Inverleigh VIC trials

To assess the potential of non-commercial later maturing canola lines for the HRZ of southern Australia.

To improve grower productivity and industry sustainability through new management techniques and cultivars.

To answer the question: Can incorporation of lime speed up yield response?

To investigate the drivers for yield loss under grazing with a view to make grazing crops less risky.

To test differences between conventional varieties of canola.

To identify additional lines with maturity between the spring and winter types by evaluating new canola lines not commercially available to growers which were supplied by six seed companies.

To report on what you need to know to make better liming decisions.

To look at the significance of the cultivar difference with regard to management strategy.

To take a step back and look at how important rainfall and variety choice are in grazing crops to maintain grain yield.

• To see if soil nutrient levels constrain production in the Victorian high rainfall zone.
• To formulate tools which predict the production, economic response and risk of applying inputs to wheat and canola crops within the south-eastern high rainfall zones.

To test and develop farming systems where retained stubble is managed in the HRZ without a reduction in profitability for the grower

To report on the SFS seeder demonstration.

To investigate the feasibility of utilising image data, collected using UAVs, to make timely management decisions relating to slug damage in emerging canola.

To report on the outcomes of the 2014 Rural Finance Crop Challenge.

To investigate options for pasture and fodder break crops for southern Victoria with an emphasis on weed control.

To improve grower productivity and industry sustainability through the successful adoption of improved barley cultivars through the development of improved agronomy practices and packages for new and current varietal releases and by aligning production with market and industry requirements. 
 

To determine what impact delaying the timing of N applications after growth stage 32 will have on wheat yield and protein, and whether there is an advantage of using solid or liquid fertiliser.

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.

To answer some key questions about lucerne in the crop rotation:

• What is the impact of the lucerne phase on subsequent crops regarding yield, quality, soil moisture and nitrogen?
• What is the best time to remove lucerne - spring or autumn?
• What is the best method of removing lucerne?
• What is the best crop rotation following lucerne?
• What are the management implications of these insights from a farming system?
   

To demonstrate that is possible to grow a viable winter crop and still maintain a productive lucerne stand over summer.
 

To test the vernalisation theory and answer questions around grazing management.
 

To summarise the results from this three-year cycle of the Rural Finance Crop Challenge competition.

To report on an experiment at Inverleigh, Victoria, investigating the potential for earlier sowing to increase wheat yields in the face of autumn rainfall decline.

• To observe how such treatments affect yield and grain quality at low, medium and high levels.

To evaluate a range of commercially available canola varieties. 

The purpose of these trials was to investigate the value of applying the PGR Moddus EVO to barley grown in the high rainfall zone of Victoria to reduce lodging and improve yields.

To est alternative products to Mesurol that are commercially available both in Australia and overseas, to assess their effectiveness as bird deterrents.

• To define the expression of Adult Plant Resistance (APR) in a range of wheat cultivars in relation to environmental conditions and growth stage. 
• To develop improved strategies for intervention with fungicides in the control of stripe rust and yellow leaf spot in susceptible and resistant wheat, and the communication of the strategies to industry stakeholders.
• To develop a model to support growers on the relative merits of applying fungicide for disease control, which takes account of climate, expected yield, economic outlook and genetic inputs including Adult Plant Resistance (APR).

To evaluate a range of commercially available varieties. These reflect the most widely grown varieties in the area and include others that may be considered in the future. They include a number of different grades, reflecting market options in Southern Victoria.

To evaluate a range of commercially available varieties. These reflect the most widely grown varieties in the area and include others that may be considered in the future. They include a number of different grades, reflecting market options in Southern Victoria.

To assess the potential production benefits of various nhanced efficiency nitrogen fertilisers (EENFs) and liquid fertiliser strategies.

To evaluate yield, agronomic and malt quality performance of numerous breeding lines under evaluation for the medium to high rainfall zones of Eastern Australia.
 

• To evaluate the efficacy of different foliar fungicides against stem rust (Puccinia graminis f.sp. tritici) in wheat.
• To account for possible shortages in foliar fungicide supply, products were tested over as wide a rate range as possible.

To evaluate a range of commercially available varieties. 

To evaluate nitrogen efficiencies of various nitrogenous fertilisers on wheat.

To test a number of potential malting quality barley lines out of the Syngenta Seeds breeding program in comparison to current commercial barley varieties.

To compare a number of feed and milling quality varieties that are commercially available against several long season durum lines potentially suited to southwest Victoria. These variety trials were evaluated with a fungicide programme, to determine the yield response of the varieties by comparing controlled leaf disease against an untreated control. 
 

• To evaluate the efficacy of different foliar fungicides against stem rust (Puccinia graminis f.sp. tritici) in wheat.
• To account for possible shortages in foliar fungicide supply, products were tested over as wide a rate range as possible (N.B. Use of products and rates lower than label rates in this trial does not constitute a recommendation).  
   

To determine the impact of grazing on soil condition and weed populations.  This report is on findings after two years of grazing.