Past Event: Dookie Grains & Mixed Farming Research Field Day

• • Wed, October 09 20249:00am AEDT
  • 1:00pm AEDT
• Enter field site through gate 550m west of intersection of Shepparton-Dookie College Rd and Dookie-Nalinga Rd
• Register hereBook Tickets

Join us at the University of Melbourne Dookie Campus to hear about the latest experiments for GRDC grains research investments, hear talks and have Q&A with research experts on the following topics:

• European vs Australian wheat cultivars: what drives potential yield? Dr Kenton Porker CSIRO
• Winter wheat vs spring wheat – which is best for yield and harvest index? Jordan Bathgate CSU & Dr Juan Wang UoM
• Winter wheat phenology – which cultivar is most suited to where? Dr Corinne Celestina UOM & Dr Felicity Harris CSU
• How does crop and livestock mix affect profit and drought resilience? Prof Michael Tausz UoM (former Director of the Victoria Drought Resilience Adoption & Innovation Hub), Dr John Kirkegaard CSIRO and Dr Lindsay Bell CSIRO
• Long coleoptile wheat genetics – how deep can you go and what else do you have to get right? Dr Therese McBeath CSIRO & Frank Mazzone UoM
• N fertiliser strategies – what are the long-term consequences for profit, risk and greenhouse gases? Dr Arjun Pandey UoM, Dr Rick Llewelyn CSIRO & Prof James Hunt UoM & CSIRO
• Hear more on the new DAFF Future Drought Fund Long Term Farming System Experiment

• 120 years of wheat breeding at Dookie Campus Prof James Hunt UoM & CSIRO

All welcome! Attendance is free and lunch will be provided.

Please enter the field site through gate 550 m west of intersection of Shepparton-Dookie College Rd and Dookie-Nalinga Rd.