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To report on the high inupt cropping trial.
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To undertake an economic and agronomic evaluation of a high input treatment versus a district practice treatment.
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To continue an economic evaluation of high input versus district practice for 2000.
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To continue an economic evaluation of high input versus district practice for 2001.
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To quantify how nitrogen application and timing (upfront versus stem elongation) influences the need for disease control in a susceptible wheat cultivar.
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Since these inoculants have not had widespread use, the aim in this study was to test these new delivery systems and their effect on nodulating grain legumes in a range of Australian soils.
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Since these inoculants have not had widespread use, the aim in this study was to test these new delivery systems and their effect on nodulation grain legumes in a range of Australian soils.
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To answer the question: how fast is lime moving and is it treating acidity at depth?
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To select milling quality wheat lines that have good yield potential, grain quality and disease resistance for growing in the high rainfall zone of southern Australia.
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To report on Hyola® FCT 2012 fungicide best practice trial results
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To report on Hyola® FCT 2012 performance trial results.
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To determine the value of pasture legumes grown in rotation with crops at Streatham, Gnarwarre and Hamilton
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To identify those alternative pasture legume spcies that, when sown in rotation with crops, have the capaicty to improve crop plant productivity in the high rainfall zone of southern Australia.
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To compare tactical nitrogen management options for improving nitrogen use and high quality wheat varieties including Janz, Chara and mira.
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To determine whether the lessons learnt in growing Prime Hard wheat in southern NSW be extended to the high rainfall grain regions of southern Victoria.
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To answer the question: Can the lessons learnt in growing Prime Hard wheat in southern NSW be extended to the high rainfall grain regions of Southern Victoria?
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The aim of this trial was to determine potential grain yield loss from a late grazing (cutting) relative to the increased grazing production.
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This project assists farmers in adopting improved stubble management practices by comparing the performance of two stubble
systems – full incorporation and a no-till approach – to demonstrate the impacts of each system on soil health, water penetration and crop performance.
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To test the hypothesis that incorporation of the carbon rich stubble into the soil will not necessarily increase the humus content of the soil and compare it with other stubble management systems and in particular examining the impact these systems have on the soils organic matter levels over a period of time.
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This trial is part of larger GRDC funded project, which examines whether lower plant populations and later timed nitrogen approaches are suited to the HRZ in Australia, it also examines whether these techniques which were principally established for wheat can be used in malting barley, where high protein can be undesirable.
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To report on ian ntegrated weed management demonstration - cultural and chemical methods for controlling herbicide resistant annual ryegrass.
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The aim was to investigate ryegrass control using Bayer Sakura 850 WG and other commonly used herbicides in mixtures or as standalone treatments.
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To assess the effectiveness and applicability of cultural control practices prior to crop seeding in combination with pre-emergent herbicides for the management of herbicide resistant annual ryegrass in the high rainfall zone of Victoria.
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To assess the impact of strobilurin application on the need for PGR application.
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To examine the interaction of Nitrogen management with disease management in winter barley Inverleigh
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To quantify how “upfront” nitrogen application versus application at stem elongation (GS 30-31) influences the need for disease control in varieties of differing disease resistance.
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To investigate Stubble Management Systems to Reduce Dependence on Burning in the HRZ Region of Southern Australia.
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The key aims of this project have been to develop agronomic guidelines and seeding technology solutions which can allow for increased stubble retention practices, thereby reducing the dependence on burning.
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The key aims of this project have been to develop agronomic guidelines and seeding technology solutions which can allow for increased stubble retention practices, thereby reducing the dependence on burning.
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To investigate the benefits of specialty nitrogen products and liquid nitrogen options in cereals
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To investigate emerging grain legume inoculant technologies.
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To investigate the benefits of speciality phosphorus products and liquid phosphorus options in cereals.
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To investigate the benefits of specialy nitrogen products and liquid nitrogen options in cererals.
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To investigate the benefits of specialty phosphorus products and liquid phosphorus
options in cereals
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To evaluate a number of winter wheat and shorter season white milling wheat varieties when sown later than the recommended sowing time.
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To determine the least cost foliar fungicide application method to maximise the potential of achieving milling grade oats for south west Victoria.
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To test how late we can apply nitrogen to wheat to achieve the highest protein and yield in a milling variety.
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To evaluate a number of breeder's lines with commercial varieties to determine the most suitable triazine tolerant lines for the high rainfall zone in the south west.
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The objective of this trial was to evaluate a number of new and existing fungicides for the control of Wheat Leaf Rust (Puccinia recondita) in Kellalac Wheat.
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To demonstrate the need for innoculation with rhizobia in a range of crop legumes.
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To evaluate the performance of new and existing field pea and lupin varieties in the HRZ at our Hamilton and Westmere sites.
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To evaluate the performance of new and existing field pea and lupin varieties in the HRZ at our Hamilton and Westmere sites.
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To investigate four different lime rates on two different faba bean varieties.
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To present results of the long season barley variety trial.
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To evaluate a number of long season barley varieties to assess their yield potential and quality aspects for growing in the high rainfall zone.
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To compare the effect of different stubble treatments on crop establishment, growth, grain yield and quality over a three year timeframe. The sustainability of the treatments will also be evaluated with comparison of soil physical, chemical and biological data.
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The aim of this trial was to compare the long term effects of different stubble treatments on crop establishment, growth, grain yield and quality.
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To compare the long term effects of different stubble treatments on crop establishment, growth, grain yield and quality. The sustainability of treatments will also be evaulated with comparison of soil physical, chemical and biological data.
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To answer some key questions about lucerne in the crop rotation:
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To evaluate some simple agronomic changes to lupin sowing rates and fertiliser rates to see if it has an impact on yield.
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To demonstrate and evaluate a range of management strategies that could effectively reduce damage to emerging canola during establishment caused by slug species in the High Rainfall Zone (HRZ)
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To look at the significance of the cultivar difference with regard to management strategy.
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To evaluate the principles of full canopy management through integration of crop inputs (nitrogen, fungicide and growth regulators) across both wheat and barley to maximize crop strength, resilience and yield capacity in high yielding environments.
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To report on the id canola 3 year summary.
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To evaluate a number of breeder's lines with commercial varieties to determine the most suitable triazine tolerant lines for the high rainfall zone in the south west
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To conduct a milling wheat demonstration trial due to increase interest and area sown to milling wheat in the Hamilton district.
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To take a step back and look at how important rainfall and variety choice are in grazing crops to maintain grain yield.
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To evaluate the effect of Monty’s 4-15-12 as a seed soak product and Monty’s 8-16-8 as a foliar spray on wheat grain yield and quality.
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To test differences between conventional varieties of canola.
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To naturally derived fertiliser formulations against industry standards.
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To answer some important questions in relation to nitrogen fertiliser application, these questions are: How much, what product and when?
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To determine the effect of sowing rate, nitrogen fertiliser rate and timing on wheat and barley crop establishment, tiller production, head counts at harvest, grain yield and grain quality.
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To provide the opportunity to observe a number of commercial or near commercial barley, wheat and canola varieties on a relatively large scale.
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To determine the yield and grain quality of 6 commercial barley varieties.
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To determine the yield, oil quality and economic return of 6 TT and 6 non TT canola varieties.
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To evaluate a range of milling wheats of different maturities, disease resistance and qualities under broad acre farmer sown plots.
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To compare the performance & suitability of several Triticale varieties in the Streatham Branch area.
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To determine the yield and grain quality of 6 commercial wheat varieties.
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To find out what the noodle quality of wheat from this site is and how it compares to the noodle wheat grown in the Wimmera.
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To evaluate the suitability of different grain oat varieties for the high rainfall zone.
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These trials aim to determine a yield and quality difference between oat varieties grown in the higher rainfall zone of Victoria.
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To evaluate a number of varieties that are either commercially available or close to commercial release that may be suitable for growing conditions in the south east of Victoria.
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To evaluate a number of commercially available oat varieties for yield and grain quality. These reflect the most widely grown varieties in the area and include others that may be considered in the future.
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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.
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To assess the optimum barley fungicide strategy for the different climatic regions represented in the project and to determine whether the likelihood of fungicide response can be linked to specific timings, disease and plant available water.
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The objectives of these trials are very similar to those pursued last season, those being to establish guidelines on the use of foliar applied fungicides in barley crops.