2006 trials

To determine rate and timing of zinc for durum wheat.

To comment on Yield Prophet® in 2006 and how it can help save a packet in a drought season.

To evaluate the effectiveness of wide row spacing in Arrino wheat in a low rainfall environment with limited inputs.

To conduct a wheat variety trial.

The aim of these trials was to compare existing wheat varieties under dryland and irrigated conditions, evaluate new breeding material and continue to assess the disease responses of all germplasm.

To conduct a wheat variety trial.

To evaluate wheat varieties grown on acid soils.

To determine if new and existing varieties of wheat vary in tolerance to commonly used herbicides.

This trial is part of a series of experiments evaluating a number of varieties that may be suitable throughout south west Victoria.

This trial is part of a series of experiments evaluating a number of varieties that may be suitable throughout south west Victoria.

To assess the level of input required to maximise yields of wheat grown after wheat.

Investigating the tolerance of wheat varieties to herbicides

To assess different fungicide timing and dressings for Stripe Rust control on the yield of a number of wheat varieties

• To identify key ingredients of agronomic packages which deliver high yielding wheat crops with good quality in the Parndana environment.

To comment on weed management strategies.

To understand the water quality features that may have an influence on pesticide performance.

To investigate the use of water storage crystals as a means of increasing plant available water (PAW) during the grain fill period.

To comment on crop varieties from this year.

To investigating if applying fertiliser according to productivity zones is more profitable than blanket applications of fertiliser across the whole paddock. We aimed to design trials to demonstrate to growers that matching fertiliser inputs to productivity zones will increase whole paddock profitability compared to blanket applications of fertiliser. We also aimed to use off the shelf tools (Silverfox/Sky Plan, Nulogic etc) that growers could access to enable them to follow our procedures to adopt VRT across the whole farm.

To evaluate the agronomic and economic benefits of using different rotations and management strategies to deal with Group A resistant ryegrass in a farming system.

To evaluate new and existing udon noodle wheat varieties.

To further compare existing triticale varieties and evaluate new breeding material.

To evaluate new and existing triticale varieties.

To assess the level of input required to maximise yields of triticale grown after wheat.

To assist growers in making decisions on variety choice and management, a trial was conducted at Buntine to assess the yield, quality and economic response of new and potential wheat varieties to different sowing times.

To comment on 2006 - the year that was.

To determine the relationship between nitrogen rate and the need for disease control in winter wheat in the high rainfall zone environment of Tasmania.

To better match fertilizer inputs to productivity zones to increase whole paddock profitability.

To document and evaluate a practical procedure utilizing tools and services that are readily available for zoning paddocks and matching fertilizer inputs to productivity zones.

To establish a grower owned fuel distribution group with the difference being the addition of Bio-diesel.

• To gain an indication of the distribution of some beneficial species across the region.
• To gain an appreciation of what beneficial species occur in the different ecosystems.
• To investigate the potential role of native grasslands in assisting to control pests in agricultural crops and pastures

To determine responses to Super Phos, Potash and Lime in a pasture wheat rotation over 5 years.

To compare five control practices to determine the best weed management strategy for summer months on this particular soil type.

To investigate potential long term negative effects on crop yield of interactions between clay spreading or delving with subsoil nutrition (micronutrients).

To evaluate if sub-tropical pastures can be successfully established and productively grown in the Wimmera Mallee.

To review stripe rust management.

To discuss how to manage pests and diseases to optimise crop production whilst still managing costs.

To assess the impact of the 2006 drought on soil resources of the Mallee region, and to identify preventative means for soil stabilization.

To investigate the potential of biological and organic matter inputs to increase soil water storage, target long-term yield increases and soil improvement

To assess the effectiveness of a range of soil ameliorants.

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

This demonstrations was conducted for three significant reasons.

• 1. Assess the potential yield losses when increasing the seed row width for the benefits of subsequent inter-row (no-till) cropping;
• 2. Determine if nitrogen application efficiency can be increased in wider row spacing scenarios by applying product either up front or in crop;
• 3. Assess the varietal response to row spacing width to determine yield in response to nitrogen timing and row widths.

• To assess the potential yield losses when increasing the seed row width for the benefits of subsequent inter-row (no-till) cropping;
• To determine if nitrogen application efficiency can be increased in wider row spacing by applying product in a linear manner.

To investigate the effects of row direction, row spacing and stubble cover on grain yield and quality. 

To explore constraints to wheat yield potential in the northern sandplain region.

Test benefits of ribbon sowing to improve yield of very wide rows in a dry season when sowing onto deep moisture.

To investigate wheat and canola response to secondary and trace nutrients

To determine the residual value of the P fertilisers following a drought.

To provide members with local data on the performance of new wheat varieties.

1. To evaluate the effectiveness of raised beds in increasing grazing productivity on saline land.
2. To determine if raised beds improve productivity sufficiently enough to justify the cost.
3. To determine if raised beds significantly impede day-to-day management.

To determine the influence of cultivar resistance on the cost effectiveness of upfront disease control, such as seed treatment/in furrow treatments as opposed to later season control based on foliar fungicides.