Lake Bolac VIC trials

To test differences between conventional varieties of canola.

To assess cultural control practices in combination with pre-emergent herbicides for the management resistant ARG at the Lake Bolac research site.

To assess the effectiveness and applicability of cultural control practices in combination with pre-emergent herbicides for the management of herbicide resistant annual ryegrass in the high rainfall zone of Victoria.

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

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

To report on sowing times on heads of spring-sown canola and wheat.

To report on sowing times on heads of spring-sown canola and wheat.

 To investigate the effectiveness of weed control techniques using herbicide treatments and crop population. 

To sumarise the results from this three-year cycle of the Rural Financy Crop Challenge competition.

To compare a range of commercially available barley varieties grown for the feed market.

To report on ian ntegrated weed management demonstration - cultural and chemical methods for controlling herbicide resistant annual ryegrass.

To assess the effectiveness and applicability of cultural control practices prior to crop seeding in combination with pre-emergent herbicides for the management of herbicide resistant annual ryegrass in the high rainfall zone of Victoria.

To reports on the results of our “best bet” approach to making grazing canola work in our unique region. 

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 observe the early growth and establishment of wheat as well as final yield when seed was treated with Rancona C compared to other products or the untreated.
 

To assess whether phosphorus utilisation can be enhanced through the use of liquids, compound fertilisers and slow release coated fertiliser options.
 

• To compare and contrast the performance of current and experimental RR, CL and TT Hybrid and Open pollinated varieties of canola in the Western Districts of VIC.
• To compare and contrast the performance of selected industry leading canola varieties with new seed fungicide and insecticide treatments and foliar fungicides.
• To compare and contrast the regional resilience blackleg internal infection scores of the Hyola Hybrids versus a range of other competitor varieties in the industry. 

To identify the current faba bean varieties that are best suited to the Western Districts, and to assist in selection of future varieties for the region. 

To look at the potential yield of commonly grown varieties of barley and wheat sown in September, whilst comparing some different management strategies that might be adopted when sowing this late in the season:

• Look at the influence of adding Imidacloprid to a standard seed treatment for controlling a possible BYDV infection,
• To determine if sowing rate should be increased to compensate for less tillering,
• Could we optimise the amount spent on fungicides by going on at just one key timing?
  • - GS32 or waiting until GS49 in barley
  • - GS32 or waiting until GS39 in wheat

This demonstration was set up to identify changes in plant growth and grain yield of wheat varieties that have been commonly grown in the area over time.

To evaluate a range of commercially available varieties. 

• 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 stakeholder.
• To develop a model to support growers on the relative merits of applying fungicide for diease control, which takes account of climate, expected yield, economic outlook and genetic inputs including APR.

To evaluate nitrogen efficiencies of various nitrogenous fertilisers on wheat.

To evaluate phosphorus efficiencies of various different phosphate fertilisers on wheat.

To evaluate the grain potential of European canola types, in particular long season winter types for their suitability to the high rainfall regions of southern Autralia.

To collect more data on dry matter and production figures for forage varieties.

• To demonstrate the efficacy of Sakura against ryegrass in wheat at two locations.
• To compare Sakura 850 WG with Triflur Xcel, Stomp, Boxer Gold and Saura 850 WG with tank mix partners.

To establish performance of subs in the Western Victoria cropping zones.

To identify the current faba bean varieties that are best suited to the Western Districts, and to assist in selection of future varieties for the region.

To evaluate five wheat varieties sown at three different times and assess how each one responds. 

• To evaluate the fit of commonly used and non commercial (dual purpose) canola varieties in Southern Victoria under a range of sowing dates.
• To quantify the yield response of canola to a range of grazing conditions.
• To develop grazing principles for canola in the high rainfall zone.
   

To evaluate whether TwinN could enable reductions in urea rates without loss of yield in wheat in the medium-high rainfall Victorian wheat region.

This demonstration was aimed at helping farmers to gain knowledge about alternate stubble management options.

To assess the impact of using foliar fungicides for controlling leaf disease in Kellalac wheat. 

To assess the impact of using foliar fungicides for controlling leaf disease in Kellalac wheat. 

The objective of this trial was to evaluate a number of new and existing fungicides for the control of Wheat Leaf Rust (Puccinia recondita) in Kellalac Wheat.

To demonstrate the value of pulses.