Sandy loam trials

To assess whether Zen noodle wheat has a place in rotation when yield and quality are compared to Mace Australian hard wheat.

To examine the potential for crop yield in the northern sandplain systems and explore practices that will allow the potential to be approached.

To examine the potential for crop yield in the northern sandplain systems and explore practices that will allow the potential to be approached

To explore the yield potential for wheat in the northern sandplain region and to identify the main constraints to achieving this potential.

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 conduct a wheat variety trial.

To conduct a wheat variety trial.

To conduct a wheat variety trial.

To conduct a wheat variety trial.

To compare wheat varieties and effect of nitrogen on yield and quality.

To identify differences between commonly grown wheat varieties in their ability to emerge from very deep sowing (100mm) and relate to coleoptile lengths and to quantify the effects of deep sowing on grain yield.

To compare new and existing wheat variety yields within the grain testing area Agzone 2.

To evaluate the performance of new variety Cobra under farmer practice.

To conduct an evaluation of the ability of wheat varieties to tolerate acid/aluminum.

To establish and manipulate 3 varieties of pasture and determine their effect on the following wheat crop.

To determine the effectiveness of controlling brome grass seed set with crop-topping short- season cereals sown at different times.

To demonstrate the benefit of WALAN2141 for croptopping.

To evaluate time of sowing and disease management programs on the establishment, biomass development and grain yield of different vetch in comparison with faba bean and field pea.

To test the effect of very deep ripping to 500mm with shallow leading tines and incorporation of limesand on a very deeply compacted acid sand plain soil.

To evaluate which combination of an early bromoxynil based herbicide and follow up post-emergent herbicide will provide the best weed control and Return on investment (ROI) in a system approach to wild radish control in cereals.

To evaluate the economics of a variable rate approach to fertiliser applications over the 2011 growing season. This trial was also designed as a proof of concept trial for CSBP’s Fertlogic Variable Rate Technology (VRT) platform

To demonstrate the value of NUlogic soil and plant testing and the importance of reviewing fertiliser strategies in season

To evaluate the effect various rates of granular urea spread 3-4 weeks post of seeding has on the yield and profitability of wheat.

To determine the response of wheat to different Flexi-N strategies at two seeding rates, i.e. canopy management.

To establish the fit for calcium ammonium nitrate (CAN) as a topdressed fertiliser in wheat in a low rainfall situation and on an N responsive site.

To conduct a wheat variety evaluation.

To evaluate new and existing udon noodle wheat varieties.

To evaluate new and existing triticale varieties.

To evaluate the efficacy of some of the common pre-emergent herbicide mixtures for ryegrass control in wheat.

To determine suitable tine spacing and lime products for deep banding of lime to treat subsurface acidity.

To investigate the nitrogen rate and time of application response of canola varieties to yield and oil content of TT and RR hybrids in comparison with open-pollinated types to

• provide growers in lower rainfall environments with guidelines on optimal nitrogen rates and times of application to maximise grain and oil yields, and
• determine if the management of hybrid canola nutrition is different to that of open pollinated varieties due to different responses to N rates and timing.

Aim; To investigate the response to changing the nitrogen rate and changing the time of application.  Canola yield and oil will be measured and RR hybrids will be compared with open-pollinated TT types (OP TT).

Previous trial results suggest that as long as nitrogen is applied within 8 weeks of sowing, there is no yield penalty. 

How canola responds to nitrogen applied later than 8 weeks has not been widely researched.  Similarly how new generation canola such as RoundupReady (RR) hybrids respond to nitrogen has not been widely tested, particularly in low and medium rainfall areas.  This trial is one of a series of 13 timing of nitrogen experiments DAFWA conducted in 2013.

To investigate the response to changing the nitrogen rate and changing the time of application.  Canola yield and oil will be measured and RR hybrids will be compared with open-pollinated TT types (OP TT).

To investigate the response to changing the nitrogen rate and changing the time of application.  Canola yield and oil will be measured and RR hybrids will be compared with open-pollinated TT types (OP TT).

To assist growers in making decisions on variety choice and management, a trial was conducted at Buntine to assess the yield, quality and economic response of new and potential wheat varieties to different sowing times.

To establish which of the following components has the greater effect on yield: liquid, granular or combined liquid/granular forms of fertiliser nitrogen, phosphorus and trace elements, and in-furrow fungicide.

To measure the role of water stored in the soil at sowing in affecting wheat yield.

To assess the effects of physical, chemical and biological soil manipulation (or inputs) on soil organic carbon in relation to changes in long term crop yields and quality.

To evaluate the benefits of drilled potassium when used in conjunction with higher phosphorus applications.

To determine the productivity gains from deep tillage in conjunction with potassium and high phosphorus supply over a number of seasons.

To compare two methods for the establishment of pasture legumes (i) summer sowing where dormant hard-seed is drill sown into the paddock after the crop is harvested and (ii) traditional sowing where scarified seed is drill sown after the break of the season and knockdown weed control.

To evaluate the efficacy and economic return of crop protection strategies to control Stripe Rust within the grain testing area Agzone 2.

To evaluate new and existing lupin varieties.

The objective of this trial was to evaluate the knockdown efficiency of Spray.Seed with and without common tank mix ‘spikes’, at various rates, on the control of grass and broadleaf weeds including Roundup Ready canola volunteers.

To conduct trials across CW NSW to provide objective data on the potential for SU and Zn interactions in wheat.

To investigate the potential of organic matter inputs to increase yield and improve soil health.

To investigate the potential of biological and organic matter inputs to increase soil water storage, target long-term yield increases and soil health and structure improvements.

To investigate the potential of biological and organic matter inputs to increase soil water storage, target long-term yield increases and soil improvement

To investigate the potential of biological and organic matter inputs to increase soil water storage, target long-term yield increases and soil improvement.

To investigate the potential of biological and organic matter inputs to increase soil water storage, target long-term yield increases and soil improvement.