2016 trials

To assess the yield response to deep ripping depth on a productive sand plain near Kojaneerup, WA.

Sowing date is a key driver of yield and variety performance. The optimum sowing time for an individual variety is a balance between having the variety flower too early and being subjected to frost damage, and conversely having it flower too late and experience prolonged heat stress. Both of these factors can have significant negative impacts on yield.

To assess the yield response in barley, canola and lupins to deep ripping over a three year period (2015 – 2017) near Broomehill, WA.

To assess the yield response in barley, canola and lupins to deep ripping over a three year period (2015 – 2017) near Broomehill, WA.

To report on Yield Prophet performance in 2016.

This was the second year of a three-year trial, funded by the South Australian Grains Industry Trust (SAGIT), to evaluate the nitrogen fixation capabilities of various legume species commonly grown on Kangaroo Island.

In this second year, the trial was set up to answer the following questions:

• Which of the four legume species had fixed the most nitrogen (N) in the 2016 season?
• How much N did these legume crops fix?
• How much of the N fixed by the legume was utilised by the following crop? Concurrently, how much N was lost through leaching or denitrification?

To compare grain yields and quality of milling oats, durum wheat, bread wheats and feed and malt barley and the subsequent gross
margin when all crops are grown side by side on the Wolseley flats.

Can cover crops increase infiltration and net water accumulation in pivot-irrigated cotton systems with low (<30%) ground cover?

To determine the impact of stubble burning on snail populations in a canola paddock

To determine the impact of stubble burning on snail populations in a canola paddock

To conduct a wheat variety trial.

To conduct a wheat variety trial.

To conduct a wheat variety trial.

To conduct a wheat variety trial.

To conduct a wheat variety trial.

To conduct a wheat variety trial.

To conduct a wheat variety trial.

To conduct a wheat variety trial.

To conduct a wheat variety trial.

To conduct a wheat vareity trial.

To conduct a wheat variety trial.

To conduct a wheat variety trial.

To provide growers the opportunity to further increase their understanding around the relationship between crop phenological traits and TOS.

To evaluate wheat variety response to Urea timing and method of application.

To evaluate wheat variety response to Urea timing and method of application.

To evaluate wheat variety response to Urea timing and method of application 

 

To evaluate wheat variety response to Urea timing and method of application 

** See also LB1602 - variety x rate x timing factorial

To evaluate wheat variety response to Urea timing and method of application.

To evaluate wheat variety response to Urea timing and method of application.

To compare the performance on new and current wheat cultivars in the Wimmera and Mallee, managed to maximise yield and to investigate performance at different sowing times.

Assess plant development and grain yield at two times of sowing with all current main stream varieties and evaluate alongside weather data to gather information relating to varieties ability to handle warmer temperatures.

To unravell the combined effects of variety, sowing time and N, on yield and its components.

To test whether we can increase radiation use efficiency and yield in wheat by changing architecture (floppy vs. erect leaves).

To provide growers with the tools needed to adopt site-specific weed management (SSWM) strategies as a result of a commercially viable weed ID and mapping system being demonstrated.

To compare the performance of potential wheat and barley varieties with existing varieties commonly
grown in SNSW under local conditions.

Interviews were conducted on each farm to determine for each paddock the species that were sown

To inform readers about weed sensing: the use of a machine or instrument to detect a weed; a plant that shouldn’t be there

To investigate the impact that two different harvest weed seed control (HWSC) methods – narrow windrowing of header trash and the Esperance Mobile Ag Repairs (EMAR) chaff deck – have on reducing the weed burden in the following crop.

1. To obtain data on late March and early April sowing of canola varieties.
2. To determine if changing variety to better match season length improves yield.

To evaluate the early biomass production, hay and grain yield of oat varieties, as well as their response to a herbicide strategy, in the southern Mallee and Wimmera.

To evaluate the early biomass production, hay and grain yield of oat varieties, as well as their response to a herbicide strategy, in the southern Mallee and Wimmera.

To determine yield against various seeding rates for oats.

To determine if there is any quality variation against different seeding rates for oats.

To improve irrigated cereal production through identification of varieties and agronomic practices with superior perfomance under irrigation. 

To improve canola production through identification of varieties and agronomic practices with superior performance under irrigation. 

To demonstrate the use of soil mapping and soil moisture sensors as data sources for variable rate irrigation and fertigation decisions, with the ultimate aim of reducing pumping and fertiliser costs, improving potato yields and quality and reducing the risk of nutrient enrichment of waterways and wetlands.

To address the following questions.

• Is the variable lime technique applicable/economic in a pasture system or is it more suited to cropping systems?
• Is it viable in the smaller size paddocks that are usual in pasture systems?
• Can you measure economic gains using the technique in pasture paddocks?

To assess the efectiveness and persistence of soil ameliorants for irrigated canola establishment.

To present research information available on role of foliar fungicide mixtures with new chemistry against barley LR in a variety with known APR.