Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publisher
Department of Agriculture and Food
City
Perth
Publication Date
14-2-2007
Keywords
Western Australia, grain, chemical residues, industry stewardship, Quality Assurance, annual pasture legume, delay germination, seed bank, weed control, Plant Available Water Capacity (PAWC), precision agriculture, spatial variability, precision agriculture, zone management, yield potential, economics, nutrient requirement, VRT, nutrition, profitability, forecasting, rainfall, weather, climate, outlook, climate risk, farm management, extension, survey, enterprise mix, threats, biofuels, greenhouse gas emissions, economy, lucerne, recharge, groundwater, salinity, soil types, subsoil constraints, livestock, salinity, grazing management, greenhouse gas, global warming, nitrous oxide, grain production, environment, yield forecasting, climate variability, Yield Prophet, PYCAL, seasonal climate outlook, narrow leaf lupins, blue (sandplain) lupins, skeleton weed, clopyralid tolerance, long season wheat, Wedgetail, grazing potassium, depth of placement, saltbush, watertable, waterlogging, groundwater, understorey, grower groups, partnerships, collaboration, communication, forage crops, grain and graze, dual purpose wheat, pasture, serradella, wheat, profit drivers, economic analysis, STEP, stocking rate, perennial pastures, rotational grazing, kikuyu, chicory, tall fescue, ewes, lambing, drought stress, seed depth, plant density, row spacing, soil health, precision agriculture, land use change, soil amelioration, disease, pests, invertebrates, 2006, PestFax, e-weed, herbicides, integrated weed management (IWM), pesticides, control of use, climate model, APSIM-Wheat model, soil organic matter, labile carbon, micro-organisms, soil biology, soil quality, wheat stubble, input efficiencies, nitrogen, trifluralin and jockey, farm management, farming systems, crop percentage, profitability, crop rotations, grower surveys, networks, integrated farming systems, research, local groups, TopCrop, seeding rate, nitrogen application, timing, on farm research, barley, leaf disease, fungicide application, renovation cropping, brown manuring, nitrogen application, legume, seed banks, regeneration, sowing, establishment, rotation, modelling, midas, wheatbelt, Southern Oscillation, sea surface temperatures, winter rainfall, market outlook, global production
Disciplines
Agribusiness | Agronomy and Crop Sciences | Climate | Hydrology | Plant Biology | Plant Pathology | Soil Science
Abstract
This session covers forty papers from different authors:
1. Quality Assurance and industry stewardship, David Jeffries, Better Farm IQ Manager, Cooperative Bulk Handling
2. Sothis: Trifolium dasyurum (Eastern Star clover), A. Loi, B.J. Nutt and C.K. Revell, Department of Agriculture and Food
3. Poor performing patches of the paddock – to ameliorate or live with low yield? Yvette Oliver1, Michael Robertson1, Bill Bowden2, Kit Leake3and Ashley Bonser3, CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems1, Department of Food and Agriculture2, Kellerberrin Farmer3
4. What evidence is there that PA can pay? Michael Robertson, CSIRO Floreat, Ian Maling, SilverFox Solutions and Bindi Isbister, Department of Agriculture and Food
5.The journey is great, but does PA pay? Garren Knell, ConsultAg; Alison Slade, Department of Agriculture and Food, CFIG
6. 2007 Seasonal outlook, David Stephens and Michael Meuleners, Department of Agriculture and Food
7. Towards building farmer capacity to better manage climate risk, David Beard and Nicolyn Short, Department of Agriculture and Food
8. A NAR farmers view of his farming system in 2015, Rob Grima, Department of Agriculture and Food
9. Biofuels opportunities in Australia, Ingrid Richardson, Food and Agribusiness Research, Rabobank
10. The groundwater depth on the hydrological benefits of lucerne and the subsequent recharge values, Ruhi Ferdowsian1and Geoff Bee2; 1Department of Agriculture and Food, 2Landholder, Laurinya, Jerramungup
11. Subsoil constraints to crop production in the high rainfall zone of Western Australia, Daniel Evans1, Bob Gilkes1, Senthold Asseng2and Jim Dixon3; 1University of Western Australia, 2CSIRO Plant Industry, 3Department of Agriculture and Food
12. Prospects for lucerne in the WA wheatbelt, Michael Robertson, CSIRO Floreat, Felicity Byrne and Mike Ewing, CRC for Plant-Based Management of Dryland Salinity, Dennis van Gool, Department of Agriculture and Food
13. Nitrous oxide emissions from a cropped soil in the Western Australian grainbelt, Louise Barton1, Ralf Kiese2, David Gatter3, Klaus Butterbach-Bahl2, Renee Buck1, Christoph Hinz1and Daniel Murphy1,1School of Earth and Geographical Sciences, The University of Western Australia, 2Institute for Meteorology and Climate Research, Atmospheric Environmental Research, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, 3The Department of Agriculture and Food
14. Managing seasonal risk is an important part of farm management but is highly complex and therefore needs a ‘horses for courses’ approach, Cameron Weeks, Planfarm / Mingenew-Irwin Group, Dr Michael Robertson, Dr Yvette Oliver, CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems and Dr Meredith Fairbanks, Department of Agriculture and Food
15. Novel use application of clopyralid in lupins, John Peirce, and Brad Rayner Department of Agriculture and Food
16. Long season wheat on the South Coast – Feed and grain in a dry year – a 2006 case study, Sandy White, Department of Agriculture and Food
17. Wheat yield response to potassium and the residual value of PKS fertiliser drilled at different depths, Paul Damon1, Bill Bowden2, Qifu Ma1 and Zed Rengel1; Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, The University of Western Australia1, Department of Agriculture and Food2
18. Saltbush as a sponge for summer rain, Ed Barrett-Lennard and Meir Altman, Department of Agriculture and Food and CRC for Plant-based Management of Dryland Salinity
19. Building strong working relationships between grower groups and their industry partners, Tracey M. Gianatti, Grower Group Alliance
20. To graze or not to graze – the question of tactical grazing of cereal crops, Lindsay Bell and Michael Robertson, CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems
21. Can legume pastures and sheep replace lupins? Ben Webb and Caroline Peek, Department of Agriculture and Food
22. EverGraze – livestock and perennial pasture performance during a drought year, Paul Sanford, Department of Agriculture and Food, and CRC for Plant-based Management of Dryland Salinity
23. Crop survival in challenging times, Paul Blackwell1, Glen Riethmuller1, Darshan Sharma1and Mike Collins21Department of Agriculture and Food, 2Okura Plantations, Kirikiri New Zealand
24. Soil health constraints to production potential – a precision guided project, Frank D’Emden, and David Hall, Department of Agriculture and Food
25. A review of pest and disease occurrence in 2006, Mangano, G.P. and Severtson, D.L., Department of Agriculture and Food
26. e-weed – an information resource on seasonal weed management issues, Vanessa Stewart and Julie Roche, Department of Agriculture and Food
27. Review of Pesticide Legislation and Policies in Western Australia, Peter Rutherford, BSc (Agric.), Pesticide Legislation Review, Office of the Chief Medical Adviser, WA Department of Health
28. Future wheat yields in the West Australian wheatbelt, Imma Farré and Ian Foster, Department of Agriculture and Food, Stephen Charles, CSIRO Land and Water
29. Organic matter in WA arable soils: What’s active and what’s not, Frances Hoyle, Department of Agriculture and Food, Australia and Daniel Murphy, UWA
30. Soil quality indicators in Western Australian farming systems, D.V. Murphy1, N. Milton1, M. Osman1, F.C. Hoyle2, L.K Abbott1, W.R. Cookson1and S. Darmawanto1; 1UWA, 2Department of Agriculture and Food
31. Impact of stubble on input efficiencies, Geoff Anderson, formerly employed by Department of Agriculture and Food
32. Mixed farming vs All crop – true profit, not just gross margins, Rob Sands and David McCarthy, FARMANCO Management Consultants, Western Australia
33. Evaluation of Local Farmer Group Network – group leaders’ surveys 2005 and 2006, Paul Carmody, Local Farmer Group Network, Network Coordinator, UWA
34. Seeding rate and nitrogen application and timing effects in wheat, J. Russell, Department of Agriculture and Food, J. Eyres, G. Fosbery and A. Roe, ConsultAg, Northam
35. Foliar fungicide application and disease control in barley, J. Russell, Department of Agriculture and Food, J. Eyres, G. Fosbery and A. Roe, ConsultAg, Northam
36. Brown manuring effects on a following wheat crop in the central wheatbelt, , J. Russell, Department of Agriculture and Food, J. Eyres, G. Fosbery and A. Roe, ConsultAg, Northam
37. Management of annual pastures in mixed farming systems – transition from a dry season, Dr Clinton Revell and Dr Phil Nichols; Department of Agriculture and Food
38. The value of new annual pastures in mixed farm businesses of the wheatbelt, Dr Clinton Revell1, Mr Andrew Bathgate2and Dr Phil Nichols1; 1Department of Agriculture and Food, 2Farming Systems Analysis Service, Albany
39. The influence of winter SOI and Indian Ocean SST on WA winter rainfall, Meredith Fairbanks and Ian Foster, Department of Agriculture and Food
40. Market outlook – Grains, Anne Wilkins, Market Analyst, Grains, Department of Agriculture and Food
Recommended Citation
Jeffries, D,
Loi, A,
Nutt, B J,
Revell, C K,
Oliver, Y,
Robertson, M,
Bowden, B,
Leake, K,
Bonser, A,
Maling, I,
Isbister, B,
Knell, G,
Slade, A,
Stephens, D,
Meuleners, M,
Beard, D,
Short, N,
Grima, R,
Richardson, I,
Ferdowsian, R,
Bee, G,
Evans, D,
Gilkes, B,
Asseng, S,
Dixon, J,
Byrne, F,
Ewing, M,
van Gool, D,
Barton, L,
Kiese, R,
Gatter, D,
Butterbach-Bahl, K,
Buck, R,
Hinz, C,
Murphy, D,
Weeks, C,
Fairbanks, M,
Peirce, J,
Rayner, B,
White, S,
Damon, P,
Ma, Q,
Rengel, Z,
Barrett-Lennard, E,
Altman, M,
Gianatti, T M,
Bell, L,
Webb, B,
Peek, C,
Sanford, P,
Blackwell, P,
Riethmuller, G,
Sharma, D,
Collins, M,
D'Emden, F,
Hall, D,
Manango, G P,
Steverson, D L,
Stewart, V,
Roche, J,
Rutherford, P,
Farré, I,
Foster, I,
Charles, S,
Hoyle, F,
Milton, N,
Osman, M,
Abbott, L K,
Cookson, W R,
Darmawanto, S,
Sands, R,
McCarthy, D,
Carmody, P,
Russell, J,
Eyres, J,
Fosbery, G,
Roe, A,
Nichols, P,
Bathgate, A,
and
Wilkins, A.
(2007), Crop Updates 2007 - Farming Systems. Department of Agriculture and Food, Perth. Conference Proceeding.
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