The project aims to unlock value in existing data to drive innovation in agronomy and livestock management by bringing together data from a range of sources including satellite, soil moisture probe networks, weather stations, proximal sensing and yield models. By working with farmers and advisors to link data with decision making, the project aims to make more informed and significantly improved land management decisions. 

1. To evaluate the effectiveness of raised beds in increasing grazing productivity on saline land.
2. To determine if raised beds improve productivity sufficiently enough to justify the cost.
3. To determine if raised beds significantly impede day-to-day management.

A guide to weather and climate on Kangaroo Island

To evaluate radish control in broadleaf lupins (Albus type).

To investigate radish control in lentils.

To demonstrate a strategy to reduce the risk of frost and heat shock damage.

To determine whether Ally applied during the previous winter would have an effect on pulse and canola production the following year.

To look at the carry-over effects and symptoms of Group B and C herbicides on different crop types.

To determine the residual value of the P fertilisers following a drought.

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

To report results of a long-term sodicity trial for 1995.

To present the results of cropping trial work in 1994 - spray trials in wheat.

To compare the performance of certified (F1) vs retained (F2) generations of an open-pollinated and hybrid canola variety at different plant densities.

To determine the yield penalty for retaining hybrid canola varieties in different yielding and disease environments (Mallee and Wimmera).

To identify differences in crop growth and yield of barley from the application of three different types of seed dressings (Premis, Vitaflow and Vincit).

To report on a  series of in-crop risk management plots that were established at BCG’s three research and demonstration sites (Manangatang, Birchip and Longerenong).

To determine the most cost effective approach to managing inputs for wheat production in a low rainfall cropping environment.

To determine the most cost effective approach to managing inputs for wheat production in a low rainfall cropping environment.

To discuss root disease potential for the coming year.

To determine yield loss and tolerance of cereal varieties to P. neglectus.

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

To compare fallow and termination timing treatments of legumes on biomass and grain production (2014), and their impact on sowing-time, soil nitrogen and water, and subsequent yield and quality of cereal sown the following season (2015).

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

To investigate row spacing and sowing rates on crop yield and quality.

To conduct an on-farm barley demonstration.

To conduct an on-farm barley demonstration.

To conduct a chickpea variety demonstration.

To demonstrate the effects of lentil rolling at five different timings: with rolling post sowing/pre-emergence as the control.

To conduct an on-farm wheat demonstration.

To demonstrate the effectiveness of current and new chemistries for controlling ryegrass in wheat.

To use information collected from the GRDC funded 'Monitoring Mice in Austrlia' project to inform local producers of the impending plague so as proactive measures can be applied.

To investigate whether weed management outside a cropping area provide benefits to growers in terms of lower weed burden, pest and disease risk within crop fields and an associated reduction in herbicide and pesticide inputs with an increase in economic returns?

To report on a trial that was carried out with raised beds and no beds over a 35 ha paddock. 

To provide localised data on the yield and quality response of released and near release wheat lines at Nyngan, Tottenham, Euabalong and Rankins Springs

To examine the long term environmental, biological and economical effects of alternate production systems.

To examine the long term environmental, biological and economical effects of alternate production systems

To compare yield at three row spacing’s (25, 50 and 75cm) and two seeding rates (20 and 40 kg/ha) when
sown early and late.

To provide members with local data on the performance of new wheat varieties.

To provide information about the reliability of pulse crops in central NSW.

To describe a method for resolving fPV, fNPV and fBS across the ~2 million km2 Australian tropical savanna
zonewith hyperspectral and multispectral imagery.

To identify strategies that minimise the risk of canola production in the low rainfall zone.

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

To investigate the effects of row direction, row spacing and stubble cover on grain yield and quality. 

To investigate the impact of row direction and row spacing on grass weed competition and cereal performance over three years.

This project was undertaken to identify strategies that minimise the risk of canola production in the low rainfall zone.  This will improve the long term profitability of canola in low rainfall farming systems.
 

• To determine the extent of yield loss caused by high levels of aphid infestation on canola in the Northern Agricultural Region.
• To re-investigate management guidelines.

To investigate the effects of rates of initial and subsequent applications of manganese on lupin yields grown on Mn deficient soil

To investigate the effects of rates of initial and subsequent applications of zinc on pasture yields grown on gravelly forest gravel soil

To investigate if retained open pollinated seed which is smaller than commercially available seed is less productive than new seed, and if grading or increasing seed rates can compensate.

To determine if retaining canola seed leads to reduced yield, oil and financial return.