Research & Extension
The projects include:
- Development and validation of soil amelioration and agronomic practices to realise the genetic potential of grain crops grown under a high yield potential irrigated environment in the southern and northern regions
- Optimising farm scale returns from irrigated grains: maximising dollar return per megalitre of water.
The overall objective of the project is that by June 2023, 40% of irrigated grain growers in the Southern Murray Darling Basin have the knowledge, confidence and tools required to optimise farm scale returns through increased yield and allocation of water resources. To achieve this objective, irrigation discussion groups are part of the suite of new research.
Click on the links below to find out more about the research, economics project and the discussion groups…
3 years of results
Good Management Guide
The guidelines and results set out in this booklet are the result of research taking place across three
seasons (2020 – 2022) with mostly la Nina weather patterns. As a result, the cropping years of the
project were subject to cooler more mild spring temperatures, ideally geared for the project team to
explore the upper range of yield potential for the crops tested. Read the full guiedlines
seasons (2020 – 2022) with mostly la Nina weather patterns. As a result, the cropping years of the
project were subject to cooler more mild spring temperatures, ideally geared for the project team to
explore the upper range of yield potential for the crops tested. Read the full guiedlines
Develop and validate soil amelioration and agronomic practices to realise the genetic potential of grain crops grown under a high yield potential, irrigated environment in the northern and southern regions.
Eight discussion groups established to help growers learn from each other, build new networks and access latest research.
Optimising farm scale returns from irrigated grains: maximising dollar return per megalitre of water
