The tour will include trial visits with guest speakers providing first-hand knowledge and explanation of the research and product development occurring at the site.

After above average rainfall, the trials are looking excellent, making the BCG Longerenong College research site a spectacular location for a day in the paddock to up-skill farmers and agronomists. 

Trials being visited on the day include a BCG herbicide matrix trial as well as a number of product development trials from organisations such as Bayer CropScience, Syngenta, Seednet, Dow AgroSciences, Agriculture Victoria, and Longerenong College.

The latest on barley grass knockdown will be presented by James Considine and Nevilla Marra of Syngenta, along with seed treatments in barley, and plant growth regulator trials.

A banded nitrogen trial looking at the location of nitrogen placement in-crop will be highlighted by Agriculture Victoria’s Ash Wallace while Peter Nott and Ant Mitchell, from Dow AgroSciences,and Seednet will provide the latest variety development in wheat, barley, oats, chickpeas, beans, field peas and canola.

An in-depth look at the NSW DPI canola phenology will be presented by BCG research manager Claire Browne with specifics on variety growth habits and the implications of various sowing times.

Jeremy White and Angus Calder of Bayer CropScience will discuss fungicide and seed treatments in barley while a joint trial between BCG, Syngenta, Bayer CropScience and Dow AgroSciences will see the analysis of a herbicide matrix. 

Ms Browne said the day would enable farmers and agronomists to gain up-to-date information from researchers and industry representatives.

“I think that growers and agronomists will appreciate the variation and rigor of the research being undertaken at the site,” she said.

The event is free for all farmers and agronomists.