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Deep ripping, deeper deep ripping and water use efficiencyTo provide growers and advisers with a better understanding of the benefits of deep ripping and in particular depth of deep ripping required to optimise crop yield and profit. |
Agrarian Management
GRDC |
2017 | Arrino WA |
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Copper management for the future - three years of trials on lower EPThis project aimed to explore different management strategies to overcome copper deficiency in cereals. The project compared the effectiveness of copper sulfate and copper chelate applied either as liquids banded at seeding or as a foliar spray. The project also evaluated the effect of different timings of application of the foliar sprays and their efficiency. |
Agricultural Innovation & Research Eyre Peninsula
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2017 | Multiple Site, Eyre Peninsula, SA SA |
Research organisaton
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Good Clover Bad CloverThe ‘Good Clover Bad Clover’ project is a three-year project that commenced in April 2017 and aims to increase awareness of the potential issues and improve management strategies to deal with oestrogenic clover. |
Agriculture Kangaroo Island Incorporated
MLA |
2017 | Kangaroo Island SA |
Research organisaton
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How quickly do our lime-sands workTo determine how quickly our lime-sands work. |
Agriculture Kangaroo Island Incorporated
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2017 | Seddon SA |
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Influence of stubble height on broad bean physiology and diseaseResearch on the mainland has shown that sowing lentils in the inter-row in wheat stubble encourages the plant to grow taller in pursuit of sunlight, enabling easier harvest for what is normally a short crop. Although broad beans can be a tall crop, the bottom pods contain the largest beans as these set the earliest and thus have the longest time to fill. However, in many cases these large seeded pods are too close to the ground for the harvester to pick up and yet it’s these big beans that are worth the most. Like the lentil story above, local farmers are curious as to whether the height of the previous year’s wheat stubble may influence the distance from the ground of the first pod. There was also contemplation as to whether the stubble height had an effect on disease incidence in the bean crop. |
Agriculture Kangaroo Island Incorporated
GRDC |
2017 | MacGillivray SA |
Research organisaton
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Kangaroo Island soil health report: results from 2016-2017 soil testsTo report on the 2016/17 Agriculture Kangaroo Island (AgKI) funding supported through Natural Resources Kangaroo Island and PIRSA to assist landholders to undertake soil testing on their properties and provide interpretation of soil test results. |
Agriculture Kangaroo Island Incorporated
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2017 | Cassini SA |
Research organisaton
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Landmark pasture trialTo determine whether ryegreass or clover are the best fit for Kangaroo Island in terms of heading date and seasonal growth patterns. |
Agriculture Kangaroo Island Incorporated
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2017 | Kohinoor Road Kingscote SA |
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Landmark pasture trialTo determine whether clover or ryegrass is the best fit for Kangaroo Island in terms of heading date and seasonal growth patterns. |
Agriculture Kangaroo Island Incorporated
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2017 | Playford Hwy SA |
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Lime, helping to improve farm productivity - the Veitch storyTo report on Simon Veitch's liming program. |
Agriculture Kangaroo Island Incorporated
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2017 | MacGillivray SA |
Research organisaton
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Precision Agriculture-making it work on KIThe mapping of soil pH and nutrients across a paddock enables landholders to accurately determine application rates of lime and fertiliser. This can reduce the need for blanket applications, which are both time-consuming and expensive. |
Agriculture Kangaroo Island Incorporated
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2017 | Stokes Bay Road |
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The dollars and the sense of liming - the Stanton storyTo report on the Stanton's “current strategy to set up a rotation of liming approximately one fifth of the total land base or about 300ha per year to assist in budgeting". |
Agriculture Kangaroo Island Incorporated
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2017 | Stoke's Bay SA |
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Using technology to make better farming decisions - the Buck storyTo share Tim Buck's story about using technology to make better farming decisions. |
Agriculture Kangaroo Island Incorporated
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2017 | Hundred of Duncan SA |
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What is the return on liming pastures? - the Paxton storyTo report on the Paxton's efforts to “to keep the soil pH above 5, we know if we don’t, we start losing production”. |
Agriculture Kangaroo Island Incorporated
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2017 | Vivonne Bay SA |
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Why lime? - the Thomas storyTo report on Alan’s aim to lime 20% of the farm each year and reprot that now, five years later, that aim is just about achieved. |
Agriculture Kangaroo Island Incorporated
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2017 | MacGillivray SA |
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Year 2 - Improving nitrogen use efficiency via legumes in high rainfall croppingThis 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:
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Agriculture Kangaroo Island Incorporated
SAGIT |
2017 | Seddon SA |
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Acid tolerant rhizobia for faba beanThe aim of this trial was to to compare commercial faba bean rhizobia inoculant with new acid tolerant strains from SARDI and the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD), WA. |
Agriculture Victoria Research
DEDJTRVic GRDC |
2017 | Chatsworth VIC |
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Spatial variability of soil acidity and response to liming in cropped lands of the Victorian High Rainfall ZoneThis project will provide information on within-paddock variation in soil pH and related soil properties, in different regions of the High Rainfall Zone (HRZ). To do this, we will map the horizontal and vertical variations in soil pH across 10 cropping paddocks in the Victorian HRZ. This will demonstrate to farmers how soil pH varies spatially and the economic benefits of targeting management of soil acidity to different zones within each paddock. |
Agriculture Victoria Research
AgVic GRDC |
2017 | Werneth VIC |
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Assessing the impact of deep ripping and spading across three soil types near Quairading, Western AustraliaTo assess the impact of deep ripping and spading on crop yield across three different soil types near Quairading, WA. |
agVivo
GRDC |
2017 | Quairading WA |
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Assessing the yield response to deep ripping near Muradup, Western AustraliaTo assess the impact of deep ripping on crop yield in a gravelly loam soil type near Muradup, WA. |
agVivo
GRDC |
2017 | Muradup WA |
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Assessing the yield response to deep ripping over multiple sites across a farm south of Nyabing, Western AustraliaTo assess the impact of deep ripping on crop yield across varying sites on a farm near Nyabing, WA. |
agVivo
GRDC |
2017 | Nyabing WA |
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Assessing the yield response to deep ripping over two soil types near Beverley, Western AustraliaTo assess the impact of deep ripping on crop yield in different soil types and production zones near Beverley, WA. |
agVivo
GRDC |
2017 | Beverley WA |
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Deep ripping demonstration on varying soil types near South Stirling, Western AustraliaTo assess the impact of deep ripping on barley and canola yield on sand over gravel and deep sand soil types in the South Stirling area of WA. |
agVivo
GRDC |
2017 | Stirling WA |
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Deep ripping provides yield increases near Northam, Western AustraliaTo assess the impact of deep ripping on wheat yield in a sand over gravel soil type near Northam, WA. |
agVivo
GRDC |
2017 | Northam WA |
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Understanding the impact of strategic tillage practices on crop performance and soil properties for a deep yellow sand at GoomallingTo compare and showcase the broad range of strategic tillage options for amelioration of yellow sandplain soils and to assess their effectiveness at overcoming a range of soil constraints including non-wetting soil surface, compaction and subsoil acidity and increasing crop productivity. |
agVivo
GRDC |
2017 | Goomalling WA |
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Yield response in barley, canola and lupins to deep ripping over three seasons near Broomehill, Western AustraliaTo assess the yield response in barley, canola and lupins to deep ripping over a three year period (2015 – 2017) near Broomehill, WA. |
agVivo
GRDC |
2017 | Broomehill WA |
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Yield response to ripping depth on a South Stirling sandplain. Kojaneerup, Western AustraliaTo assess the yield response to deep ripping depth on a productive sand plain near Kojaneerup, WA. |
agVivo
GRDC |
2017 | Kojaneerup WA |
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Calculating the ROI for the use of a stripper front in the MalleeTo determine the ROI from using a stripper front compared to a draper front. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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2017 | Kooloonong VIC |
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Calculating the ROI for the use of a stripper front in the MalleeTo determine the ROI from using a stripper front compared to a draper front. |
Birchip Cropping Group
GRDC |
2017 | Kooloonong VIC |
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Managing early sown wheatTo investigate the suitability of new and pre-release winter wheat varieties to the Wimmera and Mallee, and define their optimal time of sowing. |
Birchip Cropping Group
GRDC |
2017 | Longerenong VIC |
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Plant growth regulator use in barley: chasing optimal timingTo determine the most effective application timing of PGRs to two barley varieties, and at what yield potential their application is economical. |
Birchip Cropping Group
GRDC |
2017 | Longerenong VIC |
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Seed size, sowing rate and phosphorus in barley: do your sums before you sowTo assess the impact of small and large seed size sown to target plant density and kg/ha with different P rates on barley yield and quality. |
Birchip Cropping Group
GRDC |
2017 | Curyo VIC |
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Statice seedbank persistanceTo determine how long statice persists in the seedbank and to investigate the effect of crop and fallow rotations on statice control. |
Birchip Cropping Group
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2017 | Marlbed VIC |
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Stubble nutrient loss from summer rainfallTo determine the nutrient loss from stubbles of various crop types following summer rainfall. |
Birchip Cropping Group
GRDC |
2017 | Birchip VIC |
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Using barley cultivars for non-herbicide control of grass weedsTo compare the competitive ability of new and existing barley varieties in the presence and absence of weeds. |
Birchip Cropping Group
GRDC |
2017 | Curyo VIC |
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Best practice management of spot type net blotch in barley and interaction with stubble management and head loss 2015-2017
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ConsultAg
GRDC |
2017 | Corrigin WA |
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Profitable Crop Rotation ChoicesThe aim of this project is for the Corrigin Farm Improvement Group (CFIG) to compare the profitability of a range of crop rotations, including chemical fallowing, on a medium textured, loamy soil type east of Corrigin. Gross returns are assessed both on an annual basis and on an accumulative multi-year basis. This project was designed to test the relative benefit of chemical fallow with a range of different crop types. The trial compared different crop types on chemical fallow with the aim to identify which crop is likely to produce the highest return. The project also aims to investigate the profitability of different rotations over multiple years which include both chemical fallows and continuous crop. |
Corrigin Farm Improvement Group
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2017 | Corrigin, WA 6375 WA |
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Managing the risk of canola production in low rainfall environmentsTo explore whether sowing canola into legume stubble can reduce N fertiliser requirement and provide a risk management strategy. |
CSIRO - Agriculture and Food
GRDC |
2017 | Minnipa SA |
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The effect of stubble on nitrogen tie-up and supply - the Mallee experienceTo investigate the dynamics of N in stubble-retained systems. |
CSIRO - Agriculture and Food
GRDC MSF |
2017 | Horsham VIC |
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17ES17 Retaining canola seed
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Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development WA
GRDC |
2017 | Grass Patch WA |
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Canola seed dressing 17ES20
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Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development WA
GRDC |
2017 | Salmon Gums east, Ted’s Road WA |
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Comparing canola and lupin varieties by time of sowing in the Northern Agricultural Region 17GE20
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Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development WA
GRDC |
2017 | Bruce Ley WA |
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Demonstrating management options for water repellent soils (Corrigin)To demonstrate various long and short-term management options to mitigate water repellent soils in the Corrigin area in 2017 |
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development WA
DPIRD WA GRDC |
2017 | Corrigin WA |
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Economic return of controlling spot type net blotch in Kwinana East port zoneTo investigate the economic return of spraying fungicide for spot type net blotch in barley in the eastern wheatbelt. |
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development WA
DPIRD WA GRDC |
2017 | Merredin |
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Growing wheat and barley after serradella – does extra nitrogen help?
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Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development WA
DPIRD WA GRDC |
2017 | Yallabatharra WA |
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Monitoring small pointed snails and slugs for time of egg lay using cameras across the Esperance and Albany port zonesTo determine environmental triggers that initiate movement, feeding and formation of the albumen gland in small conical snails. |
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development WA
DPIRD WA GRDC |
2017 | Albany WA |
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Monitoring soilborne disease after the legume pasture, SothisTo monitor the presence of soilborne disease levels in the farming system following the legume pasture, Sothis. |
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development WA
DPIRD WA GRDC |
2017 | Nabawa WA |
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Preliminary evaluation of chaff lining with the Northern Agri Group (NAG)Evaluate the efficacy of chaff lining as a weed seed management tool within the Northen Agri Group in the Geraldton port zone |
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development WA
DPIRD WA GRDC |
2017 | Geraldton WA |
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Reefinator yield benefits and economic analysis on ironstone sheet soils – year 3This research aims to evaluate the yield and economic benefits of using the Reefinator on ironstone sheet soils in the Lake Grace area. |
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development WA
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2017 | Lake Grace WA |
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Summer Weed Time of Removal TrialsAssess the yield impact of different summer spray application timings at four trials in March 2017, following a widespread summer rainfall event. |
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development WA
DPIRD WA GRDC |
2017 | Moorine Rock WA |
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The effect of variety and regional nutrition strategies on crown rot severity in MerredinTo determine the effect of common district nutrition packages in Merredin on crown rot index (incidence x severity) of wheat and barley varieties. |
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development WA
DPIRD WA GRDC |
2017 | Merredin |
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