Past Event: Dookie Grains & Mixed Farming Research Field Day

• • Wed, October 08 20259:00am AEDT
  • 1:00pm AEDT
• Corner of Shepparton-Dookie College Rd and Piggery Lane.
  (Please park on Shepparton-Dookie College Rd)
• Please register for free attendanceBook Tickets
• Prof James Hunt

See the Downloads section below to download the event flyer, or download it via this link

Check out the latest experiments for GRDC grains research investments:

• Enhanced efficiency N fertilisers – how much, when and why? Dr Arjun Pandey & Dr Jonathan Holland UoM

• Long coleoptile wheat genetics – how deep can you go and what else do you have to get right? Dr Greg Rebetzke CSIRO

• Crop canopy trajectories – go hard early or hold back for the spring sprint? Dr James Manson CSIRO

• Winter wheat vs spring wheat – which is best for yield and harvest index? Dr Juan Wang UoM

• Novel wheat planting configurations – realising the potential of precision sowing. Frank Mazzone UoM

• Wheat and barley phenology – classifying cultivars and using the new Crop Flowering Calculator. Dr Corinne Celestina UoM

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

Plus visit the DAFF Future Drought Fund Long-Term Farming System Experiment:

• How does crop and livestock mix affect profit and drought resilience? Prof Michael Tausz UoM

… and AgriFutures agrivoltaics facility:

• Agrivoltaics vineyard – harvesting the sun twice. Dr Sabine Tausz-Posch UoM

All are welcome!

This event includes projects supported by the Victoria Drought Resilience Adoption & Innovation Hub, which is funded by the Australian Government’s Future Drought Fund