Project Overview
Investment:
Bunge Ltd; Grains Research and Development Corporation
Primary Research Advisor:
Kent Stone
Project Duration:
Three years (2019-2022)
Project Host(s):
- Simon Zacher – Muradup
- Kent Stone
Aims
The Red Wheat Trials are being conducted in the western high rainfall zone (HRZ), with an outcome to demonstrate agronomic practices that will reduce the gap between current and potential yield of red wheat varieties.
The objective of this project is to demonstrate available agronomic information, raise awareness of red wheat varieties for the western high rainfall zone (HRZ) and to determine yield potential and economic returns of red wheat varieties in the western HRZ farming system. The trials will be run over a three year period, with associated extension activities. By 2022, growers will have the knowledge and confidence to use high yielding red wheat to address the gap between potential and realised yield to increase the value of the wheat cropping phase.
Background
The Red Wheat Trials are being conducted in the western high rainfall zone (HRZ), with an outcome to demonstrate agronomic practices that will reduce the gap between current and potential yield of red wheat varieties. The project aims to increase grower knowledge and awareness of red wheat and to determine if red wheat has a fit in the medium to high rainfall areas of southern WA through farmer scale trial demonstrations and extension activities. This grower-scale demonstration compares local district practice with a set of system modifications. In year one, the project looks at the comparative yields of two red wheat varieties; Zanzibar and Accroc (system modification) compared to Maximus barley and a spring wheat variety; Scepter (local district practice).
Results Published in the Southern Dirt Research Annual.