Irrigated Cropping Forum publications

ICF publications:

Double Cropping in Northern Victoria

Best management practice for double cropping in the 2000s.

Water Use, Technology and Higher Value Systems: Irrigation Farming in Southern NSW

by Scott Glyde & Tony Dunn, EH Graham Centre for Agricultural Innovation (328 k pdf)

Lifting irrigated cropping profitabilty and water use efficiency

14 case studies of irrigators in the southern Murray-Darling Basin making their businesses viable with new ideas and less water.

Irrigated Cropping Forum - main report

by Dennis E Toohey & Associates in conjunction with Stephen Chaffey, Chaffey and Associates

Irrigated Grain Crops – A scoping study of southern Murray-Darling basin (full report - 3.3 MB pdf)
Irrigated Grain Crops – A scoping study of southern Murray-Darling basin (summary - 1.2 MB pdf )
Irrigated Grain Crops – A scoping study of southern Murray-Darling basin (summary addendum - 72 k pdf)

Wheat Management

High-Yielding Irrigated Wheat Crop Management
by Dr Maarten Stapper, CSIRO Plant Industry (642 k PDF file)

Crop Monitoring and Zadoks Growth Stages for Wheat
by Dr Maarten Stapper, CSIRO Plant Industry (670 k PDF file)

Hello 10 t/ha! Moving towards varieties of winter cereals better suited for irrigation.
by Dr. Andrew Milgate, Senior Plant Pathologist, NSW DPI (368 k PDF file)

Irrigated Winter Cereals Project
A Quick Summary – Kerang Irrigated Variety Trials
by Dr. Andrew Milgate, Senior Plant Pathologist, NSW DPI (82 & 111 k PDF files)

Canola Issues

GM Canola – performance and experiences in 2008
Roundup Ready® canola grower case studies. Field trial results and demonstration site activities (988 K PDF file)

Evaluating the potential for dual-purpose (graze/grain) canola in the mixed farming systems of southern Australia.
Risk and Opportunity Assessment Report GRDC Project CSP00085 (735 k PDF file)

Growing dryland canola in 2007 (213 k PDF file)

Challenges for irrigated canola in 2007 (213 k PDF file)

Managing sclerotinia stem rot in canola (266 k PDF file)

Oilseed Outcomes Newsletter

Oilseed Outcomes No 1 - July 2006 (174 k PDF file)

ICF Oilseeds Newsletter (issues 1 to 42)

All issues of the Oilseeds Newsletter published as part of the ICF Oilseeds Industry Officer project can be found on this page (in volume number order) or split into topics under the following headings - Safflower; Canola or Soybeans.

Oilseeds Newsletter (issues 43 onwards)

All issues of the Oilseeds Newsletter published by Felicity Pritchard under the heading of PACE and/or the Better Oilseeds Project can be found on this page