Longerenong Cropping Challenge

Project Leader:
Rob Christie,
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Nuseed,
99-101 Dimobool Rd,
Horsham,
Victoria,
3400

(1800 993 573, fax: 1800 302 884)
robert.christie@au.nuseed.com

Project Cooperators: Mark Slatter (Nurfarm), Steve Drum (Longerenong College), Peter Howie (The University of Melbourne). .

Staff Member: Dr. Robert Norton rnorton@ipni.net

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Thirteen groups of local agronomists have been encouraged to develop crop management plans that are used as the basis of a "competition" to produce the highest grain yield and return. These plans are implemented in a field at Longerenong Agricultural College in small plots (2 m * 20 m) with four replications. The management plan includes variety selection, sowing time, crop protection strategies and a crop nutrient plan as well as grain marketing plans.