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Advanced lupin variety evaluationTo evaluate improved lupin varieties for the Victorian Mallee. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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1998 | Sea Lake VIC |
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Advanced lupin variety evaluationThe aim of this trial was to exaluate and develop improved lupin varieties for the Victorian Mallee. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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2000 | Sea Lake VIC |
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Are canola and nitrogen good 'seed bed' fellowsTo 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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Aventis CropScience barley seed dressing trialTo conduct a barley seed dressing trial. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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1999 | Sea Lake VIC |
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Better grazing systemsThe aim of better grazing systems in the low rainfall wheat/sheep zone should be to increase pasture returns without negative effects on the cropping phase. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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2005 | Sea Lake VIC |
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Broadcasting as a sowing methodThe aim was to compare broadcasting as a sowing method with the conventional method of sowing. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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2000 | Sea Lake VIC |
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Canola establishmentTo demonstrate the ideal depth for optimum canola establishment in local conditions. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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1998 | Sea Lake VIC |
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Canola variety demonstrationTo compare established and new canola varieties for yield and oil. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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2000 | Sea Lake VIC |
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Canola variety trialTo demonstrate the suitability of various canola varieties to the Southern mallee environment. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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1998 | Sea Lake VIC |
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Canola variety trialTo determine the suitability of various canola varieties to the Southern Mallee environment. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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1999 | Sea Lake VIC |
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Cereal and linola variety demonstrationTo assess the suitability of various cereal and linola varieties in the Southern mallee. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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1998 | Sea Lake VIC |
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Cereal and linola variety demonstrationTo assess the suitability of various cereal and linola varieties in the Southern mallee. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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1998 | Sea Lake VIC |
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Cereal variety demonstrationTo conduct a cereal variety demonstration. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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1999 | Sea Lake VIC |
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Cereal variety demonstrationTo conduct a cereal variety demonstration. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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1999 | Sea Lake VIC |
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Cereal variety demonstrationsTo demonstrate growth of a number of different cereal varieties. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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2000 | Sea Lake 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 | Sea Lake VIC |
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Fence-line weeds and glyphosate resistanceTo identify weed species that pose the greatest threats to agricultural produciton if incursion an dispersal is allowed to occur from roadsides and fence-lines into farmed land. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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2010 | Sea Lake VIC |
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Fluid phosphorus in the Mallee Landcare delivery sites
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Birchip Cropping Group
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2008 | Sea Lake VIC |
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Frogs on farms
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Birchip Cropping Group
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2009 | Sea Lake VIC |
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Grazing canola: pure madness?To evaluate a vigorous hybrid canola variety in a low rainfall Mallee environment for its grazing value at different growth stages, and its ability to recover from grazing. |
Birchip Cropping Group
GRDC |
2012 | Sea Lake VIC |
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Growing high protein hard and durum wheatTo identify the agronomic practices which lead to the production of high quality hard and durum wheat. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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2000 | Sea Lake VIC |
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Growing malting barleyTo determine the agronomic conditions required to grow a quality barley product suitable for malting. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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2000 | Sea Lake VIC |
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Healthy soils for sustainable farmsTo improve soil health and sustainable soil management practices in the region. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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2007 | Sea Lake VIC |
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Hindmarsh still dominates: barley varieties for 2012To evaluate the performance of new and current barley varieties in the Mallee and Wimmera. |
Birchip Cropping Group
GRDC |
2012 | Sea Lake VIC |
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Lentil agronomy: row spacingTo determine the best row spacing to optimise lentil production in the Southern Mallee. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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1998 | Sea Lake VIC |
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Lentil agronomy: sowing rateTo determine the best sowing rate to optimise lentil production in the Southern Mallee. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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1998 | Sea Lake VIC |
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Liquid P and micronutrients in the MalleeOn sandy soils in the Mallee to test the efficiency of granular versus liquid P fertilisers and determine the impact of zinc and copper on crop performance. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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2005 | Sea Lake VIC |
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Making the grade for malting barleyTo investigate how to make the grade for malting barley. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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1999 | Sea Lake VIC |
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Operation FerTill - achievements at Birchip in 1998To investigate the optimum fertiliser placement when sowing wheat. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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1998 | Sea Lake VIC |
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Optimising phosphorus fertiliser ratesTo discuss optimising phosphorus fertiliser rates. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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1999 | Sea Lake VIC |
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Optimising phosphorus fertiliser rates on alkaline soilsTo identify the critical P fertiliser rates for a broad range of crops on different soil types in the southern Mallee and northern Wimmera. This trial was also undertaken in 1999. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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2000 | Sea Lake VIC |
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Perennial pasturesPerennial pastures are being investigated for their potential fit in the Wimmera Mallee region. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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2006 | Sea Lake VIC |
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Pivot yield responses in a zinc deficient soilThe aim of this trial was to assess zinc deficiencies in both cereals and pulses in the Sea Lake region. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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2000 | Sea Lake VIC |
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Pulse variety demonstrationTo show the wide range of varieties and crop types, how they look and perform under local conditions. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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1999 | Sea Lake VIC |
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Retaining canola seed: a saving or high risk cost?To compare the performance of certified (F1) vs retained (F2) generations of an open-pollinated and hybrid canola variety at different plant densities. |
Birchip Cropping Group
BCG members |
2012 | Sea Lake VIC |
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Row spacings and sowing rates on crop yield and qualityTo investigate row spacing and sowing rates on crop yield and quality. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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1999 | Sea Lake VIC |
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Sakura tolerance in barleyTo compare crop safety of Sakura on two barley varieties (Hindmarsh and Scope) sown at different depths. |
Birchip Cropping Group
GRDC |
2012 | Sea Lake VIC |
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Seed dressing trial on wheatTo compare two new Rhone-Poulenc seed dressing treatments against existing products with and without Trifluralin. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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1998 | Sea Lake VIC |
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Soil erosion assessment and managementTo assess the impact of the 2006 drought on soil resources of the Mallee region, and to identify preventative means for soil stabilization. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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2006 | Sea Lake VIC |
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Sulphur and nitrogen nutrition of canolaTo investigate the role of sulphur and nitrogen in canola nutrition at Sea Lake. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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1999 | Sea Lake VIC |
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Super wheat crop demonstrationTo conduct a super wheat crop demonstration. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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1999 | Sea Lake VIC |
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Sustainable land managementIn 2006 seven Demonstration Sites funded by the National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality and the National Landcare Program continued to be used to demonstrate and measure the potential impact of best management practices for dryland agriculture in the Mallee. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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2005 | Sea Lake VIC |
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Sustainable land managementTo measure and report the potential impact of best management practices for dryland agriculture in the Mallee. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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2005 | Sea Lake VIC |
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Timing is everything: barley and canola time of sowingTo compare alternative agronomic practices that may improve establishment of new and current barley varieties in wider row spacings. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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2012 | Sea Lake VIC |
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What is the best product for topdressing nitrogen?To determine the best form of nitrogen fertiliser for topdressing on alkaline soils. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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1998 | Sea Lake VIC |
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What is the best product for topdressing nitrogen?To discuss the question 'What is the best product for topdressing nitrogen?'. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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1999 | Sea Lake VIC |
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When and how to use nitrogen fertiliserTo investigate the response to nitrogen fertiliser on wheat. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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1999 | Sea Lake VIC |
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Yellow leaf spot controlTo investigate wider range of fungicides for yellow leaf spot control. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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2005 | Sea Lake VIC |
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Zinc nutrition trialsTo conduct zinc nutrition trials. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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1999 | Sea Lake VIC |
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