To assess the establishment of two new hard-seeded French serradellas, Erica and Margurita, in the medium rainfall zone using the under-sowing technique.

To evaluate alternatives for Chickpea desiccation.

To evaluate the efficacy of Chickpea desiccation options.

To evaluate efficacy of chickpea desiccation options.

To evaluate alternatives for Chickpea desiccation.

To evaluate alternatives for chickpea desiccationTo evaluate alternatives for Chickpea desiccation.

To evaluate alternatives for Chickpea desiccation.

To evaluate efficacy of chickpea desiccation options.

To evaluate the impact of harvest management on chickpea yield and harvest losses.

To evaluate the impact of harvest management on chickpea yield and harvest losses.

To evaluate efficacy of chickpea desiccation options.

To evaluate alternatives for Chickpea desiccation.

To evaluate the impact of harvest management on chickpea yield and harvest losses.

To discuss harvest options for dry years.

The aim of this work is to understand if growers can reduce soil weed seedbanks in high-yielding high-rainfall zones by adopting harvest weed seed control (HWSC) practices.

To see if harvest weed seed practices could be adopted to reduce annual ryegrass (ARG) weed seed populations to address herbicide resistance issues in high yielding, high rainfall zone (HRZ) areas of the southern region.

The aim of this project is to see if harvest weed seed practices can be adopted to reduce soil weed seed banks in high yielding high rainfall zone (HRZ) areas of the southern region to address herbicide resistance issues.

To report on a summary of paddock surveys of harvest weed seed collection samples taken in 2016, 2017 and 2018 as a part of the GRDC Stubble Initiative project ‘Maintaining profitability in retained stubbles on upper Eyre Peninsula’ (EPF00001).

To assess the effectiveness of narrow windrow burning practices in the Mid North as a late weed seed control tactic against ryegrass in canola and wheat.

To understand how effective narrow windrow burning is capturing annual ryegrass seeds (comparison of between row and inter-row measurements), and to determine the reduction in ryegrass as a result of burning (comparison of burnt and unburnt sections of the row)

The aim of this work is to understand if growers can reduce soil weed seedbanks in high-yielding high-rainfall zones by adopting harvest weed seed control (HWSC) practices.

To determin if harvest weed seed practices can be adopted to reduce soil week seed banks in high yielding HRZ areas of the southern region to address herbicide resistance issue.

To discuss a 7-year comparison of grain marketing options for wheat and canola in Victoria.

To determine the performance of new and current barley varieties in the Wimmera and Mallee.

To determine the performance of new and current barley varieties in the Wimmera and Mallee

To investigate the effect of fallow management treatments (stubble management and crop nutrition) on canola establishment, crop vigour grain yield in retained stubble systems in the high rainfall zone in the South-East of South Australia.

To discuss header set-up for low yielding crops.

To improve soil health and sustainable soil management practices in the region.

To improve farmer’s capacity to manage soil health issues by providing information and access to soil management strategies and techniques

The demo sites fit into the objectives of the HSSF project which are:

• Improve farmers’ capacity to manage soil health issues
• Identify appropriate soil management strategies, both at a landscape and industry level
• Develop and deliver data and information packages for farmers
• Develop and promote industry based training packages

The main purpose of this study was to produce HMT wheat flour under different treatment conditions in terms of flour moisture content and treatment time, and then to investigate the effects that the HMT had on the flours’ pasting properties, water solubility and water absorption. 

Tp summarise the first two years of crop performance after trafficking was imposed on a red calcareous sandy loam at Minnipa Agricultural Centre (a detailed summary of 2015 results can be found in the EPFS Summary 2015, p197). Three other trials similar in design and monitoring have also been implemented across the LRZ – on a deep sand at Loxton (SA), a brown loam near Swan Hill (Vic) and on a deep red earth at Lake Cargellico (NSW). All these trials will be maintained for at least the five year life of the project.

To discuss common heliotrope on Victorian farms

To help farmers wanting help in managing the ups and downs, the dry and the wet.

To raise the awareness of the carry-over or residual effect in alkaline soils of some herbicides on the following crop and show the visual phyto-toxic effects of these herbicides.

To evaluate and compare the effectiveness of standard post emergent herbicide treatments against the Clearfield™ system with Intervix herbicide for control of brome grass and radish in the new two gene wheat Justica CL.

To evaluate the economic benefit and effectiveness of different herbicide treatments on mixture of summer grassses and melons.

To evaluate the crop safety of annual ryegrass herbicides in key cereal varieties including use of disc and tyne planting. 

To screen herbicides for crop safety in mungbeans.

To screen a range of herbicides for crop safety in mungbeans.

To screen a range of herbicides for crop safety in mungbeans.

To evaluate crop safety of herbicide mixtures in sorghum.

To evaluate crop safety of herbicide mixtures in sorghum.

• 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.

To run a herbicide diagnostic field school.

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 it from reaching the desired target, or the herbicide is tightly bound to organic matter. Reduced herbicide efficacy in the presence of higher stubble loads is a particular issue for pre-emergence herbicides. Current farming practices have also changed weed behavior with a shift in dormancy in barley grass genotypes now confirmed in many paddocks on Minnipa Agricultural Centre (MAC) (B Fleet, EPFS Summary 2011, p 177). As a part of the stubble project this trial was undertaken to assess herbicide efficacy in different stubble management systems.

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 it from reaching the desired target, or the herbicide is tightly bound to organic matter. Reduced herbicide efficacy in the presence of higher stubble loads is a particular issue for pre-emergence herbicides. Current farming practices have also changed weed dormancy in barley grass genotypes in many paddocks on Minnipa Agricultural Centre (MAC).

As a part of the stubble project this trial was undertaken to assess herbicide efficacy (effectiveness) in different stubble management systems. To understand how herbicides perform it is important to know the properties of the herbicide, the soil type and how the herbicide is broken down in the environment. The availability of a herbicide is an interaction between the solubility of a herbicide, how tightly it is bound to soil particles and organic matter, soil structure, cation exchange capacity and pH, herbicide volatility, soil water content and the rate of herbicide applied (EPFS Summary 2015, p132).

This article reports on the results of the second year of the trial, with a third year of the trial to be conducted in 2017.

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. This component of the project is testing whether various stubble management activities impact on herbicide efficacy.

Weed control in stubble retained systems can be compromised when stubbles and other plant residues intercept the herbicide and prevent it from reaching the desired target, or the herbicide is tightly bound to organic matter. Reduced herbicide efficacy in the presence of higher stubble loads is a particular issue for pre-emergence herbicides. Current farming practices have also changed weed behavior; eg prolonged dormancy in barley grass has been confirmed in many paddocks on Minnipa Agricultural Centre (MAC). As a part of the stubble project this trial was undertaken to assess herbicide efficacy in different stubble management systems.

This article reports on the results of the third and final year of the trial. See EPFS Summaries 2015 and 2016 for previous trial reports.