Hagley in northern Tasmania is the site of an extensive trial dedicated to helping the state’s grain growers to achieve higher yields of quality feed grain. It’s also the location of an annual field day that showcases its research into new cereal lines and agronomy strategies to lift feed grain productivity.

On this podcast Tasmanian grower and Southern Panel member Michael Chilvers discusses the major constraints to cereal production in high rainfall areas, and how he is using the latest germplasm research and fungicide management strategies to help achieve the potential yield for his region.

The trial and field day are part of the GRDC’s Hyper Yielding Cereals Project, that aims to increase average red feed wheat yields in Tasmania from 4.4 t/ha to 7t/ha by 2020 and have 10% of commercial Tasmanian feed wheat crops yielding 14t/ha by 2020.

Resources:

GRDC Update paper: Hyper yielding cereal project - What has performed well over two contrasting seasons? https://grdc.com.au/resources-and-publications/grdc-update-papers/tab-content/grdc-update-papers/2018/07/hyper-yielding-cereal-project

YouTube video: Comparing long & short season feed-grain barley varieties sown on the same date: https://youtu.be/cM4cMIoyd9E

YouTube video: See the difference - comparing seeding rates at the Hyper Yielding Cereals trial: https://youtu.be/Oi78unbEZR0

YouTube video: Showing the level of disease resistance between fungicide treated and untreated cereals: https://youtu.be/l3g14Vot-d8

GRDC Southern panel: https://grdc.com.au/about/what-we-do/region-panels/southern

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