Improving grower profits through longer season wheat crops

Investment

GRDC Code: CWF1804-001SAX
Improving grower profits through longer season wheat crops
Demonstration and extension of the work of BLG104 (Optimising grain yield potential of winter cereal in the NGR, Felicity Harris, NSW DPI) and ULA9175069 (Development of crop management packages for early sown, slow developing winter wheats in the southern region, James Hunt, la Trobe University).
Project start date:
16/04/2018
Project end date:
28/02/2021
Crop type:
  • Wheat, (Cereal)
Organisation
Central West Farming Systems
Region:
North
Project status
status icon Completed

GRDC News

New winter wheats add agility in low-rainfall...

19 Feb 2023

Long-season winter wheats have been trialled to give growers and agronomists in central and southern...

New winter wheats add agility in low-rainfall...

19 Feb 2023

Long-season winter wheats have been trialled to give growers and agronomists in central and southern...

GroundCover Supplement
Useful guides to boost crop potential

20 Aug 2021

To help growers make informed cropping decisions, GRDC has invested in several guides which are...

News
Ten top tips to get the most...

25 Mar 2020

To help growers in Victoria, South Australia and southern New South Wales optimise yields and...

Resources

Ten tips for early sown wheat - GRDC

Ten tips for early sown wheat - GRDC

31 Jan 2020 Publication ULA1703-004RTX, DPI1703-015BLX, CWF1804-001SAX

Timely operations are key to maximising farm profit and sowing is one of the most time-critical operations. This is because of the yield penalty associated with delayed sowing in most regions. The yield penalty from delayed sowing is due to only a