa (the predominant grain yield variety in south eastern Australia) and Morgan (a dual purpose field pea variety), as well as several current vetch variety options. |
Hart Field Site Group
SAGIT |
2013 | SA |
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Full stubble retention: effect on crop growth and growing conditionsTo investigate the effect of full stubble retention compared with other stubble management methods and seeding technologies. |
Hart Field Site Group
SAGIT |
2013 | Hart SA |
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Fungicide resistant wheat powdery mildew – management and resistance testingTo better understand best practice management of WPM given emerging fungicide resistance issues. For trial results please see attached report. |
Trengove Consulting
SAGIT |
2021 | Bute SA |
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Identifying the causes of unreliable N fixation by medic based pasturesTo assess the impact of soil nutrition, current herbicides, adjuvants and rhizobial inoculants on nitrogen (N) fixation by medics under field conditions typical of the upper Eyre Peninsula. |
SARDI Minnipa Agricultural Centre
SAGIT |
2015 | Pingbong SA |
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Identifying the causes of unreliable N fixation by medic based pasturesTo assess the impact of soil nutrition, current herbicides, adjuvants and rhizobial inoculants on N fixation by medics under field conditions typical of the upper Eyre Peninsula. |
SARDI Minnipa Agricultural Centre
SAGIT |
2016 | Piednippie SA |
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