North East Farming Futures trials

To assess the efficacy of foliar fungicide application prior to stem extension for control of yellow spot or stagonospora nodorum in wheat in low rainfall zones.

To assess the efficacy of foliar fungicide application prior to stem extension for control of yellow spot or stagonospora nodorum in wheat in low rainfall zones.

To assess the RR TT IT herbicide systems for weed control and grain production and compare grain values produced.

To assess the RR TT IT herbicide systems for weed control and grain production and compare grain values produced.

To assess the RR TT IT herbicide systems for weed control and grain production and compare grain values produced.

To assess the yield and quality attributes and subsequent gross margin returns for 7 commonly grown wheat varieties.

To re-establish plant diversity on salt affected soils on a large farm scale trial using “seeded” clay balls.

To compare the effectiveness of Flexi-N through the boom before seeding, banded at seeding and applied at early tillering - where wheat stubble was either burnt or retained.

To determine the canola establishment success of four different seeding bars at three different seeding depths in the Northern WA wheatbelt using farmer scale machinery.

To compare methods of applying molybdenum and assess the benefits of lime. 

• The asses whether Yield Prophet could help make a better nitrogen fertiliser decision using yield potentials and available stored moisture.
• To evaluate the effectiveness of various Flexi-N application strategies.

To determine if the use of a fallow cropping system was better and more profitable than a continuous wheat cropping system in the North East Agricultural Region (NEAR).

To explore whether cropping strategies using higher inputs are more water use efficient than lower input systems and to what extent this affects profit.

To explore whether cropping strategies using higher inputs are more water use efficient than lower input systems and to what extent this affects profit.

To determine the level of wild radish control with older, more traditional herbicide mixes against some of the more robust and new herbicides.

To determine the level of wild radish control with older, more traditional herbicide mixes against some of the more robust and new herbicides.

To asses the effects of fungicides for sclerotonia management in canola.

To assess herbicide options to control button grass during summer.

• To assess current and novel herbicides and mixes at elevated rates to achieve fast control of summer weeds through weedseeker selective spot spraying..
• To plant trial plots to wheat to assess carryover or plantback issue with these treatments.

• To assess current and novel herbicides and mixes at elevated rates to achieve fast control of summer weeds through weedseeker selective spot spraying..
• To plant trial plots to wheat to assess carryover or plantback issue with these treatments.

• To assess current and novel herbicides and mixes at elevated rates to achieve fast control of summer weeds through weedseeker selective spot spraying..
• To plant trial plots to wheat to assess carryover or plantback issue with these treatments.

• To assess herbicide treatments on mixed winter weeds in an early / long spray fallow.
• To identify alternative herbicides to control weeds that have or are developing resistance to traditional herbicides used in winter weed control.
• To identify possible alternative herbicide mixtures that could be effective in a low area selective spot spraying scenario with weed seeker technology.
• To identify other modes of action for control of resistant weeds other than Glyphosate.

• To assess herbicide treatments on mixed winter weeds in an early / long spray fallow.
• To identify alternative herbicides to control weeds that have or are developing resistance to traditional herbicides used in winter weed control.
• To identify possible alternative herbicide mixtures that could be effective in a low area selective spot spraying scenario with weed seeker technology.
• To identify other modes of action for control of resistant weeds other than Glyphosate.

• To assess herbicide treatments on mixed winter weeds in an early / long spray fallow.
• To identify alternative herbicides to control weeds that have or are developing resistance to traditional herbicides used in winter weed control.
• To identify possible alternative herbicide mixtures that could be effective in a low area selective spot spraying scenario with weed seeker technology.
• To identify other modes of action for control of resistant weeds other than Glyphosate.

• To assess herbicide treatments on mixed winter weeds in an early / long spray fallow.
• To identify alternative herbicides to control weeds that have or are developing resistance to traditional herbicides used in winter weed control.
• To identify possible alternative herbicide mixtures that could be effective in a low area selective spot spraying scenario with weed seeker technology.
• To identify other modes of action for control of resistant weeds other than Glyphosate.

To assess a range of knockdown herbicide mixtures on small grasses and mixed braod leaf weeds.

To compare various canola varieties including RR (Roundup Ready) and TT (Triazine Tolerant) lines.

To compare an opportunistic break crop against fallow and wheat to better define the pros and cons of fallowing.

To assess the effects of nitrogen rates on roundup ready canola varieties.

To compare several current and new TT OP and Hybrid varieties.

To compare an opportunistic break crop against fallow and wheat to better define the pros and cons of fallowing.

To compare an opportunistic break crop against fallow and wheat to better define the pros and cons of fallowing.

To determine if the use of a fallow cropping system was better and more profitable than a continuous wheat cropping system in the North East Agricultural Region (NEAR).

To assess yield of roundup ready canola varieties.

• To use yield prophet to help determine rates of nitrogen to apply.
• To determine the response to Flexi-N in wheat.

To see if herbicide strategies can be developed that will reduce the heavy reliance that growers in the Northern Agricultural Region now place on the key active pyrosulfatole, found in the products Velocity and Precept.

To economically rebuild many of the characteristics of a soil that will improve the viability of the farming system in this dry land cropping enterprise.

To understand the stages of resistance development within wild radish populations and to develop strategies from a grower’s perspective for growing weed free crops in the presence of resistant radish.

To improve crop production by determining the effect of sowing time and sowing rate on crop yield and grain quality risks of new wheat varieties.

To improve crop production by determining the effect of sowing time and sowing rate on crop yield and grain quality risks of new wheat varieties.

To investigate low risk, best bet strategies for the low rainfall cropping zone.

To investigate low risk, best bet strategies for the low rainfall cropping zone

To determine if any specific treatments reduced the impact of frost.

To determine if any specific treatments reduced the impact of frost

• To evaluate and compare the weed control and yield of Sakura with commercial standards.
• To demonstrate efficacy & crop safety of Sakura when sown with grower’s machinery.

To compare the profitability between the RR and TT system as well as between OP and Hybrid varieties within these two systems.

To compare the profitability between the RR and TT system as well as between OP and Hybrid varieties within these two systems.

To compare the profitability between the RR and TT system as well as between OP and Hybrid varieties within these two systems.

To explore low risk, best bet strategies for the low rainfall cropping zone.

To demonstrate the efficacy and crop safety of Velocity® and Precept® 300EC applied alone or in tank mixtures compared to currently available standards for the control of wild radish in wheat.