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
Other winter cereals
Mixed cereal grazing trials
- Northern NSW, 2004-2009
114.3 KB - Southern NSW, 2004-2009 114.2 KB
Crop rotation
- Economics of lucerne establishment for the western wheat belt
- Lucerne boosts cereals in crop rotations
Pests and diseases
- Podcast - Stripe rust update
8.1 MB - Cereal diseases after drought
- Colour banding on cereal seedlings
- Exotic Pest Alert: Identification of Russian Wheat Aphid and associated crop damage
- 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
- 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
- Wheat growth and development (book)
- Barley growth and development (book)
- 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.
PROfarm courses
Find out more about PROfarm.
See the list of all courses available.
Laboratory services
- Laboratory testing services
Tests are available for agricultural water, soil fertility, plant nutrition, chemical residues, and insect and plant pathogen identifications.
Recent News Releases
- 20 Dec 2011Widespread rain a mixed bag for farmers
- 08 Dec 2011New crop app takes the guess work out of crop selection [23.7 KB PDF]
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- 23 Nov 2011Harvest gets underway at Yanco Managed Environment Facility
- 16 Nov 2011Future of cereals lies in breeding for resistance: Farrer Medallist
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