West Midlands Group trials

To improve understanding of the range of tillage implements and techniques available to incorporate lime into acidic soils, their respective costs and benefits.

This was the first year of an intended long term trial investigating the effect of K nutrition on sandplain. Potassium was applied at rates between zero and 100 kg/ha IBS and banded in the forms of MOP and compound NPK product (Vigour).

To evaluate the rate of breakdown and nutrient release of a resin coated urea relative to traditional Nitrogen Sources (Urea and Maxam).

To test a wide range of current varieties of Angustifolius lupin.

To test a wide range of current varieties of Angustifolius lupin.

To assess the impact of various levels of soil disturbance (cultivation methods) on water repellence and productivity and the interaction of these cultivation methods with soil amendments, lime and clay.

To determine the effect grazing barley has on grain yield.

Compare varying rates of N on wheat after applying BEST TM21 against a control area of no post nitrogen application.

To assess the performance of newly released canola varieties in the West Midlands.

To demonstrate what clay rate is required for claying to be successful and to look at how this is affected by the degree of clay incorporation.

To identify companion annual legumes for perennial grass based pastures and to develop reliable, low cost methods of establishment

To identify companion annual legumes for perennial grass based pastures and to develop reliable, low cost methods of establishment

To determine whether successful establishment of sub-tropical grasses is affected by seeding machine configuration

To demonstrate the effect of seeder type and operation on the efficacy and safety of pre-emergent herbicides in barley.

1. To quantify the survival and growth of alternative shrub species for grazing.
2. Determine how these shrub species respond to grazing by sheep, and what preferences animals show for the different species.

To evaluate the performance of crops (barley in 2009) when pasture cropped over different perennial species established on deep pale sands.

To support growers with agronomic decisions such as sowing time and variety selection to enhance industry profitability through improved wheat yields and grain quality

To determine whether a single knockdown herbicide can be used for successful establishment of sub-tropical grasses to reduce the wind erosion risk from double knockdown applications.

This was a small trial in which alternative break crops were sown into a deep sand.

This trial was established 2006 to :

• demonstrate responses to Super Phos, potash and lime in pasture and the benefits to the following crop, and
• to demonstrate the benefits of pasture manipulation and intake in furrow to the following crop.

This report records the use of polyacrylamides (PAMs) and soil wetting agents in Badgingarra.

To ascertain the crop safety of pre-emergent (IBS) herbicides when used with differing seeding systems and sowing speeds.

To determine whether successful establishment of sub-tropical grasses requires sowing into furrows.

To determine whether successful establishment of sub-tropical grasses is affected by sowing speed

This trial seeks to test the Yield Prophet tool to determine its relevance and usefulness to growers of the West Midlands region in determining most efficient and effective nitrogen strategy.

To assess the interaction between clay rate and incorporation methods to overcome soil water repellence and improve crop establishment and productivity.

To demonstrate how soil inversion using a mouldbaord plough could be used to incorporate lime into acidic subsoil, overcome soil water repellance and control weeds and to measure its in=mpact and growth.

To demonstrate the relative performances of the three canola options available to Western Australian growers

To assess the performance of newly released canola varieties in the West Midlands.

To determine whether crop establishment and grain yield gains from claying can be further improved by matching the clay rich subsoil application rate with the incorporation method.

• To evaluate the effect of water rate using a medium spray quality on bromoxynil based herbicides under conditions where coverage is not optimal.
• To evaluate the effect of coarse droplets.
• To evaluate the effect on wild radish control at different water rates with MCPA in tank mixtures with Velocity.

To assess whether the effects of grazing canola with sheep during the growing season: factors being assessed are yield and quality, dry matter production and grazing value.

This Demonstration forms part of the Grain & Graze II project looking at the relative merits of grazing canola and cereal crops. This demonstration looks to assess whether the effects of grazing wheat with sheep during the growing season. Factors being assessed are Yield & quality, dry matter production and grazing value.

To assess comparative effect of anthracnose on yield and seed infection in a range of varieties and advanced lupin breeding lines.

To demonstrate responses to manganese (Mn) in lupins.

These trials were conducted to examine the likelihood of economic returns to VRT on sandplain soils.  

This paper aims to summarise the grain yield response and weed control achieved by a one-off soil inversion.

To demonstrate Scope barley and the performance of Clearfield herbicides on brome grass in a non-wetting scenario, and to investigate the benefit of soil wetter and pre-emergence herbicides in improving this performance.

To assess the impact of full inversion mouldboard ploughing and partial inversion rotary spading on soil repellance, crop growth and grain yield using large scale on-farm trials.

• To 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 examine the pasture productivity and economic response to the application and incorporation of low rates of clay to pale deep sandplain over three years.

To examine the pasture productivity and economic response to the application and incorporation of low rates of clay to pale deep sandplain over three years.

• To evaluate the effectiveness of establishing annual legumes into established perennial grass-based pastures by 'summer' sowing of hard-seeded serradella pod.
• To test the effectiveness of drilling pod versus broadcasting of pod.

To evaluate the effectiveness of establishing annual legumes into established perennial grass-based pastures by 'summer' sowing of hard-seeded serradella pod.

To determine responses to Super Phos, Potash and Lime in a pasture wheat rotation over 5 years.

To support growers with agronomic decisions such as sowing time and variety selection to enhance industry profitability through improved wheat yields and grain quality.

To investigate and demonstrate means to ensure effective control of wild radish in Roundup Ready canola grown on non-wetting sand.

To compare the effect of delayed seeding and seeding rates on the yield and quality performance of wheat varieties.

To assess the growth and yield of barley and wheat growing in a range of different established perennial pasture species.