Wheat, barley and other winter cereals
Profitable winter cereal growing demands higher production per unit area at lower cost per unit of production. This can only be achieved by increasing grain yields through economic adoption of new or improved technology and by adopting the latest best management practices. It is important to choose the most suitable variety for each paddock and sowing time and match this to available markets.
Management guide
Wheat
- Agronomy of the durum wheats Kamilaroi, Yallaroi, Wollaroi and EGA Bellaroi
- Durum wheat production
- Growing eight tonnes a hectare of irrigated wheat in southern NSW
- Productive dual purpose winter wheats
- Yield response of wheat varieties to sowing time in NSW
Crop rotation
- Economics of lucerne establishment for the western wheat belt
- Lucerne boosts cereals in crop rotations
Pests and diseases
- Cereal diseases after drought
- Colour banding on cereal seedlings
- Insect and mite control in field crops

- Root and crown diseases of wheat and barley in northern NSW
- Stripe rust - an update on the Yr17 pathotype
- Stripe rust: understanding the disease in wheat
- Weed control for cropping and pastures in central west NSW

- Weed control in winter crops 2009
- Wheat streak mosaic and the wheat curl mite
Research
General information
- Cereal seed quality after drought
- Herbicide residues after drought
- Targeting optimum plant numbers
- Weather damaged cereal seed
- Winter cropping following drought
From the bookshop
- Cereal diseases: the Ute Guide (nutrition disorders) (book)

- Grain quality - winter grain crops: the Ute Guide (book)

- Lucerne: pumping profit into cereals (video)

- Winter cereal nutrition: the Ute Guide (nutrition disorders) (book)

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Reports
- NSW Grains Report
Reports on harvest estimates, grain production forecasts, and seasonal conditions.
Laboratory services
- Laboratory testing services
Tests are available for agricultural water, soil fertility, plant nutrition, chemical residues, and insect and plant pathogen identifications.
PROfarm Courses
Recent News Releases
- 05 Nov 2009A bug's life: Wagga Wagga study into beneficial broadacre insects
- 04 Nov 2009Winter crop prospects continue to decline
- 21 Oct 2009Food security – action plan to sustain our harvest [78.0 kb PDF]
- 12 Oct 2009Stocking rate 25 pc higher in EverGraze trial
- 08 Oct 2009New chickpea variety underpins Australian export status
- 28 Sep 20092009 Farrer Memorial Medal to be presented tonight
