trials

To test the efficacy of a new product on the market - liquid lime.

To look at grinding our local limesands to see if it made them more effective.

To economically rebuild many of the characteristics of a soil that will improve the viability of the farming system in this dry land cropping enterprise.

This was the second year in a three-year project that is focusing on building resilient farm businesses and strengthening farm decision making.

To promote early vigour to improve biomass and yield partitioning in faba bean.

To investigate the distribution of molybdenum in molybdenum superphosphate and implications for fertiliser use.

The Making Better Fertiliser Decisions for Cropping Systems in Australia project (BFDC) aims to provide the fertiliser industry, agency staff, agribusiness advisors and growers with the knowledge and resources to improve nutrient recommendations for optimising crop production.

This experiment aimed to evaluate agronomic management options that enhance the yield potential on this specific soil type.

1. To ascertain the presence of any pH threshold below which the tolerance of the species declined

2. To study the response of several faba bean cvv to a range of pH to determine whether there were any genetic differences in tolerance to low pH.
 

To tests the ability of the EM38 to predict soil water in rainfed agricultural systems in southern NSW.
 

To establish the occurrence of boron toxicity in barley crops in South Australia.

To explore relationships between the availability of trace elements in some South Australian soils.

This study compared OC and nitrogen (N) stocks at the conclusion of a five-year grazing trial on a fertilised native pasture in south-eastern Australia.

FarmLink’s role is to establish two paddock scale replicated experiments to –
• Increase awareness of subsoil acidity, and 
• Demonstrate effectiveness of innovative technology to ameliorate and/or prevent subsoil acidity on a farm scale

To investigate the possibility of reducing the inoculum of Fusarium graminearum in wheat stubble by spraying the stubble with spores of a harmless fungus, Trichoderma species, in order to control the disease.

To present actual farming results from a large cropping program in the Condobolin area in central NSW.

To investigate whether plant growth affected by sodic subsoils.

To present information about controlled traffic farming.

To investigate the management, profitability and sustainability of four farming systems.

To report on interactions between management practices and soil biota in northern farming systems.

To investigate the effects of different soil ameliorants at different rates on sodic soils.

To provide information about soil biology in farming systems.

The objectives were to:
1. manage subsoil acidity through innovative amelioration methods that will increase productivity, profitability and sustainability
2. study soil processes, such as the changes of soil chemical, physical and biological properties under vigorous soil amelioration techniques, over the longer term.

To address the problem of subsoil acidification, a long-term field experiment was established in 2016. The objectives were to:
• manage subsurface soil acidity through innovative amelioration methods that will increase productivity, profitability and sustainability
• study soil processes, such as changes in soil chemical, physical and biological properties over the long term.

To evaluate the impact of crop type and stubble amount on fallow water efficiency.

To evaluate the impact of crop type and planting density on subsequent fallow efficiency.

To evaluate the impact of soil disturbance on soil water capture and subsequent crop production.

To examine boosting pulse crop performance on acidic soils.

The aim of the project is to manage subsoil acidity through innovative amelioration methods that increase productivity, profitability and sustainability on farms.

To demonstrate the production and associated economic benefits from ameliorating soil sodicity over the long term.

To investigate factors driving nitrous oxide emissions from uncropped (head ditch and tail drain) areas of irrigated cotton fields after water-run urea application.

To report on investigations into the strategic use of tillage within no-till systems.

To answer the question, 'How much damage is done to soil by occasional tillage, strategically applied, in an otherwise direct drilled system?'.

To assess the differences between disc and tyne seeding systems in commercial practice.

Work conducted by Clive Kirkby (CSIRO) has investigated the feasibility of increasing soil carbon levels with the use of balanced amounts of nutrients and incorporation of stubble.

The overall aim of the project was to raise awareness of farmers about how they can reduce green house gas emissions, sequester soil carbon and make improvements in farm productivity.

To compare no-till with cultivated (conventional) farming systems across 5 crop rotations, with
particular interest in long term;
• yield and gross margins
• weed risks
• disease risks
• nutrition.

The purpose of this laboratory-based incubation experiment was to determine if an upper limit to Organic Carbon accumulation in soil was approached with increasing C input in basalt- and granite-derived soils.

This project identified and demonstrated farm management practices that could increase soil organic carbon (C) in the Monaro region in southern New South Wales.

• To compare the effects of nitrogen on cereal crop yield and protein levels.
• To compare the performance of variable rate nitorgen applications to determine profitable future rate applications.

To study the efficiency that summer fallow rainfall was stored for the following winter crop by measureing it at 9 sites in the Parkes and Forbes district during the 2007/08 summer fallow period.

The aim of the focus paddock was to see if deep ripping could increase plant avaliable water by removing any compaction and allowing roots to access stored moisture deeper into the soil profile.

To economically, increase cereal crop yields on poor performing sand rises incorporating chicken manure at sowing in the in cropping paddocks.

To examine the long-term environmental, biological and economic effects of alternate production systems.

To develop an assay for bioavailability of micronutrients in soils.

It assess the impact of repeat applications of herbicide on residue levels and the impact on soil biology and crop production.

To test the practicality of increasing soil humic carbon on farm.

To offer students of St Anne's Agriculture classes Year 9 and 10 hands on opportunities to undertake a small field trial using varying urea rates.

To establish trial sites at Wagga Wagga and Temora to provide a wider geographic base for the evaluation of canola allelopathy.

Aim to develop kinowledge and skills in improved soil moisture profile management to reduce yield loss and maximise profitability. Three moisture probes were established on Felix Farm north west of Ariah Park and Bellevue, south west of Ariah Park.

To determine the impact of sheep grazing on stubbles during the summer fallow period on soil properties, crop resources and growth under no-till, controlled traffic cropping with strict weed control.