The Spring Research Field Day will be held at the Irrigated Cropping Council’s research centre near Kerang on Friday, September 16.
The field day is an opportunity to walk through irrigated crop and fodder trials. There are also chances to chat with key researchers about the results and hear key messages about farming systems.
“The research site has grown this year with 30 trials,” ICC chief executive officer Charlie Aves said.
“We are collaborating with Murray Dairy to determine the best forage options for the dairy industry and continue our partnership with FAR Australia with the optimising irrigated grains research funded by GRDC.”
The research field day will host key researchers FAR Australia’s Nick Poole and Ben Morris, ICC’s trial manager Damian Jones and Mr Aves, seed company representatives and Murray Dairy.
Research field day enormous learning opportunity
Poole said they were investigating increasing productivity in canola with good economic returns. They hope to find out if 5 tonne/ha of canola could be grown with no more than 150kg nitrogen applied. This is particularly pertinent, given the price of fertiliser.
Also attending is the University of Tasmania’s Professor Matthew Harrison who will introduce WaterCan Profit. It is a decision framework that allows farmers to select profitable crop rotations and optimise irrigation water use across the whole farm.
The field day runs from 10 am to 3.30 pm. Registration is essential, phone Mel Mann on 0447 803 305 or email mel.mann@irrigatedcroppingcouncil.com.au
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