RCSN Trial Project Updates

The following is a list of RCSN trial project updates which were presented at the RCSN Joint Meeting on 1-2 March 2017 by related port zone and with the name of the person who presented on behalf of the project.

Geraldton

• Business training for WA farm business managers - options (Peter Newman)
• Early seeding trials for the northern part of the the Geraldton port zone (Karl Suckling)

Kwinana East

• Reducing varietal selection risk through understanding varietal performance with difference management packages (Andrew Crook & Vanessa Stewart)
• Options for herbicide resistance management and lime incorporation methods (Peter Nash)
• Wodjil workout - rise of the pH (Ty Henning)
• Case studies of growers using novel techniques to utilise available moisture in the Kwinana East port zone (Melissa Williams)

Kwinana West

• Machinery replacement options for growers in the Kwinana West port zone (Ben White)
• Compilation of lime trial results and grower case studies (Anne Wilkins and Bill Bowden)
• Regionally specific agronoy projects (RSAP): early seeding trials for the Kwinana West port zone (Geoff Fosbery and Brad Joyce)

Albany

• Effective baiting options for conical snails in the Albany port zone (Christine Kershaw)

Esperance

• Early seeding - a knowledge gap strategy for very early season starts (frost) (Craig Brown)

Combined Across Multiple Port Zones

• Spray fallow techniques for better moisture conservations; better winter/summer weed control (Grant Thompson) (Geraldton/Esperance)
• Assessment of some harvest weed seed management options for Kwinana West, Kwinana East and Esperance port zone growers (Peter Newman)
• Partners in Grain WA's INSPIRE Summit 2016 (Jules Alvaro)
• Review and demonstration of different rotations and break crops for Western Austrlian growers - WA Crop Sequence Calculator Workshops (Rob Sands) (Geraldton, Kwinana East and Esperance)
• Is Triazine resistent silver grass a looming threat for the mixed cropping belt in central and southern WA? (Garren Knell) (Albany and Kwinana West)
• Compaction mitigation options for growers in the Albany and Kwinana West port zones (Dean Revell)
• Investing double break (or stacked roations) options (Chris Wilkins) (Kwinana East and Kwinana West)
• Case studies of growers managing inputs using Variable Rate Technology (Niki Curtis) (Geraldton and Esperance)
• Review and demonstration of different rotations and break crops for WA growers (Kelly Cussons) (Kwinana East and Geraldton)
• Investigating double break (or stacked rotations) options for growers in the Kwinana East and Kwinana West port zones (Dani England)