Factsheets
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Factsheet
Financing: debt structuring and asset life cycles
01.06.2018When debt is utilised to acquire assets, it is important to ensure that the structure of the debt or loan is aligned with the asset’s useful life
Region: West
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Factsheet
European Canola Market
07.03.2018Australian canola growers sell into the European biofuel market by certifying their canola as sustainable. Read this fact sheet to learn how research has helped maintain access to this significant market.
Region: National, North, South, West
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Update Paper
Characterising soil borne disease risk in the eastern wheat belt of …
27.02.2018The impact of root diseases can be difficult to recognise and targeted testing of paddocks can identify situations of increasing or high risk. While pathogen levels detected by PREDICTA® B are an important indicator of potential disease risk,
Region: West
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Update Paper
Evaluating novel materials for ameliorating Al toxicity in acidic…
27.02.2018Neutralisation of acidic subsoil is the most effective way to reduce aluminium toxicity to plant roots. Root proliferation in the acidic subsoil was increased by soil amendments only where they were incorporated into the subsoil, but not when
Region: West
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Update Paper
On-farm optimisation of Williams oats by blending
27.02.2018Blending Williams with Mitika was a better option than blending Williams with Bannister to increase grain quality. There was no grain yield or quality advantage by blending varieties pre-seeding, rather than post-harvest.
Region: West
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Update Paper
Longer term effects of spading, mouldboard ploughing and claying on …
27.02.2018Short-term soil water repellence mitigation options, such as improved furrow sowing and use of banded soil wetting agents, offer a relatively low cost way of improving crop establishment and performance across all the water repellent soils in a
Region: West
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Update Paper
A decision tool to estimate the economic benefits from soil…
27.02.2018A new decision tool called ROSA (Ranking Options for Soil Amelioration) can be used by agronomists / consultants / growers to help understand the most cost-effective way to spend a limited budget on soil amelioration. Using ROSA, we estimate that
Region: West
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Update Paper
New methodology to measure small plot research trials using drone…
27.02.2018When crop responses to treatments are highly variable, drone imagery can be an efficient method for measuring crop growth. Crop ground cover measurements on individual plots using drone images provide superior information compared to manual plant
Region: West
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Update Paper
Oats tolerance to trifluralin and other herbicides
27.02.2018WA oat varieties showed good tolerance to trifluralin at the permit rate (Permit Number 84040) and its mixture with terbuthylazine at label rate when incorporated by seeding with knife-points and press wheels seeding system. Oats should be sown at a
Region: West
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Update Paper
Fungicide resistance: discoveries in barley net blotches pave way…
27.02.2018Misuse of fungicides and poor disease management practices have an impact on everybody. Overuse of fungicides with the same mode of action will speed up fungicide resistance. We can limit the development of fungicide resistance by using the lowest
Region: West