GRDC Grains Research Updates, Perth 2014
GRDC Grains Research Updates, Perth 2014
Day 1
Session 1 - Varieties and Agronomy
2013 Long term wheat NVT results and variety comparisons - Peter Burgess, Kalyx
Choosing the right wheat variety for the system - Christine Zaicou-Kunesh, DAFWA
Session 2 - Grain Marketing
Australian Grain Industry Code of Practice - detailing a quality approach for Australian grain - Geoff Honey, Grain Trade Australia
The cost of Australia's bulk grain export supply chains - Prof. Ross Kingwell, AEGIC
Session 3 - Farm Management
Managing the downside risk of dry land farming in WA - Deane Allen, Letevo International and John Thomson, RSM Bird Cameron
Farming profitably in the Eastern Wheatbelt of WA - Greg Kirk, Planfarm
Session 4 - Cropping Systems
Plant density and seeding rate of Canola in low rainfall areas of WA - Mark Seymour, DAFWA
Long term row spacing trials and stubble retention: implications for future development of varieties - Glen Riethmuller, DAFWA
Session 5 - Varieties and Agronomy
Canola Variety Performance in the WA NVT - Matt Davey, Kalyx
Wheat variety response to dry sowing and seed depth - Bob French, DAFWA
Barley cultivators differ in their protein concentration - Blakely Paynter, DAFWA
Session 6 - Grain Marketing
Grain Marketing strategies for Growers - Nathan Cattle, Profarmer; Jerome Critch, Planfarm Marketing
The changing Australian grain market place - Ron Storey, NZX Australia
Global agriculture markets: trends, spikes and the impact of Asia - Luke Mathews, Commonwealth Bank Australia
Session 7 - Weed Management
Aim for the narrowest possible row spacing - Peter Newman, Australian Herbicide Resistance Initiative
Managing staked resistant radish with herbicides - Grant Thompson, Crop Circle Consulting
Natural and environmentally friendly ways of managing weeds without herbicides - Professor Yoshiharu Fujii, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan
Session 8 - Plant Nutrition
Best practice nutrient management: beyond the rhetoric - Wayne Pluske, Equii
Should gravel content impact on your management decisions? - Bill Bowden, West Midlands Group
Fertiliser strategy, drones and Apps new approaches to pest management - Christian Nansen, UWA
Session 9 - Frost Management
Stubble management for the incidence and severity of frost - Rebecca Jenkinson, Living Farm
Session 10 - Grain Marketing
Keeping WA growers globally competitive - David Capper, CBH Group
Session 11 - Root Diseases
Root lesion nematode has a picnic in 2013 - Sarah Collins, DAFWA
Session 12 - Cropping Systems
The On Farm impact of GM Canola in NSW and Victoria (2008-2010) - David Hudson, SGA Solutions
Day 2
Session 13 - Soil Acidity
Understanding the yield gains from liming - 20 years of soil acidity research in WA -Chris Gazey, DAFWA and Yvette Oliver, CSIRO
Shifting investment from nutrients to lime and cultivation on acid soils: is an immediate payback possible? - Craig Scanlan, DAFWA
Session 14 - Canola Disease Management
Understanding Sclerotinia in Canola: Why was it so bad in 2013? - Ravjit Khangura, DAFWA and Craig Topham, Agrarian Management and Richard Quinlan, Planfarm
Future management options of Sclerotinia in Canola: 2014 and beyond - Rick Hornbury, Bayer Crop Science and Craig Topham, Agrarian Management
Session 15 - Non Wetting Soils
Smart No-till furrow sowing to profit from non-wetting soil - Paul Blackwell, DAFWA
Managing soil water repellence and crop nutrition of forest gravels - Derk Bakker, DAFWA
Session 16 - Food Grains
A Comprehensive Nutrient Content Database of Grains and Legumes Produced in Australia - Georgie Aley, Grains and Legumes Nutrition Council
Lupins seed to food: breaking the nexus - Clancy Michael, Lupin Foods Australia
Session 17 - Soil Acidity
Lime effects on the control of wild radish and ryegrass in low pH soils - Abul Hashem, DAFWA
Wheat varieties tolerance of soil acidity - Mohammad Amjad - DAFWA
Session 18 - Farming Systems
A deeper understanding of farm productivity - Professor Ross Kingwell, Australian Export Grains Innovation Centre
BFDC Interrogator - the next chapter - Chris Geeves, Back Paddock
Session 19 - Soil Moisture
Soil water measuring and managing - what is happening in WA - Yvette Oliver, CSIRO
Conserving and measuring soil moisture: summer weeds, probes, Prophets and EM - Frank D'Emden, Precision Agronomics
Session 20 - New Products and Services
Fertcare Accredited advisor - what is it all about and should I become one ? - Jeff Kraak - Fertilizer Australia
ProductionWise yield modelling with APSIM - Michael Pengilley, Grain Growers Limited
Out of the "cloud" and into the paddock: making mobile devices work for the practical farmer - Mic Fels, iPaddock
The important role and value of dual herbicide tolerant canola technology for WA growers in IWM strategies - Mitch Tuffley, Pacific Seeds
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