Sandy loam trials

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2022 Malinong Response

To identify the severity of K deficiency in broad-acre crops in respect to the Colwell K level in the top 10 cm of soil.

SARDI Minnipa Agricultural Centre
GRDC
2022 Malinong SA
Research organisaton
Acid tolerant barley trial

To evaluate the performance of Litmus (WABAR2625) barley in comparison to Hindmarsh and Wyalkatchem on an acidic soil.

Liebe Group
2013 Wongan Hills WA
Research organisaton
Agronomic options to manage pod drop in Lentil

To understand the effects of row spacing and row direction on plant growth, grain yield and pod drop of lentil varieties differeing in architecture and tolerance to pod drop.

Southern Pulse Agronomy
GRDC
2021 Curyo VIC
Research organisaton
Albus lupin, faba bean, vetch, lentil and chickpea variety experiments – Rankins Springs 2021

To evaluate the phenology and grain yield responses of various albus lupin, faba bean, vetch, lentil and chickpea varieties. 

Department of Primary Industries NSW
GRDC
2017 Rankins Springs NSW
Research organisaton
Angustifolius lupin variety trial

Evaluation of new and existing Angustifolius lupin varieties.

Liebe Group
2007 Xantippe WA
Research organisaton
Apron XL seed dressing demonstration

To evaluate whether Apron XL improves yield in field pea crops.

Liebe Group
2011 East Maya WA
Research organisaton
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
Research organisaton
Are low fertiliser inputs a viable option for canola in low rainfall areas?

To evaluate the response of canola to low fertiliser inputs

Department of Agriculture and Food WA
GRDC
2016 Grass Patch WA
Research organisaton
Assessing the water use efficiencies of high and low input wheat production systems

In this project we aim to compare the water use efficiency (WUE) and profitability of high versus low input cropping systems

Liebe Group
2010 Buntine WA
Research organisaton
Assessment of WMF NPK crop plus and WMF microbes of wheat yield and quality
  • To evaluate wheat yield and quality when growing wheat with conventional granular fertilisers or Western Mineral’s granular mineral fertiliser.
  • To compare the effects of different methods of “extra” nitrogen application.
Liebe Group
2009 Pithara WA
Research organisaton
Barley - should I grow malt or feed?

A series of trials were set up in 2013 at our Inverleigh and Westmere sites to evaluate a range of commercially available varieties of barley that are either grown for malt, grown for feed or varieties that have the potential to be grown for yield but could still be accepted as malt at receivals.

Southern Farming Systems
2013 Inverleigh VIC
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Barley agronomy for the Western region

To evaluate the response of eighteen barley lines for grain yield, grain quality and malting quality to changes in soil pH (due to liming).

Liebe Group
GRDC
2002 Buntine WA
Research organisaton
Barley tolerance to acid/aluminium

Evaluation of the ability of barley varieties to tolerate acid/aluminum soils.

Liebe Group
2007 Xantippe WA
Research organisaton
Barley variety trial

To evaluate Buloke and Hindmarsh to industry standards.

Liebe Group
2008 East Marchagee WA
Research organisaton
Barley variety trial - Beaumont

To conduct a barley variety trial.

South East Premium Wheat Growers Association
Summit
2018 Beaumont WA
Research organisaton
Barley variety trial - Cascade

To conduct a barley variety trial.

South East Premium Wheat Growers Association
Summit
2018 Cascade WA
Research organisaton
Barley variety trial - Coomalbidgup

To conduct a barley variety trial.

South East Premium Wheat Growers Association
Summit
2018 Coomalbidgup WA
Research organisaton
Barley variety trial - Grass Patch

To conduct a barley variety trial.

South East Premium Wheat Growers Association
Summit
2018 Grass patch WA
Research organisaton
Barley variety trial - Wittenoom Hills

To conduct a barley variety trial.

South East Premium Wheat Growers Association
Summit
2018 Wittenoom Hills WA
Research organisaton
Bentonite clay and tillage to improve soil and yield

To determine if inclusion of Bentonite clay improves crop yields on sandy soils.

Liebe Group
AGAC
2013 Miling WA
Research organisaton
BEST TM21 fertiliser trial

The experience from trial work with TM21 in Canada and Vietnam has been that farmers have been able to reduce some of their inputs as well as maintain or increase their yield. BEST Australia set up a long-term trial at the Liebe Group Long Term Trial Site (LTRS) comparing fertiliser rates at three different input levels. This trial will continue over the next few years. During that time, BEST will be evaluating the trial at LTRS to show that fertiliser efficiency increases by using TM21 in Austr

Liebe Group
2007 Buntine WA
Research organisaton
Black urea vs white urea

To look at the potential of black urea in terms of lifting yields through better nitrogen efficiency.

Liebe Group
2007 West Buntine WA
Research organisaton
Break crop species by variety, MRZ Mid North (Eudunda), South Australia Break crop species by variety, MRZ Mid North (Warnertown), South Australia Break crop species by variety, MRZ South East (Mundulla), South Australia Break crop species by variety, MRZ

To evaluate the suitability of different pulse species as break crops for different climatic, soil and biotic stress conditions.

Southern Pulse Agronomy
2019 Coomandook SA
Research organisaton
Can we extend the 'haircut' window?
  • To test if the ‘window’ is broadened due to seed coating.
  • To test the effect on yield due to timing of ‘haircut’.
Liebe Group
2012 East Dalwallinu WA
Research organisaton
Canola (Triazine) variety trial - Beaumont

To conduct a canola (Triazine) variety trial.

South East Premium Wheat Growers Association
Summit
2018 Beaumont WA
Research organisaton
Canola (Triazine) variety trial - Condingup

To conduct a canola (Triazine) variety trial.

South East Premium Wheat Growers Association
Summit
2018 Condingup WA
Research organisaton
Canola (Triazine) variety trial - Grass Patch

To conduct a canola (Trizaine) variety trial.

South East Premium Wheat Growers Association
Summit
2018 Grass Patch WA
Research organisaton
Canola density response in low rainfall environments – East Buntine

To compare the plant density response of yield and oil content between hybrid and open-pollinated (OP) canola in Triazine tolerant (TT) and Roundup Ready (RR) herbicide tolerance groups.

Liebe Group
2014 Buntine WA
Research organisaton
Canola varieties of 2013

To determine the performance of commercial canola varieties in the Wimmera and Mallee.

Birchip Cropping Group
BCG members GRDC
2013 Kooloonong VIC
Research organisaton
Canola variety demonstration

To evaluate new and existing canola varieties, sown using farmer equipment.

Liebe Group
2009 Pithara WA
Research organisaton
Canola variety demonstration - Buntine

To compare Canola Breeders’ new TT canola variety CB Sturt TT to its existing low rainfall variety CB Telfer TT in a paddock scale demonstration.

Liebe Group
2012 Buntine WA
Research organisaton
CBWA canola varieties (TT)

To compare hybrid performance to the standard Open-Pollinated Triazine-Tolerant varieties

Liebe Group
2010 West Wubin WA
Research organisaton
Cereal Practice for Profit 2009

To examine the effect of increasing inputs to three commonly grown cereal varieties representing APW, noodle and malt segregations, and a new wheat investigating the prospects for ethanol production from wheat, on profitability for growers in the Liebe Group area.

Liebe Group
2009 Pithara WA
Research organisaton
Chickpea, Disease Management, LRZ Southern Mallee (Curyo), Victoria

To evaluate chickpea varieties and breeding lines against ascochyta blight and their response to foliar fungicide application.

Southern Pulse Agronomy
GRDC
2019 Curyo VIC
Research organisaton
Chocolate Spot management in faba beans – Kojonup 2021

Demonstrate the effectiveness of different fungicide timing options on chocolate spot management and evaluate a new spray decision support tool.

Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development WA
DPIRD WA GRDC
2021 Kojonup WA
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Clearfield: a clear winner in brome grass control

To evaluate the efficacy of different formulations of imidazolinones (Group B imi’s) and the sulfonylureas (Group B SU’s) on brome grass.

Liebe Group
2004 Goodlands WA
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Combating ARGT through the use of safeguard ryegrass

To determine if the livestock carrying capacity of pastures in the Eastern Wheatbelt of Western Australia, including those on mildly saline soil, can be increased by replacing native ryegrass with the Safeguard variety of ryegrass.

Liebe Group
MLA
2004 Wongan Hills WA
Research organisaton
Compaction after mouldboard ploughing

To determine if there are any benefits to be gained from mouldboard ploughing a yellow sandplain soil

Liebe Group
2013 West Buntine WA
Research organisaton
Compaction, soil health demonstration

To evaluate the effects of mouldboard ploughing and deep ripping on a yellow sand

Liebe Group
2012 West Buntine WA
Research organisaton
Compaction, soil health demonstration

To compare the effects of mouldboard plough, spading and deep ripping on yellow non-wetting sand.

Liebe Group
2013 Marchagee WA
Research organisaton
Comparison on lupin inoculants

To evaluate new Lupin inoculation initiatives in high background populations of naturalised Rhizobium strains in medium–low rainfall cereal/lupin rotation

Liebe Group
2007 Xantippe WA
Research organisaton
Compatibility of Axial with various broadleaf herbicides for early wild oat and wild radish control in wheat

The objective of this demonstration was to evaluate the biological compatibility and crop safety of Axial compared with Achieve or Wildcat, when applied alone or in mixtures with common broadleaf herbicides for early wild oat and wild radish control in wheat.

Liebe Group
2009 Pithara WA
Research organisaton
Compost evaluation

To evaluate compost and clay for their ability to improve the production capacity of a loamy sand.

Liebe Group
2004 West Buntine WA
Research organisaton
Compost evaluation

To evaluate compost and clay for their ability to improve the production capacity of soil.

Liebe Group
2005 West Buntine WA
Research organisaton
Conserving soil moisture, does a fallow or stubble cover help on Buntine sand?

To determine if various farm management techniques improve the storage of out-of-season rainfall and whether this leads to improvements in crop growth and/or yield.

Liebe Group
GRDC
2012 Buntine WA
Research organisaton
Conserving soil moisture, does stubble or a fallow help on Buntine sandplain?

To determine if various farm management techniques improve the storage of out-of-season rainfall and whether this leads to improvements in crop growth and/or yield.

Liebe Group
GRDC
2011 Buntine WA
Research organisaton
CoRoN in wheat

To investigate the efficiencies of CoRoN, a slow release liquid nitrogen source, on Emu Rock wheat at flag leaf emergence

Northern Agri Group
2014 Binnu WA
Research organisaton
Crop performance of biological stimulant TM21 vs untreated

To compare the performance of wheat crops grown using normal farming practices and inputs, to those grown with 2 x 250 mL/ha applications of the biological stimulant TM21 in addition to the normal farming practices and inputs.

Liebe Group
2009 Pithara WA
Research organisaton
Crop safety of Boxer Gold and Crusader

To investigate the crop safety of new products Boxer Gold (Syngenta) and Crusader (Dow).

Liebe Group
2008 East Marchagee WA
Research organisaton
Crop safety of SAKURA® 850WG with discs or knife points compared to Boxer Gold® for the pre-emergent control of Annual Ryegrass (Lolium rigidum) in Wheat

To demonstrate the crop safety, extended incorporation time and efficacy of Sakura 850WG pre-emergent herbicide on annual ryegrass in wheat compared to Boxer Gold.

Liebe Group
2010 East Maya WA
Research organisaton