Birchip Cropping Group trials

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'Balance' on chickpeas (Aventis)

To demonstrate the new chickpea herbicide Balance from Aventis for broadleaf weed control.

Birchip Cropping Group
2000 Bendigo VIC
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'BTH' (Novartis) on wheat, canola, lentils and field peas

To investigate the effectiveness of BTH (benzothiadiazole) to increase a crops resilience to disease.

Birchip Cropping Group
2000 Watchupga East VIC
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'Hussar' (Aventis) and 'Affinity' (CropCare) in cereals demonstrations

To demonstrate a new wheat herbicides Hussar® from Aventis, and Affinity® from CropCare for grass and broadleaf weed control.

Birchip Cropping Group
2000 Watchupga East VIC
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'Paragon' and 'Raptor' (Cyanamid) demonstrations

The aim was to demonstrate a new cereal broadleaf weed herbicide 'Paragon' from Cyanamid

Birchip Cropping Group
2000 Watchupga East VIC
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'Sick crops' in the southern Mallee in 1995

To answer the question 'Why are there so many sick crops in the Victorian Southern Mallee in 1995?'

Birchip Cropping Group
1995 Birchip VIC
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10Z and 10Z blends for 2006

To test new fertilisers at Marnoo.

Birchip Cropping Group
2005 Marnoo VIC
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1995 US farm bill

To inform about the 1995 farm bill.

Birchip Cropping Group
1995 Birchip VIC
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2003 - the year that was
Birchip Cropping Group
2003 Birchip VIC
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2006 - A year to leave behind but not to forget

To comment on the year that was 2006.

Birchip Cropping Group
2006 Birchip VIC
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2007 Seasonal outlook

To review the broadscale weather pattern and summarise implications for the 2007 cropping season, i.e. May-October.

Birchip Cropping Group
GRDC
2006 Birchip VIC
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A century of wheat

To observe the development of wheat varieties through breeding over the last 100 years.

Birchip Cropping Group
2008 Manangatang VIC
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A cropping systems simulator - investigating the impact of subsoil constraints

The aim of this investigation was to use the cropping systems simulator APSIM to assess the impact of high levels of sodicity chlorine, electrical conductivity and boron on the growth and yield of a wheat crop (cv. Yitpi) grown in the BCG Systems Trial.

Birchip Cropping Group
2001 Watchupga East VIC
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A new test to accurately predict phosphorus fertiliser requirements

To determine if DGT could predict P fertiliser requirements for the field and to compare results from the DGT soil P test with other common soil P testing techniques (Colwell P and resin).

Birchip Cropping Group
2007 Birchip VIC
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A six tonne per hectare wheat crop

To work out what the limiting factors to production are on the sodic soils of the Tyrell land system.

Birchip Cropping Group
1996 Ouyen VIC
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Abiotic stresses of cool season pulses in Australia

To discuss abiotic stresses of cool season pulses in Australia.

Birchip Cropping Group
1999 Birchip VIC
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Adapting crops to increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide

To gain knowledge that will allow the Australian grains industry to maintain productivity by adapting crops and cropping systems to the effects of elevated CO2.

Birchip Cropping Group
AGFACE DAWR GRDC
2007 Horsham VIC
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Adjuvant choice for atrazine for best control of radish in TT canola

To discuss adjuvant choice for atrizine for best control of radish in TT canola.

Birchip Cropping Group
1999 Watchupga East VIC
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Advanced barley variety evaluation

To conduct an advanced barley variety evaluation.

Birchip Cropping Group
1999 Manangatang VIC
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Advanced lupin variety evaluation

To evaluate improved lupin varieties for the Victorian Mallee.

Birchip Cropping Group
1998 Sea Lake VIC
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Advanced lupin variety evaluation

The aim of this trial was to exaluate and develop improved lupin varieties for the Victorian Mallee.

Birchip Cropping Group
2000 Sea Lake VIC
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Advanced vetch variety evaluation

To conduct an advanced vetch variety evaluation.

Birchip Cropping Group
1999 Walpeup VIC
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Advanced vetch variety evaluation

To evaluate improved vetch varieties for the Victorian Mallee.

Birchip Cropping Group
2000 Birchip VIC
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Advanced wheat variety comparisons

To develop, evaluate and release improved wheat cultivars to the farming community.

Birchip Cropping Group
1997 Walpeup VIC
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Advanced wheat variety evaluation

To conduct an advanced wheat variety evaluation.

Birchip Cropping Group
1999 Birchip VIC
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Advanced wheat variety results

To develop, evaluate and release wheat cultivars which maximise economic return to the farming community.

Birchip Cropping Group
1996 Horsham VIC
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Aerial video for crop monitoring

To discuss the benefits of using aeroplanes for monitoring purposes in cropping.

Birchip Cropping Group
1996 St Arnaud VIC
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Agronomic adaptions to a changing climate

To trial and demonstrate two possible agronomic adaptations to a changing climate:

  • to sow wheat varieties earlier to reduce the possibility of heat shock events during grain fill whilst taking into account the frost risk, and
  • to sow more than one variety in the one paddock as a mix to ensure that the whole crop is not susceptable to frost and heat shock at the same time.
Birchip Cropping Group
CSIRO GRDC
2010 Birchip VIC
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Agronomic information for growing biscuit wheats

The aim of this trial was to investiage the best management practices for the production of Biscuit wheats. 

Birchip Cropping Group
2000 Watchupga East VIC
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Agronomic practices - frost risk rankings table

To discuss agronomic practices – frost risk rankings table.

Birchip Cropping Group
2006 Birchip VIC
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Agronomy messages for 2006

To present the main messages from the agronomy trial work undertaken in 2005.

Birchip Cropping Group
2005 Birchip VIC
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Alternative chemical options to control Group A herbicide resistant ryegrass

The aim of this trial was to investigate alternative chemicals for the control of ryegrass in wheat; and in broadleaf crops, canola, lentil and field pea.

Birchip Cropping Group
2000 Watchupga East VIC
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Alternative crops demonstration

To demonstrate growth of 10 different crops at the Birchip site.

Birchip Cropping Group
2000 Watchupga East VIC
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Alternative nutrition in canola

To investigate the effect of a number of biological seed dressings, organic and inorganic fertilisers on canola yield.

Birchip Cropping Group
1997 Watchupga East VIC
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Alternative nutrition in wheat

To investigate the application of an alternative foliar fertiliser.

Birchip Cropping Group
2003 Birchip VIC
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Alternative nutrition on wheat

To investigate the effect of a number of bioilogical seed dressings, organic and inorganic fertilisers on wheat yield.

Birchip Cropping Group
1997 Watchupga East VIC
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Alternative nutrition products: do they work?

To investigate a number of organic and inorganic fertilisers on wheat yield.

Birchip Cropping Group
1998 Marnoo VIC
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Alternative nutrition trial

To conduct an alternative nutrition trial.

Birchip Cropping Group
1999 Birchip VIC
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Alternative oilseeds

Trials were conducted by the BCG to evaluate a range of these alternative oilseed options.

Birchip Cropping Group
2007 Manangatang VIC
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Alternative winter pastures

To compare the production of different winter pastures and their recovery from grazing.

Birchip Cropping Group
GRDC Mallee CMA
2010 Culgoa VIC
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Ameliorating alkaline soils with deep ripping and gypsum

To investigate the effect of deep ripping and gypsum on root and plant growth of wheat, canola and lentils.

Birchip Cropping Group
2001 Watchupga East VIC
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Annuello seeding rates

To investigate the effects of crop establishment density on yield and grain quality of Annuello wheat.

Birchip Cropping Group
2003 Berriwillock VIC
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Applying the results from the farming systems trial 2000-07, to your farm in 2008

To consider how the system choices in the BCG farming systems trial over the past eight years would play out with likely 2008 prices, and to highlight some of the consistent lessons that can be applied on-farm, to farming systems change in 2008.

Birchip Cropping Group
2007 Jil JIl VIC
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Are canola and nitrogen good 'seed bed' fellows
To determine the effect that urea and GranAm (SOA), deep banded at different rates, has on canola establishment.
Birchip Cropping Group
BCG members
2012 Sea Lake VIC
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Assessing your farming enterprise

To discuss the profitability of farming enterprises.

Birchip Cropping Group
1996 Birchip VIC
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Atrazine to control fop resistant ryegrass in TT canola

To demonstrate whether Atrazine (alone or in combination with Select) can assist in the control of ryegrass.

Birchip Cropping Group
1998 Watchupga East VIC
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Avadex Xtra - annual ryegrass control in no-till systems

To evaluate the performance of Avadex Xtra on annual ryegrass in a no-till cropping system.

Birchip Cropping Group
2009 Minyip VIC
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Availability of N from cereal stubble: 15N trial summary 2014 - 2016

To determine the amount and availability of N from wheat stubble under varying stubble management practices over three cropping seasons.

Birchip Cropping Group
GRDC
2016 Horsham VIC
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Aventis CropScience barley seed dressing trial

To conduct a barley seed dressing trial.

Birchip Cropping Group
1999 Sea Lake VIC
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Aventis CropScience evaluation of Jockey seed applied fungicide

To conduct an evaluation of Jockey seed applied fungicide.

Birchip Cropping Group
1999 Watchupga East VIC
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Aventis CropScience seed dressing trial on barley

The aim was to compare Barley fungicide seed dressing products. To measure seedling growth, establishment, disease control and yield.

Birchip Cropping Group
2000 Watchupga East VIC
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