This manual provides an outline of the best management practice principles to consider for high-yielding irrigated canola production in south-eastern Australia. It is an output of the ‘Southern irrigated cereal and canola varieties achieving target yields’ project (2014–17) that aimed to demonstrate an increase in irrigated cereal and canola production.

A series of research experiments were conducted to identify the optimum cereal and canola varieties and their associated agronomic management practices to maximise production in irrigated farming systems in south-eastern Australia. An overview of the project including outputs and experiment locations can be found in Appendix 1.

Organisations that have conducted research experiments for the project are NSW DPI (Murrumbidgee Valley, NSW; Murray Valley, NSW), Irrigated Cropping Council (Northern Victoria), Southern Farming Systems (Tasmania), MacKillop Farm Management Group (southeast South Australia), Central West Farming Systems (Lachlan Valley, NSW) and Ag Grow Agronomy & Research (Lachlan Valley, NSW).

Regionally relevant variety specific agronomy packages (VSAPs) containing detailed outcomes from each research location have also been produced.

The project (DAN00198) had joint investment from NSW Department of Primary Industries (NSW DPI) and the Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC).