trials

To discuss how to achieve a dense medic dominant pasture.

To answer the question 'What if there is no break until June or July?'

To address a number of issues when there is a clear indication that an April break is not going to occur.

To investigate whether higher fertiliser rates profitably produced greater amounts of better quality pasture than when district average fertiliser rates are used.

To compare the profitability of four different farming systems.

To report on the BCG Farming Systems project in 2001.

To report on the Farming Systems trial.

To investigate the potential for using oats to increase fodder production over the early part of winter, thereby reducing the risk of running out of feed. 

To present results from BCG's Farming Systems trials.

To update information on livestock ad the Farming Systems site.

To report on the Farming Systems trial 2003.

To assess dual purpose wheat, triticale and oat varieties for dry matter production, recovery from grazing and grain yield.

• To assess the grain and forage production of winter wheat following simulated grazing at 2 different crop growth stages.
• To determine the total return from grain and forage dry matter.

To reflect on sheep, crops and a month in spring.

To assess the grazing and grain potential of both MacKellar winter wheat and Yerong barley.

The aim of better grazing systems in the low rainfall wheat/sheep zone should be to increase pasture returns without negative effects on the cropping phase.

To examine if winter cereals can be successfully sown into exiting lucerne stands to lift winter production but without compromising lucerne production the following summer.

To discuss the integration of livestock into the cropping program.

The aim of this trial was to determine the effect of grazing (cutting) on grain yield of early sown wheat and triticale in comparison with uncut treatments.

To demonstrate the growth rates and carrying capacities of new pasture species and to show options available for improving pasture productivity.

To examine the livestock benefits and impacts on cereal yield and stubble aftermath by grazing.

To evaluate a number of dual purpose wheat varieties at two different sowing times.

To examine the effect of fodder cuts on grain yield of early sown wheat and triticale – Perth Tasmania

To examine the impact grazing at different stages of growth would have on dry matter, grain yield and stubble yield post harvest.
 
 

To quantify the drymatter potential of seven long season cereal crops before stem elongation is reached and to determine the impact on grain yield if heavy grazing occurs at GS31.

To report on the Farming Systems trial 2006.

To determine the success of Pasture Cropping for different starting pasture compositions and crop sequences (i.e. the difference betweencropping year-after-year compared to doing it once) in comparison to No Till cropping and pasture treatments. Success will be assessed by the profitability of the crop, the grazing value of the pasture, perennial grass recruitment and resource condition.

To understand how a range of pasture types combine to form a whole farm feed supply.

To search for greater profit and improved management of feed gaps and pastures, which are incentives for grazing cereals.

To draw on this previous work and is testing a ‘best bet’ approach to incorporating OMSB into wheat belt farming systems in NSW.

To consider how the system choices in the BCG farming systems trial over the past eight years would play out with likely 2008 prices, and to highlight some of the consistent lessons that can be applied on-farm, to farming systems change in 2008.

The key aims of this project have been to develop agronomic guidelines and seeding technology solutions to allow for increased stubble retention practices, thereby reducing the dependence on burning. 

The aim of this study was to determine the optimal animal production and economic stocking rate for lambs grazing dual purpose wheat crops over winter and to assess the effects of different stocking rates and grazing intensity on subsequent plant growth and final
grain yield.

• To measure the productivity and recovery of cereals under simulated grazing regimes.
• To determine the number of times cereals can be grazed without affecting yield.

• To measure the productivity and recovery of cereals under simulated grazing regimes.
• To determine the number of times cereals can be grazed without affecting yield.

The Grain and Graze program was keen to test the findings from extensive trial work with a group of farmers to see if the theories of grazing cereals provided the desired response under a range of conditions and farming situations. The financial gain from the exercise was also calculated.

To understand how a range of pasture types combine to form a whole farm feed supply.

• To quantify the amount of high quality feed that can be grown before GS 30
• To identify the difference growth patterns of two winter wheat varieties
• To quantify the grain yield and stubble mass changes due to grazing

The aim of this trial was to determine potential grain yield loss from a late grazing (cutting) relative to the increased grazing production.

To compare grain yields of early sown wheat with grazed (cut) wheat sown at the same time and that sown at a more traditional time, May. A further aim was to compare a commercial plant density for dual purpose and grain‐only production with reduced rates comparable to that used for early sowing in the UK.

• Which dual purpose varieties respond to Gippsland’s climatic conditions?
• Which new varieties may have commercialization potential?
• Which varieties are best suited to forage and feed grain production?

The aims of this trial were to:
• Compare early sown dual purpose wheat, barley, triticale and oat varieties for DM production, feed quality, recovery from grazing and grain yield.
• Compare DM and feed quality of cereals with a tetraploid annual ryegrass used for over-winter grazing prior to seed production.
• Assess the potential of canola for grazing and grain production.

To assess the effect of sowing date on grain yield and quality for some recently released commercial lines along with some experimental lines that could be commercially available within the next 2 years.

To assess the role of annual medics as a break crop in a wheat-sheep mixed farming system, by measuring the biomass produced over the growing season followed by the retention of the pasture residue over the summer autumn period, then subsequently assessing the impact of the pasture in the following cereal phase in terms of yield and grain quality.

To compare the grain yield and quality of barley varieties with grazing and annual ryegrass (ARG).

To determine the effect grazing barley has on grain yield.

To assess the effect of an early grazing on grain quality parameters.

To compare the new white wheat lines, Preston and H150.2, with Mackellar, Tennant and the new red wheat release, Revenue for dry matter (DM) production and quality, recovery 

• To allow producer groups to trial new grazing systems in their local environment at a commercial scale.

To assess the yield and grain quality effect of grazing on currently grown commercial cereal varieties via paddock scale demonstrations in the Rainbow district.