The purpose of the experiment was to test the response of one new breeding line and two commercial varieties of soybeans at three row spacings and two plant densities to examine the effect of these treatments on dry matter production, harvest index, grain yield and grain protein. 

• To explore the effectiveness of cultural methods of grass suppression which do not involve the use of herbicides.
• To find practices which both maximise crop yield in the presence of background grass populations and also suppress weed seed carry-over.

To determine the effectiveness of foliar sprays of zinc  fertiliser  for maximum grain yield of wheat for a range of zinc deficinet soil types in the Newdegate- lake Grace district.

To highlight some of the major issues of trifluralin use and present ways they can be resolved with a little additional care and forward thinking.

To overcome the challenges in setting up variable rate controllers

To explore the use of manganese fertilisers to overcome Mn deficiency in narrow-leafed lupins

To determine the ffectiveness of foliar sprays of copper  fertiliser  for maximum grain yield of wheat for a range of copper deficinet soil types in the Newdegate- lake Grace district.

The aim of this research was to confirm that crop productivity can be substantially improved when subsoil chemical, physical and biological constraints in sandy soils are treated.

To assess lentil production under constrained soils and conditions

To (i) establish a network of 100 engaged women from farm businesses across all port zones; (ii) increase confidence and capacity of women involved in farm businesses; (iii) increase engagement of women in local and industry organisations; (iv) increase sharing of farm business management responsibilities across various partners; (v) increase awareness and understanding of farm business succession, governance, farm advisory boards, technology, the impact of social media, office management systems, farm employment obligations and options, structures and strategies for overcoming the unexpected; (vi) improve communication and team management skills; (vii) aid better understanding of how significant agriculture is globally and the opportunities that brings Australian farm businesses; (vii) improve relationships and understanding between farmers and their consultants, accountants and bankers.

To evaluate the effectiveness of an organic fertiliser (chicken manure) compared to conventional synthetic compound fertilisers.

Deep placement of organic matter and impact on lupin establishment.

The objectives were to:

1. reduce nitrous oxide emissions from dryland grains cropping.

2. improve nitrogen use efficiency.

3. validate and develop process-based biogeochemistry models.

4. simulate net greenhouse gas emission under current and projected future climate scenarios. 

Assess the performance of durum grown at different plant populations under surface irrigation.

To compare identical plant population x cultivar trials under overhead and surface irrigation (surface irrigation trial)

To compare identical plant population x cultivar trials under overhead and surface irrigation (lateral overhead trial)

To test some of the commercial practices used in irrigated cotton growing. In the 2014–15 summer cropping season, three experiments were conducted at commercial farms located near Emerald (Qld), Moree (NSW), and Gunnedah (NSW).

By 2023, growers will have increased the value of the cropping phase in the HRZ farming system by 10% by addressing both crop yield potential and the gap between potential and realised yields.

To enable growers to make timely and efficient nitrogen decisions in the Albany and Esperance port zones by having a rule of thumb around the cost/benefit of nitrogen fertiliser for crops on waterlogged soils.

To enable growers to make timely and efficient nitrogen decisions in the Albany and Esperance port zones by having a rule of thumb around the cost/benefit of feeding N to crops on waterlogged soils.

This project aims to enable growers to make timely and efficient nitrogen decisions in the Esperance port zone by having a rule of thumb around the cost/benefit of feeding N to crops on waterlogged soils.

To evaluate five wheat varieties sown at three different times and assess how each one responds. 

In 2018, field experiments were conducted across ten sites in the northern grains region in Central and Southern Queensland, and
northern, central and southern New South Wales to determine optimal grain yield potential of wheat genotypes.

This project aims to determine if nitrogen supply is limiting uptake of sulphur in canola crops grown in the Riverine Plains region and whether sulphur uptake and yield is increased in canola when nitrogen is available in non-limiting quantities.
The 2017 project trial assessed the response to nitrogen and sulphur in canola crops of the Riverine Plains by determining:
• the influence of nitrogen and sulphur application on canola tissue content, yield and oil
• the fluctuation in nitrogen and sulphur content and nitrogen:sulphur ratio in the plant from stem elongation (GS31) to harvest (GS99)
• the optimum available soil nitrogen level for the region’s canola crops at varying sulphur application rates.

This project aims to determine if nitrogen supply is limiting uptake of sulphur in canola crops grown in the Riverine Plains region and whether sulphur uptake and yield is increased in canola when nitrogen is available in non-limiting quantities.
The 2017 project trial assessed the response to nitrogen and sulphur in canola crops of the Riverine Plains by determining:
• the influence of nitrogen and sulphur application on canola tissue content, yield and oil
• the fluctuation in nitrogen and sulphur content and nitrogen:sulphur ratio in the plant from stem elongation (GS31) to harvest (GS99)
• the optimum available soil nitrogen level for the region’s canola crops at varying sulphur application rates.

To demonstrate how Yield Prophet can be used to optimise production with reduced risk.

By 2023, growers will have increased the value of the cropping phase in the HRZ farming system by 10% by addressing both crop yield potential and the gap between potential and realised yields.

This trial aims to explore ways to optimise crop production in the HRZ. 
This trial looks at verity types, deep ripping and sowing times as ways to maximise yields in the HRZ. 

This trial aims to assess different treatments and there effectiveness in maximising water limited yield potentials.  

1. To evaluate the performance of commercial seeders in establishing canola and lentils by conducting a survey of paddocks.
2. To determine the effect of sowing density, row spacing and seeder type on plant establishment in canola and lentils and subsequent grain yield.

To identify the critical P fertiliser rates for a broad range of crops on different soil types in the southern Mallee and northern Wimmera. This trial was also undertaken in 1999.

To investigate phosphorus use efficiency in six crop types - barley, wheat, canola, lentils, faba beans and field peas. This is the third year of this BCG research.

To investigate phosphorus use efficiency in six crop types - barley, wheat, canola, lentils, faba beans and field peas. This is the third year of this BCG research.

To investigate phosphorus use efficiency in six crop types - barley, wheat, canola, lentils, faba beans and field peas. This is the third year of this BCG research.

To discuss optimising phosphorus fertiliser rates.

Understand the critical nutrients required to achieve high yielding (>3t/ha) canola crops, especially when wanting to chase yields with high N in-season.

Background

Project staff ran a series of workshops in high rainfall areas in WA in 2019 to understand key constraints and knowledge gaps when cropping within the HRZ (450-800mm annual rainfall) of WA. Among other things, optimising nutrition to maximise profitability was one such knowledge gap, especially considering fertiliser is the largest variable input cost. While there are a number of resources available that define critical levels of nutrition, this project is specifically focussed on growers with achieved or aspirational yields of 10t/ha in cereals and 5t/ha in canola, and so this trial will investigate whether the critical (or limiting) nutrients change at these high yields (and high levels of applied N).

The aim of this series of experiments was to deterimine if management of EGA Wedgetail should be different to that of spring wheats sown in May, and if grown for grain only or dual purpose use.

To assess a range of commercial rhizobia inoculant products, application strategies and sowing times to provide growers with recommendations that ensures adequate nodulation and nitrogen fixation in dry sown crops.

To determine the optimum combination of sowing date, nitrogen management and variety for growth, grain yield and oil concentration in Canola.

To evaluate the response to sowing time of 32 current and new wheat varieties within the central west region of NSW. 

To compare the effectiveness of fungicide regimes on disease management in faba beans, including a regime based on an IoT sensor that uses canopy microclimate data.

With the large majority of wheat cultivars now deemed to be susceptible to stripe rust, in particular the new WA pathotype, this trial was set up to look at economic response to different foliar fungicide timings. In addition the trial continued the evaluation of the strobilurin fungicides (as part of project SFS 00006), the first of which was registered for broad acre cereals in Australia in August 2004 (Amistar Xtra).

These trials taking place in southern Victoria and Tasmania were conducted to examine the response of more disease resistant
varieties to triazole and strobilurin fungicides in the near absence of disease.

The objectives of these trials are very similar to those pursued last season, those being to establish guidelines on the use of foliar applied fungicides in barley crops.

To assess the optimum barley fungicide strategy for the different climatic regions represented in the project and to determine whether the likelihood of fungicide response can be linked to specific timings, disease and plant available water.

To investigate the impact of standing stubble on ascochyta blight infection and resulting yield loss in chickpeas.

To investigate the impact of standing stubble on disease progression and resulting yield loss in faba bean.

To explore the economic response to fungicide inputs in faba beans with contrasting genetic resistance and differing canopy sizes.

To explore what part of the faba bean needs protecting for yield and how nutrition can help a crop tolerate disease

To investigate how fungicide timing impacts on faba bean disease control and how these times can perhaps reduce the number of inputs needed to control disease.

To investigate optimum time of sowing for individual wheat cultivars with different maturities