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Cereal stubble ideal for grain legumesTo provide advice on cereal stubble for grain legumes. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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1993 | Birchip VIC |
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Comparison of grass specific herbicides in a medic pastureTo compare grass herbicides alone and in comparison with common broadleaf herbicides. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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1993 | Birchip VIC |
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Estimating pasture legume seed reservesTo provide a useful technique for estimating pasture legume seed reserved in paddocks. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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1993 | Birchip VIC |
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FAST projectTo link financial management to the environmental and production aspects of a variety of farming systems in south eastern Australia. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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1993 | Birchip VIC |
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Fertiliser findingsTo provide answers to a number of commonly asked fertiliser questions in the southern Mallee/Northern Wimmera and to generate guidelines to assist growers develop profitable nutrient strategies for the coming season. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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1993 | Birchip VIC |
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Green manuring - a better way to fallow?To investigate some other types of legumes for their dry matter and suitability as green manure. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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1993 | Lameroo SA |
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Gross margin calculations for 1994To provide a gross margin calculation method for 1994. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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1993 | Birchip VIC |
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Increased wheat yields and improved quality from the application of nitrogen fertiliserTo determine which soil tests and tissue tests could be used to increase the likelihood of profitable responses from the application of nitrogen to wheat. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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1993 | Birchip VIC |
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Itemised costing for a green manure / fallow using medics |
Birchip Cropping Group
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1993 | Birchip VIC |
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Legume inoculants and nodulationTo provide quick and easy ways to obtain reliable information in the field for use in the management of legume nitrogen. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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1993 | Birchip VIC |
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Management of rhizoctonia root rotTo find more reliable methods to control rhizoctonia. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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1993 | Kinnabulla VIC |
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Nitrogen balance under long-term rotation trialsTo determine the relationship between alternative break crops and root disease. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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1993 | Walpeup VIC |
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Nitrogen fertility - the key to successful croppingTo discuss the importance of nitrogen fertility and how you can go about finding out how to practically and economically use nitrogen either as fixed by rhizobium or as fertiliser. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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1993 | Birchip VIC |
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Nitrogen requirements for cereal cropsTo test the applicability of the South Australian 'Slide rule' type of arrangement whereby nitrogen requirement of a cereal crop can be quickly estimated before sowing in the Victorian southern Mallee and northern Wimmera.
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Birchip Cropping Group
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1993 | Birchip VIC |
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Nitrogen use efficiencyTo outline the concept for nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) and how it can be used on the farm to optimise yield and protein. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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1993 | Birchip VIC |
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Notes on four crop types - wheat, peas, chickpeas and canolaTo provide some points to consider when choosing which crop types to grow and what to consider in growing them. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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1993 | Birchip VIC |
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Overcoming trifluralin application problemsTo highlight some of the major issues of trifluralin use and present ways they can be resolved with a little additional care and forward thinking. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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1993 | Lameroo SA |
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Pasture managementTo discuss how to achieve a dense medic dominant pasture. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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1993 | Walpeup VIC |
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Spray fallow initiation on medic pasturesTo evaluate Roundup CT and a range of additives as fallow initiation treatments. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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1993 | Birchip VIC |
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Take-all managementTo discuss control strategies for Take-all. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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1993 | Birchip VIC |
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The year that was - 1993To provide an overview of the year that was. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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1993 | Birchip VIC |
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Vetch in the MalleeTo provide basic information about growing vetch. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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1993 | Birchip VIC |
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Water use efficiencyTo introduce the concept of water use efficiency. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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1993 | Birchip VIC |
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What is good financial management?To answer the question 'What is required to be a good financial manager on a farm?' |
Birchip Cropping Group
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1993 | Birchip VIC |
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Budworm watch - up and watchingTo help put the grower in the best possible position to make decisions on the need for, and timing of budworm control. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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1994 | Walpeup VIC |
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Canola, peola and lentil demonstrationTo compare varieties of canola, peola an lentils. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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1994 | Birchip VIC |
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Cereal root diseases in 1995To answer the questions 'What can I do about root diseases between now and sowing?' |
Birchip Cropping Group
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1994 | Birchip VIC |
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Coming out of a drought - management of pastures and sheepTo answer the question 'What if there is no break until June or July?' |
Birchip Cropping Group
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1994 | Berriwillock VIC |
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Crop planning for 1995To provide some suggestions as additional hints in coping with cropping after drought. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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1994 | Birchip VIC |
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Development of a new grain legume for SE Australia - narbon beanTo report on the development of a new grain legume for south eastern Australia: narbon bean (Vicia narbonesis). |
Birchip Cropping Group
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1994 | Kinnabulla VIC |
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Durum wheatTo discuss notes on Durum wheat production. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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1994 | Birchip VIC |
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Future strategies for small farmersTo discuss future strategies for small farmers when there is insufficient income to suppor the family from on-farm income. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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1994 | Birchip VIC |
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Grain legume harvestingTo discuss grain legume harvesting and way to reduce losses from grain harvesting. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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1994 | Birchip VIC |
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Guidelines for chemical insect controlTo present options and guidelines for chemical insect control. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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1994 | Birchip VIC |
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How to deal with stripe rustTo discuss how to deal with stripe rust. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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1994 | Birchip VIC |
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Insect calendar for field crops and medic pasturesTo provide a calendar as a guide to insect pests that could be expected during each of hte major crop and pasture growing phases. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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1994 | Birchip VIC |
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Legume herbicide tolerance trialTo provide results of a legume herbicide tolerance trial. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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1994 | Birchip VIC |
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Livestock options available to Mallee farmers if a late break occurs in 1995To address a number of issues when there is a clear indication that an April break is not going to occur. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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1994 | Birchip VIC |
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Notes on three crop typesTo provide information about three crop types (production notes) grown in the Southern Mallee and Northern Wimmera: barley, lentils and faba beans. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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1994 | Birchip VIC |
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Nutrient strategies for 1995To discuss nutrient strategies for 1995. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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1994 | Birchip VIC |
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Planning for recovery in 1995To provide advice on planning for recovery in 1995. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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1994 | Birchip VIC |
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Pratylenchus neglectus (root lestion nematode)To introduce and discuss root legion nematode. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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1994 | Birchip VIC |
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Results of spray trial in wheatTo present the results of cropping trial work in 1994 - spray trials in wheat. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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1994 | Watchupga East VIC |
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Summer weed controlTo investigate the effectiveness of a number of herbicide treatments for the control of summer weeds such as heliotrope, padi melons and medic. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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1994 | Watchupga East VIC |
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Tank mixes give Ally extra cloutTo comment on observations that tank mixes give Ally extra clout. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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1994 | Birchip VIC |
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The year that was - 1994To comment on 1994 - the year that was. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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1994 | Birchip VIC |
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Trifluralin trial on wheatTo invetigate
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Birchip Cropping Group
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1994 | Birchip VIC |
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Variety demonstrationTo present the results of a variety demonstration at Kinnabulla. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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1994 | Kinnabulla VIC |
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Victorian weather - will the drought break?To answer the question in Victorian weather - will the drought break? |
Birchip Cropping Group
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1994 | Birchip VIC |
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What did the crops grow on in 1994?To comment on the Farm Management 500 and Sustainable Technology (FAST) Project: what did the crops grow on in 1994? |
Birchip Cropping Group
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1994 | Birchip VIC |
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