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Winter Crops

Looking to learn more about growing wheat, barley, canola, chickpeas, faba beans, field peas, lupins or sunflowers?

Whether you’re a beginner or looking for the latest research, we are growing a one-stop shop for winter cropping information.

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NSW Winter crop variety sowing guide 2022

GRDC | Lentils | 2022 |

Snapshot of Australian Agriculture 2021

ABARES | Faba beans | 2021 |

Broad Bean Grow Notes

GRDC | Faba beans | 2017 |

FlowerPower

Dept Primary Industries and Re... | Wheat | 2021 |

Key Agronomic Practices and Management to Maximise Profits From Dual-purpose Crops

Crops That Perform Well in Waterlogged Conditions – Will That Become a Reality?

Battling Net Blotch in Barley

Optimising Wheat Maturity X Sowing Date - Sweet Spots for Flowering in CQ

Winter Sown Sorghum for Central Queensland

Assessing Long Coleoptile Genetics to Improve Wheat Establishment With Deep Sowing

High Yielding Cereals and Canola - With a Good Start to the Season.

The Impact of Harvest Management in Chickpeas

Dual-purpose Crops – Direct and Indirect Contribution to Profit

Soil and Management Impacts on Potential Legume Production

Critical Period of Moisture Vulnerability in Mungbeans

Heat and Frost Impact on Lentil

Commercial Harvest Loss Assessments in Chickpeas

A New Approach To Managing Loose Smut On Barley

Pulse Adaptation – Optimising Grain Yield Of Chickpea And Lentils

The Risks And Rewards Of Growing Pulse Crops

Rapid Detection Of Frost Damage In Wheat Using Remote Sensing

Sowing flexibility of chickpea and lentil in the Western Australian farming system

Rethinking Your Approach To Canola Harvesting

Improving Barley Performance In The Low Rainfall Zone

Can Applying Nitrogen Fertiliser In The Fallow Period Increase Fertiliser Efficiency In Wheat?

Improving Harvest Management Decisions In Canola

At what stages are winter crops most sensitive to temperature and water stress?

Nitrogen Use (In)Efficiency In Wheat – Key Messages From 2014-2017

Irrigated Wheat Agronomy In Northern Cropping Environments ‐ What's Critical?

Crop-Topping Chickpea Is Not An Option For Controlling Late Emerging Weeds

Do Barley Varieties Differ In Their Response To Increasing Nitrogen And Increasing Plant Density?

Cereal Crop Emergence And Early Root Establishment In Acidic Sandy Subsoil Ameliorated With Lime And Gypsum

Comparing Canola And Lupin Varieties By Time Of Sowing In The Northern Agricultural Region

Grazing Canola – Agronomic And Feed Considerations

Disease Management Of Pulses Grown In Low To Medium Rainfall Zones

Lifting Barley Productivity In Higher Rainfall Zones

Critical Agronomy For Optimal Canola Growth

Improving Crop Productivity On Sandy Soils

Drivers For Wheat Yield In The HRZ

Managing Chickpea Diseases After The Drought

New Genetics To Improve Wheat Establishment And Weed Competitiveness

Implications Of Continuing Dry Conditions On Cereal Disease Management

Better Wheat Germplasm For Good Seasons And High Inputs

Density and nitrogen timing effects on productivity of early sown wheat in Western Australia

Dual purpose grazing cereal evaluation in NSW

Weather damaged cereal seed

Using per-emergent herbicides in conservation farming systems

Pulses: Putting life into the farm systems

Nitrogen benefits of chickpea and faba bean

Department of Primary Industri... | Australia | Winter Crops | Intermediate |

Northern NSW research results

Barley varieties and time of sowing

Managing Early Sown Wheat

Wheat Growth & Development

Yield response of wheat varieties to sowing time

Genetic diversity improves hybrid crop yields

2020 WA Crop Sowing Guide

2020 Victorian Crop Sowing Guide

2020 QLD Crop Sowing Guide

Redlegged earth mite - Best management practice guide

Ten tips for early sown wheat

Dry sowing increase farm level wheat yields

Optimum sowing window to maximise canola yield

Alternative method of sowing canola hybrids using adhesive tape

Defining optimal sowing and flowering periods for canola in Australia

Impact of sowing depth on canola establishment

Growing Canola after a cereal

Agronomy for early sown canola

Time of Sowing

Is canola seed size important for grain yield?

Mallee Sustainable Farming | Australia | Canola | Intermediate |

Dry seeding - more wins than losses

Early Sown and Grazed Canola Trial

11 Considerations for a late break or dry seeding

Canola establishment in stubble retained systems

Central West Farming Systems | Australia | Canola | Intermediate |

Improving Canola Establishment

Sowing options for canola growers

Dry-sowing cereals or canola into pasture paddocks for early feed

Crop establishment

Leigh Jenkins, NSW DPI | Australia | Winter Crops | Introductory |

Ten tips to early-sown canola

Seed Variety Guide 2020

2020 SA Crop Sowing Guide

Leaching of pre-emergent herbicide from wheat residue

Reducing Insecticide Use in Broad-Acre Grains

Sugarcane and the Nitrate Paradigm

Waterlogging of Winter Crops

Phenotyping of field peas

GRDC National Variety Trials

GRDC | Wheat | Intermediate |

Direct on-Farm Energy Use for High Value Grain Crops

Online Farm Trials (Australia) - Stubble

2016 FarmLink Research Report (NSW)

Canola stubble retention

2016 field trials (Vic and Tas)

Maintaining profitable farming systems with retained stubble in the Riverine Plains region

2017 field trials (Vic and Tas)

Dry sowing disc report

Wheat versus Barley– managing nitrogen for profitability following canola and wheat

Impacts of stubble treatment on canola establishment

Australia | Stubble Management Research and & Results | Intermediate |

Managing Blackleg in Stubble Retained Systems on Lower Eyre Peninsula

Seeding Systems in Retained Stubble Systems

MacKillop Farm Management Grou... | Australia | An Introduction to Stubble Management | 2018 |

Nitrogen management in stubble retained systems

2015 field trials (Vic and Tas)

Australia | Stubble Management Research and & Results | Advanced |

Barley On Farm Trials

Wheat Online Farm Trials

Wheat-pulse Dynamics Under Elevated CO2

Managing Clethodim resistant ryegrass

Spot the difference – Identifying faba bean diseases

Grazing strategies and timing of stock removal from dual purpose cereals and canola

CSIRO Agriculture Flagship and... | Grazing Cereals | Advanced | 2014 |

Learnings from seven years of grazing crops research in Western Australia

WEBINAR Recording - managing sheep mineral nutrition in grazing crops

Does grazing winter crops reduce grain yield?

Grazing Cereal Crops

Ag Excellence | Grazing Cereals | Intermediate |

Grazing Wheat in Southern NSW

The effect of grazing intensity on crops

Birchip Cropping GRoup | Grazing Cereals | Advanced | 2015 |

Grazing crops in a dry year

Grazing cereal crops in a Mallee farming system Grazing systems to improve profit

Grazing crops: implications for reproducing sheep

Farmer Experiences With Grazing Winter Cereals – Vic

Grazing cereal grain crops – a discussion paper for Grain and Graze

Grazing Cereals

Grazing Wheat and Barley

NSW DPI | Australia | Grazing Cereals |

Cereals for Grazing

Rules of Thumb for Grazing Cereals

Crown Rot Management in Durum and Bread Wheats

Chickpeas Grow Better Roots with Deep Phosphorus

Canola Seeding Rate Calculator

Broad Bean Yield

Profitable Oilseed Production

Utilising Failed Bean Crops for Livestock

Subsoil Constraints on Canola Productivity

Crop and Livestock Production for Dual-purpose Winter Canola

Analysis of options for increasing wheat yield in south-eastern Australia: The role of irrigation, cultivar choice and time of sowing

Broadacre farm productivity and profitability in South-Western Australia

Improving WUE of canola in central NSW

Turning dual-purpose wheat into meat: comparison of merino and white dorper maternal systems on a mixed-farming feedbase

Integrating dual-purpose wheat and canola into high-rainfall livestock systems in south-eastern Australia. 3. An extrapolation to whole-farm grazing potential, productivity and profitability

Yield trends under varying environmental conditions for sorghum and wheat across Australia

Top soil pH stratification impacts on pulse production in SE Australia

Adapting dryland agriculture to climate change: Farming implications and research and development needs in Western Australia

Assessing long-term (2004-2014) effects of rotation and tillage on grain yield and soil C and N of a medium rainfall temperate cropping system

Integrating dual-purpose wheat and canola into high-rainfall livestock systems in south-eastern Australia.

Utilizing Failed Bean Crops for Livestock

Grazing Crops |

The Benefits of Legume Crops on Corn and Wheat Yield, Nitrogen Nutrition, and Soil Properties Improvement

Adrien N’Dayegamiye,* Joann ... | Canada | Wheat | 2015 |

Contribution of summer rainfall and nitrogen to the yield and water use efficiency of wheat in Mediterranean-type environments of South Australia

Victor O. Sadras, Chris Lawson... | Wheat | Advanced | 2012 |

Leading farmers in South East Australia have closed the exploitable wheat yield gap: Prospects for further improvement

Harm van Rees, Tim McClelland,... | Australia | Wheat | 2014 |

Herbicides do not ensure for higher wheat yield, but eliminate rare plant species

SabrinaGaba, EdithGabriel , Jo... | Europe | Wheat | 2016 |

Eleven-Year Results on Soft and Durum Wheat Crops Grown in an Organic and in a Conventional Low Input Cropping System

Paolo Benincasa, Michela Farne... | Italy | Wheat | 2016 |

Modeling gross margins and potential nitrogen exports from cropland in south-eastern Australia

David Nash, Penny Riffkin, Rob... | Wheat | 2013 |

Row placement strategies in a break crop wheat sequence

Andrew Verrell | Wheat | 2013 |

Growth , yield and grain protein content of wheat in response to nitrogen fertilizer rates, crop rotation and soil tillage

G.A. Agenbag | Wheat | Advanced | 2012 |

Productivity, quality and sustainability of winter wheat under long-term conventional and organic management in Switzerland

Jochen Mayer a,∗, Lucie Guns... | Switzerland | Wheat | 2015 |

Effect of tillage, rotation and crop residues on wheat crop productivity, fertilizer nitrogen and water use efficiency and soil organic carbon status in dry area (rainfed) of north-west Pakistan

W. Mohasmmad, S.M. Shah, S. Sh... | Soil Carbon | Advanced | 2012 |

The effect of elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration on the contribution of residual legume and fertilizer

Shu Kee Lam, Robert Michael No... | Wheat | Advanced | 2013 |

Future distribution of cotton and wheat in Australia under potential climate change

Farzin Shabani, B Kotey | Wheat | 2015 |

Economics of perennial wheat – an Australian farming systems case study

Wheat |

Crop and livestock production for dual-purpose winter canola (Brassica napus) in the high-rainfall zone of south-eastern Australia

Susan J. Sprague, John A. Kirk... | Grazing Canola | Advanced | 2013 |

Influence of management and environment on Australian wheat: information for sustainable intensification and closing yield gaps

B A Bryan, D King and G Zhao | Australia | Wheat | 2014 |

Soil pH, Soil Organic Matter, and Crop Yields in Winter Wheat–Summer Fallow Systems

Rajan Ghimire, Stephen Machado... | Oregon | Wheat | 2017 |

Benchmarking wheat water-use efficiency in Tasmania

FarmPoint | Australia | Wheat | Intermediate |

Quantifying yield gaps in rainfed cropping systems: A case study of wheat in Australia

Planning for Low Risk Farming

Planning for Low Risk Farming

Quantifying yield gaps in rainfed cropping systems: A case study of wheat in Australia

Benchmarking wheat water-use efficiency in Tasmania

FarmPoint | Australia | Wheat | Intermediate |

Soil pH, Soil Organic Matter, and Crop Yields in Winter Wheat–Summer Fallow Systems

Rajan Ghimire, Stephen Machado... | Oregon | Wheat | 2017 |

Influence of management and environment on Australian wheat: information for sustainable intensification and closing yield gaps

B A Bryan, D King and G Zhao | Australia | Wheat | 2014 |

Crop and livestock production for dual-purpose winter canola (Brassica napus) in the high-rainfall zone of south-eastern Australia

Susan J. Sprague, John A. Kirk... | Grazing Canola | Advanced | 2013 |

Economics of perennial wheat – an Australian farming systems case study

Wheat |

Future distribution of cotton and wheat in Australia under potential climate change

Farzin Shabani, B Kotey | Wheat | 2015 |

The effect of elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration on the contribution of residual legume and fertilizer

Shu Kee Lam, Robert Michael No... | Wheat | Advanced | 2013 |

Productivity, quality and sustainability of winter wheat under long-term conventional and organic management in Switzerland

Jochen Mayer a,∗, Lucie Guns... | Switzerland | Wheat | 2015 |

Effect of tillage, rotation and crop residues on wheat crop productivity, fertilizer nitrogen and water use efficiency and soil organic carbon status in dry area (rainfed) of north-west Pakistan

W. Mohasmmad, S.M. Shah, S. Sh... | Soil Carbon | Advanced | 2012 |

Growth , yield and grain protein content of wheat in response to nitrogen fertilizer rates, crop rotation and soil tillage

G.A. Agenbag | Wheat | Advanced | 2012 |

Row placement strategies in a break crop wheat sequence

Andrew Verrell | Wheat | 2013 |

Modeling gross margins and potential nitrogen exports from cropland in south-eastern Australia

David Nash, Penny Riffkin, Rob... | Wheat | 2013 |

Eleven-Year Results on Soft and Durum Wheat Crops Grown in an Organic and in a Conventional Low Input Cropping System

Paolo Benincasa, Michela Farne... | Italy | Wheat | 2016 |

Herbicides do not ensure for higher wheat yield, but eliminate rare plant species

SabrinaGaba, EdithGabriel , Jo... | Europe | Wheat | 2016 |

Leading farmers in South East Australia have closed the exploitable wheat yield gap: Prospects for further improvement

Harm van Rees, Tim McClelland,... | Australia | Wheat | 2014 |

Contribution of summer rainfall and nitrogen to the yield and water use efficiency of wheat in Mediterranean-type environments of South Australia

Victor O. Sadras, Chris Lawson... | Wheat | Advanced | 2012 |

The Benefits of Legume Crops on Corn and Wheat Yield, Nitrogen Nutrition, and Soil Properties Improvement

Adrien N’Dayegamiye,* Joann ... | Canada | Wheat | 2015 |

Utilizing Failed Bean Crops for Livestock

Grazing Crops |

Integrating dual-purpose wheat and canola into high-rainfall livestock systems in south-eastern Australia.

Assessing long-term (2004-2014) effects of rotation and tillage on grain yield and soil C and N of a medium rainfall temperate cropping system

Adapting dryland agriculture to climate change: Farming implications and research and development needs in Western Australia

Top soil pH stratification impacts on pulse production in SE Australia

Yield trends under varying environmental conditions for sorghum and wheat across Australia

Integrating dual-purpose wheat and canola into high-rainfall livestock systems in south-eastern Australia. 3. An extrapolation to whole-farm grazing potential, productivity and profitability

Turning dual-purpose wheat into meat: comparison of merino and white dorper maternal systems on a mixed-farming feedbase

Improving WUE of canola in central NSW

Broadacre farm productivity and profitability in South-Western Australia

Analysis of options for increasing wheat yield in south-eastern Australia: The role of irrigation, cultivar choice and time of sowing

Crop and Livestock Production for Dual-purpose Winter Canola

Subsoil Constraints on Canola Productivity

Utilising Failed Bean Crops for Livestock

Profitable Oilseed Production

Broad Bean Yield

Canola Seeding Rate Calculator

Chickpeas Grow Better Roots with Deep Phosphorus

Crown Rot Management in Durum and Bread Wheats

Rules of Thumb for Grazing Cereals

Cereals for Grazing

Grazing Wheat and Barley

NSW DPI | Australia | Grazing Cereals |

Grazing Cereals

Grazing cereal grain crops – a discussion paper for Grain and Graze

Farmer Experiences With Grazing Winter Cereals – Vic

Grazing crops: implications for reproducing sheep

Grazing cereal crops in a Mallee farming system Grazing systems to improve profit

Grazing crops in a dry year

The effect of grazing intensity on crops

Birchip Cropping GRoup | Grazing Cereals | Advanced | 2015 |

Grazing Wheat in Southern NSW

Grazing Cereal Crops

Ag Excellence | Grazing Cereals | Intermediate |

Does grazing winter crops reduce grain yield?

WEBINAR Recording - managing sheep mineral nutrition in grazing crops

Learnings from seven years of grazing crops research in Western Australia

Grazing strategies and timing of stock removal from dual purpose cereals and canola

CSIRO Agriculture Flagship and... | Grazing Cereals | Advanced | 2014 |

Spot the difference – Identifying faba bean diseases

Managing Clethodim resistant ryegrass

Wheat-pulse Dynamics Under Elevated CO2

Wheat Online Farm Trials

Barley On Farm Trials

2015 field trials (Vic and Tas)

Australia | Stubble Management Research and & Results | Advanced |

Nitrogen management in stubble retained systems

Seeding Systems in Retained Stubble Systems

MacKillop Farm Management Grou... | Australia | An Introduction to Stubble Management | 2018 |

Managing Blackleg in Stubble Retained Systems on Lower Eyre Peninsula

Impacts of stubble treatment on canola establishment

Australia | Stubble Management Research and & Results | Intermediate |

Wheat versus Barley– managing nitrogen for profitability following canola and wheat

Dry sowing disc report

2017 field trials (Vic and Tas)

Maintaining profitable farming systems with retained stubble in the Riverine Plains region

2016 field trials (Vic and Tas)

Canola stubble retention

2016 FarmLink Research Report (NSW)

Online Farm Trials (Australia) - Stubble

Direct on-Farm Energy Use for High Value Grain Crops

GRDC National Variety Trials

GRDC | Wheat | Intermediate |

Phenotyping of field peas

Waterlogging of Winter Crops

Sugarcane and the Nitrate Paradigm

Reducing Insecticide Use in Broad-Acre Grains

Leaching of pre-emergent herbicide from wheat residue

2020 SA Crop Sowing Guide

Seed Variety Guide 2020

Ten tips to early-sown canola

Crop establishment

Leigh Jenkins, NSW DPI | Australia | Winter Crops | Introductory |

Dry-sowing cereals or canola into pasture paddocks for early feed

Sowing options for canola growers

Improving Canola Establishment

Canola establishment in stubble retained systems

Central West Farming Systems | Australia | Canola | Intermediate |

11 Considerations for a late break or dry seeding

Early Sown and Grazed Canola Trial

Dry seeding - more wins than losses

Is canola seed size important for grain yield?

Mallee Sustainable Farming | Australia | Canola | Intermediate |

Time of Sowing

Agronomy for early sown canola

Growing Canola after a cereal

Impact of sowing depth on canola establishment

Defining optimal sowing and flowering periods for canola in Australia

Alternative method of sowing canola hybrids using adhesive tape

Optimum sowing window to maximise canola yield

Dry sowing increase farm level wheat yields

Ten tips for early sown wheat

Redlegged earth mite - Best management practice guide

2020 QLD Crop Sowing Guide

2020 Victorian Crop Sowing Guide

2020 WA Crop Sowing Guide

Genetic diversity improves hybrid crop yields

Yield response of wheat varieties to sowing time

Wheat Growth & Development

Managing Early Sown Wheat

Barley varieties and time of sowing

Northern NSW research results

Nitrogen benefits of chickpea and faba bean

Department of Primary Industri... | Australia | Winter Crops | Intermediate |

Pulses: Putting life into the farm systems

Using per-emergent herbicides in conservation farming systems

Weather damaged cereal seed

Dual purpose grazing cereal evaluation in NSW

Density and nitrogen timing effects on productivity of early sown wheat in Western Australia

Better Wheat Germplasm For Good Seasons And High Inputs

Implications Of Continuing Dry Conditions On Cereal Disease Management

New Genetics To Improve Wheat Establishment And Weed Competitiveness

Managing Chickpea Diseases After The Drought

Drivers For Wheat Yield In The HRZ

Improving Crop Productivity On Sandy Soils

Critical Agronomy For Optimal Canola Growth

Lifting Barley Productivity In Higher Rainfall Zones

Disease Management Of Pulses Grown In Low To Medium Rainfall Zones

Grazing Canola – Agronomic And Feed Considerations

Comparing Canola And Lupin Varieties By Time Of Sowing In The Northern Agricultural Region

Cereal Crop Emergence And Early Root Establishment In Acidic Sandy Subsoil Ameliorated With Lime And Gypsum

Do Barley Varieties Differ In Their Response To Increasing Nitrogen And Increasing Plant Density?

Crop-Topping Chickpea Is Not An Option For Controlling Late Emerging Weeds

Irrigated Wheat Agronomy In Northern Cropping Environments ‐ What's Critical?

Nitrogen Use (In)Efficiency In Wheat – Key Messages From 2014-2017

At what stages are winter crops most sensitive to temperature and water stress?

Improving Harvest Management Decisions In Canola

Can Applying Nitrogen Fertiliser In The Fallow Period Increase Fertiliser Efficiency In Wheat?

Improving Barley Performance In The Low Rainfall Zone

Rethinking Your Approach To Canola Harvesting

Sowing flexibility of chickpea and lentil in the Western Australian farming system

Rapid Detection Of Frost Damage In Wheat Using Remote Sensing

The Risks And Rewards Of Growing Pulse Crops

Pulse Adaptation – Optimising Grain Yield Of Chickpea And Lentils

A New Approach To Managing Loose Smut On Barley

Commercial Harvest Loss Assessments in Chickpeas

Heat and Frost Impact on Lentil

Critical Period of Moisture Vulnerability in Mungbeans

Soil and Management Impacts on Potential Legume Production

Dual-purpose Crops – Direct and Indirect Contribution to Profit

The Impact of Harvest Management in Chickpeas

High Yielding Cereals and Canola - With a Good Start to the Season.

Assessing Long Coleoptile Genetics to Improve Wheat Establishment With Deep Sowing

Winter Sown Sorghum for Central Queensland

Optimising Wheat Maturity X Sowing Date - Sweet Spots for Flowering in CQ

Battling Net Blotch in Barley

Crops That Perform Well in Waterlogged Conditions – Will That Become a Reality?

Key Agronomic Practices and Management to Maximise Profits From Dual-purpose Crops

FlowerPower

Dept Primary Industries and Re... | Wheat | 2021 |

Broad Bean Grow Notes

GRDC | Faba beans | 2017 |

Snapshot of Australian Agriculture 2021

ABARES | Faba beans | 2021 |

NSW Winter crop variety sowing guide 2022

GRDC | Lentils | 2022 |

11 Considerations for a late break or dry seeding

2015 field trials (Vic and Tas)

Australia | Stubble Management Research and & Results | Advanced |

2016 FarmLink Research Report (NSW)

2016 field trials (Vic and Tas)

2017 field trials (Vic and Tas)

2020 QLD Crop Sowing Guide

2020 SA Crop Sowing Guide

2020 Victorian Crop Sowing Guide

2020 WA Crop Sowing Guide

A New Approach To Managing Loose Smut On Barley

GRDC | Australia | Disease Management |