2008
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| Critical Breaking Point final report |
The final report for the project ‘Critical Breaking Point? Understanding the impact of drought on farming families in the Wimmera Mallee’ is complete. (Read more about the project)
Download the Critical Breaking Point Final Report (file is 1.25MB).
Alternatively download the report in sections:
Critical Breaking Point Final Report- Section 1
Critical Breaking Point Final Report- Section 2
Critical Breaking Point Final Report- Section 3
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| Flexible Farming Systems project - Factsheets |
Read Factsheets 2, 3 and 4 produced under the Flexible Farming Systems project (Factsheet 1 is available under our 2007 publications)
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2007
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| 2007 Annual Report |
Read the 2007 Annual Report
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| Critical Breaking Point? |
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‘Critical Breaking Point? Understanding the impact of drought on farming families in the Wimmera Mallee’ aimed to gain a better understanding of how Australian producers and their families are responding to drought and other pressures. Based on in-depth interviews with farming families in the Wimmera Southern Mallee region of north-western Victoria, this research used an unprecedented longitudinal approach to track the experiences of farming families during a time of severe drought and - it was expected and hoped – a period of drought recovery.
The research was in two phases. Part One interviewed sixty randomly selected farming families during severe drought in February 2007. Part Two involved two follow-up interviews at six-monthly intervals (September 2007 and February 2008) with a subset of twenty of the sixty farming families interviewed in Part One. This group represented some of the younger and older families of the original sample, who were selected in order to allow us to further explore some of the particular challenges that farming families at these stages of life are facing.
Read the report for Part One of the project
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| Flexible Farming Systems project - Factsheet 1 |
Read Factsheet 1: Row spacing in a No-till system produced under the Flexible Farming Systems project
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| Bio-diversity in a Piped Rural Water System |
| The final report from the Diversity in a Piped System project, 'Bio-diversity in a Piped Rural Water System', is available on the RIRDC website here. Printed copies are available from RIRDC on XML:NAMESPACE PREFIX = SKYPE />02 6272 4218. A summary of the full report is also available on the RIRDC website here. |
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We have produced a "Farmers' guide to installing a wildlife pond" that contains all the details you'll need to efficiently and cost-effectively enhance wildlife values in the Wimmera and Mallee within a piped water delivery system.
Download the 4-page Farmers' guide to installing a wildlife pond. |
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| Internet Field Days - helping farmers to make better decisions |
| The Virtual Agronomy section of our website allows members to follow the progress of current trials throughout the season, plus keep updated on current issues (eg stripe rust) with photos, advice and assistance in diagnosis and treatment.
The final report 'Internet Field Days - helping farmers to make better decisions' is available on the RIRDC website Full report Summary
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| Understanding and improving ecosystem function in the Wimmera Mallee |
The Ecoystem Function project's Glovebox Guide is an easy-to-use publication designed to help farmers and land managers understand their patch of native vegetation.
Factsheets produced during the project can be downloaded from the Ecoystem Function project page.
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| Managing herbicide resistant ryegrass |
| BCG in partnership with the Hart Field Site Group, the University of Adelaide and the Grains Research and Development Corporation undertook the project ‘Improved techniques for managing herbicide resistant ryegrass’ between 2003 and 2005. Copies of the results from the three-year project can be obtained from BCG on 03 5492 2787 or download the pdf here - Herbicide Resistance Manual. |
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| Identifying, understanding and managing hostile subsoils for cropping |
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View PDF sections of this reference manual for neutral-alkaline soils of south-eastern Australia:
Introduction and diagnostic guide (259KB)
Chapter 1 - Soils of the dryland cropping regions of Vic and SA
Map of Vertosols in North West Victoria (1.1MB)
Map of Calcarosols in North West Victoria (538KB)
Map of Sodosols in North West Victoria (904KB)
Chapter 2 - Subsoil constraints and water (728KB)
Chapter 3 - Nutrient deficiencies, toxicities and imbalances (755KB)
Chapter 4 - Salinity and sodicity (2.1MB)
Chapter 5 - Physical constraints to root growth (1.3MB)
Chapter 6 - Identifying subsoil constraints using targeted analyses (2.5MB)
Chapter 7 - Field diagnostics (1.4MB)
Chapter 8 - Options for managing grain production on soils with subsoil contraints (2.5MB)
Chapter 9 - Economic impact of subsoil constraints (163KB)
Glossary, References and further reading (111KB)
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2006
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| Drought - dealing with the financial ramifications |
| Two financial forums entitled 'Drought - dealing with the financial ramifications' were held in Birchip and Horsham during December 2006. View the 53-page toolkit booklet that was given out on the day. It contains papers from most of the speakers. |
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| Over the Fence 2006 |
You can download the complete 15-week series (1.5MB)
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| Six Seasons of the BCG Farming Systems Trial |
| Launched at the 2006 BCG Grains Research Expo and sent free of charge to BCG members and to 15,000 GGA members.
You can download the report in two parts (due to its large size). Please note these pdf files may take some time to download.
Click here to read the first part of "Six Seasons of the BCG Farming Systems Trial" (includes front cover, summary, background, methods, results, discussion, conclusion, acknowledgements and references)
Click here to read the second part of "Six Seasons of the BCG Farming Systems Trial" (includes appendices and back cover)
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| 2006 Annual Report |
Read the 2006 Annual Report
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2005
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| Over the Fence 2005 |
You can download the complete 16-week series (2MB)
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| 2005 Annual Report |
Read the 2005 Annual Report
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2004
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Lamb feedlot
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Read details about a lamb feedlot we visited at Loxton, SA (March 2004)
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| 2004 Annual Report |
Read the 2004 Annual Report
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