Bordertown SA trials

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Adult Plant Resistance and Strategic Fungicide use for Integrated Management of Cereal Rust

To explore adult plant resistance and strategic fungicide use for integrated management of cereal rust

MacKillop Farm Management Group
2011 Bordertown SA
Research organisaton
Barley variety trials

To assess the range of barley varieties available.

MacKillop Farm Management Group
2009 Bordertown SA
Research organisaton
Barley variety trials

To assess the yield of a range of barley varieties at several sites.

MacKillop Farm Management Group
2010 Bordertown SA
Research organisaton
Bean variety trial - Conmurra

To report on a bean variety trial.

MacKillop Farm Management Group
2012 Bordertown SA
Research organisaton
Brassica carinata, a new crop for production of jet biofuel

To develop varieties of Brassica carinata that are more specifically adapted to Australian conditions to enable commercial quantities of biojet and biodiesel fuels to be produced. This project focuses on genetic selection, adoption and scale-up within Australia.
 

MacKillop Farm Management Group
2018 Bordertown SA
Research organisaton
Building resilient farming systems

To improve water use efficienes of crops and pasture by reducing the soil constraints that impede root growth.

MacKillop Farm Management Group
2010 Bordertown SA
Research organisaton
Building Resilient Farming Systems

The aim is to improve water use efficiencies of crops and pasture by reducing the soil constraints that impede root growth.

MacKillop Farm Management Group
2009 Bordertown SA
Research organisaton
Canola Agronomy Trials

To assess the effect of blackleg on canola crops and varieties in the south east of SA.

MacKillop Farm Management Group
2010 Bordertown SA
Research organisaton
Canola Evaluation Trials

To evaluate canola varieties.

MacKillop Farm Management Group
2017 Bordertown SA
Research organisaton
Canola varieties tested for yield and quality

To assess the yield of a range of canola varieties

MacKillop Farm Management Group
2009 Bordertown SA
Research organisaton
CANOLA YIELD RESULTS FROM THE SOUTH-EAST AND VARIETIES AVAILABLE IN SA FOR 2013

To explore canola yield results from teh south east and varieties available in SA for 2013.

MacKillop Farm Management Group
2013 Bordertown SA
Research organisaton
Crop sequencing project

To answer three key questions:

  1. Can a break crop be as profitable as a cereal?
  2. Are crop sequences including break crops more profitable than continuous wheat?
  3. What effects do break crops have on soil nitrogen availability?
MacKillop Farm Management Group
2017 Bordertown SA
Research organisaton
Improved soil water data decisions across the south east cropping region

To provide grain growers across the south east (SE) region with access to real-time soil moisture data through a website that pulls together information from the existing MacKillop Farm Management Group (MFMG) network and the South East Natural Resource Management (SENRM) weather station network.
 

MacKillop Farm Management Group
2018 Bordertown SA
Research organisaton
Increasing Precision Agricultural Awareness and Adoption in South East of South Australia

The aim of the project was to increase the understanding and awareness of how spatial measurement tools (EM38 mapping, Imagery data, RTK Elevation Data & Yield Mapping) can be utilised to identify variations in soil capabilities & to then demonstrate how management can potentially be changed over these areas & the economics of implementing these changes.4 of the 6 sites were looking at changes in Nitrogen management over the demonstration paddocks, another site focussed on varying rates of gypsum & the final site looked at seeding rates & varieties in broad beans.

MacKillop Farm Management Group
2009 Bordertown SA
Research organisaton
Integrated farming systems in the medium rainfall zone

The expected outcome of the project is that by 2021, growers in the MRZ of the South East and their advisors will have access to new relevant information on diverse crop rotations and integrated farming systems, particularity the incorporation of a pasture phase. 

MacKillop Farm Management Group
2018 Bordertown SA
Research organisaton
Integrated Farming Systems in the Medium Rainfall Zone

The expected outcome of the project is that by 2021, growers in the MRZ of the South East and their advisors will have access to new relevant information on diverse crop rotations and integrated farming systems, particularity the incorporation of a pasture phase. This will allow for better crop sequencing decision making, with the aim of increasing farm sustainability, diversity and ultimately profitability, through the adoption of improved rotations and break crop management options.

MacKillop Farm Management Group
2017 Bordertown SA
Research organisaton
Keith speed tiller demonstration

To investigate the effect of various fallow management treatments on crop establishment and yield, weed and pest management and nitrogen management in retained stubble systems in a medium rainfall zone in the South-East of South Australia.

MacKillop Farm Management Group
2015 Bordertown SA
Research organisaton
Oat Variety Trials

To explore oat varieties in the south east.

MacKillop Farm Management Group
2016 Bordertown SA
Research organisaton
Oats Variety Trials

To evaluate oats in the system.

MacKillop Farm Management Group
2015 Bordertown SA
Research organisaton
Precision Ag project

To look at the economic benefits of varying inputs based on various technologies. To assess the technologies that have the best or most reliable outcome in varying situations over a 3-4 year period, and to assess what is happening at sites where soil manipulation has occured by looking at above ground yields and comparing with below ground soil carbon levels. 

MacKillop Farm Management Group
2010 Bordertown SA
Research organisaton
Pulse variety trials

To explore pulse varieties in the south-east.

MacKillop Farm Management Group
2011 Bordertown SA
Research organisaton
South East Barley National Variety Trials

To examine barley varieties in the South East

MacKillop Farm Management Group
2014 Bordertown SA
Research organisaton