COMPLETED PROJECTS
Completed Project Title |
Project Leader |
Funding Body |
| Market research for decision support for dryland crop production | Peter Cox Bob McCown | |
| Policy report | APSRU Management Committee | |
| Rainulator studies of pesticide movement from cotton production system | Mark Silburn | LWRRDC CRDC MDBC |
| Assessing yield potential and quantifying risk to peanut production in NE Australia | Holger Meinke | |
| Improved wheat and barley simulation capabilities for sub-tropical Australia | Holger Meinke | |
| Modelling crop growth and yield under the environmental changes induced by windbreaks | Peter Carberry Holger Meinke | RIRDC |
| Assessing the opportunity for increased production of grain legumes in the farming system | Peter Carberry | GRDC |
| Development of a capability to model wheat production in relation to soil, fertiliser and residue nitrogen | Brian Keating | |
| Application of models to estimate transport of pesticides from agricultural production systems | David Freebairn | |
| Hydrology and erosion modelling - application of process models | Mark Silburn | DPI |
| Land management strategies for the sat (LAMSAT) | David Freebairn | |
| Structural degradation and strategies for improving infiltration of rainfall | David Freebairn | |
| Database development for facilitating the use of experimental and climate data with APSIM | APSRU Management Committee | |
| Field experimentation for crop modelling | APSRU Management Committee | |
| Simultaneous management of price and production risk in a dryland cropping system | APSRU Management Committee | |
| The reliability of feed grain supplies in southern Queensland | APSRU Management Committee | |
| Development of improved seasonal climate forecasting systems | Graeme Hammer | |
| Climate and seasonal forecasting analyses | Roger Stone Graeme Hammer | DPI |
| Assessing the economic value to dryland crop production of seasonal rainfall forecasts | Graeme Hammer | |
| Usefulness of rainfall and frost prediction in management of wheat in northern Australia | Graeme Hammer | |
| Long term nitrogen fertiliser needs of wheat and barley crops in Queensland | APSRU Management Committee | |
| A pilot study of on-farm research on dryland cotton systems | Peter Carberry | CRDC |
| Legume-based strategies for profitable grain-grazing systems in the north-eastern Region | Bob McCown | GRDC |
| Measurement and prediction of deep drainage under current and alternative farming practice | Brian Keating David Freebairn | LWRRDC |
| Matching sorghum genotype and management to production constraints | Graeme Hammer | |
| Genetic improvement of grain sorghum in Australia - assessing genotype by environment interaction to improve efficiency of breeding | Graeme Hammer | GRDC |
| Genetic improvement of grain sorghum in Australia – screening for improved transpiration efficiency of breeding | Graeme Hammer | |
| Coordinating conservation farming techniques for southern Queensland farmers | David Freebairn | |
| Decision support tools for sustainable and profitable summer/winter cropping systems | Graeme Hammer | |
| Decision support for summer crop management | Graeme Hammer | |
| Soil monitoring support systems for improved decision making | Neal Dalgliesh | NLP |
| Upgrade of WHEATMAN to a winter cereal decision support system (Queensland and northern NSW) | Graeme Hammer | |
| Evaluating the role of seasonal climate forecasting in tactical management of cropping systems in north-eastern Australia | Roger Stone | RIRDC GRDC |
| Cropping system simulation – a new learning tool | David Freebairn | |
| Pilot study using on-farm collaborative R&D networks to improve cropland management | Bob McCown | |
| FARMSCAPE – Farmer-adviser-researcher action research and communication for best dryland cropping practice | Bob McCown | GRDC |
| CARMASAT - Increasing the effectiveness of research on agricultural resource management in the semi-arid tropics by combining cropping systems simulation with farming systems | Bob McCown | ACIAR |
| Analysis of cropping systems in northern NSW using simulation models |
H Marcellos David Freebairn S Huda |
GRDC |
| Sustainable rotations and cropping practices for the marginal cropping areas of north-west NSW and south-west Qld | RJ Martin David Freebairn | GRDC |
| TOPCROP Queensland - networks and benchmarks | Ian Titmarsh Mike Foale Zvi Hochman | GRDC |
| Overcoming production constraints to sorghum in rainfed environments in India and Australia | Graeme Hammer BS Rana | ACIAR |
| Better management of cotton production systems through on-farm monitoring, modelling and grower networks | Peter Carberry | CRDC |
| How long will soil resources last with current grazing practices? | Mark Silburn | NLP |
| Development of improved seasonal climate forecast systems | Roger Stone Neville Nicholls | LWRRDC |
| Tools for determining the role of pasture leys in management of soil physical fertility | Robin Connolly | GRDC |
| The application of climate forecasts to crop management in northern Australia | Peter Carberry Graeme Hammer Roger Stone | MDP |
| Development of an integrating framework to evaluate alternate farming systems for sustainable cropping | Robin Connolly MJ Bell | DPI |
| Dryland farming systems for catchment care | Brian Keating | MDP |
| Sustainable farming systems for the north-eastern grain belt | David Lawrence Geoff Titmarsh Peter Carberry | DPI NRM CSIRO |
| Effects of improved climate forecasting on competitiveness in the international grain market | Graeme Hammer JW Mjelde | NOAA |
| Optimising management of water entry on cracking clay soils in cropping systems | Mark Silburn | GRDC |
| The crop improvement of grain sorghum in Australia - improving transpiration efficiency | Graeme Hammer | GRDC |
| Risk management in Southern African maize systems | Brian Keating | AUDAID |
| Modelling crop and soil systems to support research and management in the Australian sugar industry | Brian Keating | CRC for SSP |
| Reinventing Australian plant production systems: a modelling framework to assess performance of natural and managed systems | Brian Keating | LWRRDC CSIRO |
| Quantifying the trade-off between tree and crop productivity on farms | Peter Carberry | RIRDC LWRRDC FWPRDC |
| Sunflower germplasm enhancement for improved productivity under drought | Ray Shorter Graeme Hammer | GRDC |
| Pulse development in Queensland | Bob Brinsmead Mike Robertson | DPI GRDC |
| Sustainable mechanised dryland grain production | JN Tullberg David Freebairn | ACIAR |
| Piloting internet delivery of APSIM support to farmers, advisers and scientists | Bob McCown | RIRDC |
| Developing database and knowledge-based resources for commercial advisers using the cropping systems simulator APSIM | Zvi Hochman | GRDC |
| Assessment for potential canola in the northern region | Mike Robertson | GRDC |
| Application of simulation to multiple goal assessment in agricultural systems | Holger Meinke Peter Carberry Walter Rossing | GRDC |
| Better management of climate variability within the agribusiness service sector | Peter Carberry | LWRRDC |
| Selection to accommodate genotype-by-environment interaction in the northern wheat improvement program | M Cooper Graeme Hammer | GRDC |
| From oceans to farms: integrated management of climate variability | Andrew Ash Peter Carberry | LWRRDC |
| Delivering to industry the benefits of cropping systems models | MP Bange Peter Carberry | CRDC |
| Decision support for improved climatic risk/opportunity management in dryland cropping systems | Peter Hayman Graeme Hammer | LWRRDC |
| Training agribusiness in the FARMSCAPE approach to supporting farmers learning, planning and decision making in uncertain environments | Zvi Hochman | GRDC |
| Better decision support - IT'S TIME - to address seasonal variablility | Bill Bowden Brian Keating | GRDC |
| Management options to minimise pesticide transport in runoff from grain cropping areas | David Freebairn | GRDC |
| Design and management of farming systems in central-western NSW - model application | Peter Cornish David Freebairn | GRDC |
| Can decadal climate variability (DCV) impact on cropping systems management? | Holger Meinke | LWRRDC |
| Whopper Cropper - a database and graphics interface to connect crop management advisors with the simulation capacity of APSIM | Graeme Hammer | APSRU QCCA |
| Seasonal climate forecasting to improve decision on irrigation, yield forecasting and marketing | Russell Muchow Graeme Hammer | SRDC LWRRDC |
| Delivering topical and timely information on soil, climate and seasonal cropping outlook to Queensland grain growers | Peter Carberry | QRAIL QGGA |
| Interactive internet support for farmers' situated and planning FARMSCAPE online | Zvi Hochman | RIRDC |
| Integrated nutrient management in tropical cropping systems: improved capabilities in modelling and recommendations | Cheryl Palm Merv Probert | ACIAR |
| Achieving genetic potential of existing peanut varieties in high input production systems throughout Queensland | Graeme Wright | GRDC |
| Packing winners - monitoring effectiveness of on-ground works in grazing lands | Chris Chilcott | NHT |
| Whopper Cropper - empowering crop management advisers and grain growers to manage production and price risk | Graeme Hammer | GRDC |
| National land and water resources audit: catchment water balance and land use impact | Warren Bond | NLWRA |
| Linkage of Grazplan pasture/animal models to APSIM crop/soil models and the SWIM water balance | Andrew Moore Brian Keating | LWRRDC |
| Estimating changes in soil carbon resulting from changes in land use: Project 8 - Plant residue inputs | Merv Probert | AGO CSIRO L&W |
| Prospects for improved integrating of high quality forages in the crop-livestock systems of Sulawesi, Indonesia | Bruce Pengelly Peter Carberry | ACIAR |
| The application of B.O.D. trade wastes to agricultural land | Phil Matthew | BURNS PHILP |
| Manipulating water and nutrient uptake to minimise leaching | Warren Bond Kirsten Verburg | LWA |
| Benefits and penalties to cereal crops sown after lucerne | Warren Bond Kirsten Verburg | GRDC |
| Development of a Computerised Decision Support System for Reducing On-Farm Aflatoxin Contamination in Peanuts | Graeme Wright | TBA |