Wheat information

A GRDC supported project conducted by the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia (DAWA) Wheat Agronomy Team over the past three years found that about 70 per cent of wheat yield increases came from improved management and about 30 per cent from improved varieties.
 
With many new wheat varieties on offer to growers, it was important that they could access the necessary information to support their adoption of these newly released varieties.
 
The project has provided Western Australian growers with important information to support such adoption.
 
DAWA's Dr Wal Anderson said the project aimed to produce information about the agronomic characteristics of all new varieties in the year of their release to growers, or in the following season when they are grown commercially.

Contact: Dr Wal Anderson, Tel 08 9892 8412

Guiding oats

Western Australian oat growers delivered just over 150,000 tonnes in 2005/06 and will benefit from the GRDC-supported 'Oat Agronomy and Industry Development in the Western Region' project.
 
Project Manager, Blakely Paynter of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia said information from the project would be used to develop management guidelines for new hay and grain varieties.
 
"This will include publishing growing guidelines for the new Kojonup dwarf potential milling oat variety released last year and the new oaten hay varieties Wintaroo, Brusher and Kangaroo," Mr Paynter said.
           
With support from the GRDC, the Department has undertaken activities in past years to raise awareness of new oat varieties through field walks at Department trials and more recently through the Western Oat Alliance at the Wagin Woolorama and other field days.

Contact: Blakely Paynter, Tel 08 9690 2115