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Is it Cost Effective to Segregate Canola in WA?
Crowe, Bronwyn; Pluske, Johanna M. - In: Australasian Agribusiness Review 14 (2006)
If genetically modified (GM) canola varieties are to be released for commercial cultivation in Australia, the Australian canola supply chain would have to consider segregation options if it wishes to continue marketing non-GM canola and comply with worldwide labelling requirements. The...
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Changed Payment System for Wheat Grades: Consequences for Farming Systems in the Central West of NSW
Patton, Dean A.; Brennan, John P. - In: Australasian Agribusiness Review 11 (2003)
The new AWB Ltd payment system for wheat grades has changed the incentives for farmers to grow and market wheat varieties in Australia. Based around standard quality characteristics, the payment system provides incremental premiums and discounts for deviations in protein and screenings around...
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Will Genetically Modified Canola be Adopted in WA?
Crowe, Bronwyn; Pluske, Johanna M. - In: Australasian Agribusiness Review 14 (2006)
Despite approval being given by the Gene Technology Regulator to plant genetically modified (GM) canola varieties in Australia, the question as to whether farmers would be prepared to grow GM canola is still being explored. The purpose of this paper is to establish not only if producers would...
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An Economic Evaluation of the Ricecheck Extension Program in NSW
Singh, Rajinder Pal; Brennan, John P.; Lacy, John - In: Australasian Agribusiness Review 15 (2007)
information on the impact of the best management practices on crop yields and farm profitability. In this paper, the economic …
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Quality Assurance Certification and Implementation: Growers' Costs and Perceived Benefits
Kingwell, Ross S. - In: Australasian Agribusiness Review 11 (2003)
This study reports findings from a mail survey of Western Australian broadacre farmers participating in quality assurance (QA) accreditation. A 50 percent response rate generated a sample size of 78 usable replies. The average farm in the survey spent $13,470 gaining QA accreditation, upgrading...
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Economics of soil management in psture systems for sheep enterprises in the Central West Catchment of NSW
Farrell, Terence C. - In: Australasian Agribusiness Review 17 (2009)
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An economic evaluation of conservation farming practices for the central west of NSW
Farrell, Terence C. - In: Australasian Agribusiness Review 16 (2008)
Economic benefits that arise from conservation farming practices need to be assessed over several years to account for improvements in soil structure and nutrient levels. A gross margin model was used to assess benefits over the eight-year period 1999-2006 for 12 regions in the central west of...
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Alternate Modes of Irrigation and Farmer Returns Under Conjunctive Water Management in Pakistan
Jehangir, Waqar Ahmed; Ashfaq, Muhammad; Christen, Evan - In: Australasian Agribusiness Review 11 (2003)
The paper describes a study of canal and supplemental ground water used by 544 farmers for wheat growing in the Rechna Doab catchment of Pakistan. The main objective was to assess the on-farm financial gains through alternate modes of irrigation and comparing them with conjunctive water use. For...
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Production Response and Input Demand in Decision Making: Nitrogen Fertilizer and Wheat Growers
Farquharson, Robert J. - In: Australasian Agribusiness Review 14 (2006)
The use of economic analysis to aid farm input investment decisions has been contentious because of observed flatness of economic response in the region of the optimum input. In this paper an application of a crop simulation model, to specify the production response, in conjunction with...
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Economic Analysis of Breeding for Improved Cold Tolerance in Rice in Australia
Singh, Rajinder Pal; Brennan, John P.; Farrell, Tim; … - In: Australasian Agribusiness Review 13 (2005)
yields in southern Australia. Yield losses due to cold temperature are the result of incomplete pollen formation and … using those genotypes as parent material, develop cold tolerance varieties of rice. A yield simulation model was used to … benefits through a reduction in losses due to cold and an increase in yield from the better use of nitrogen by the cold …
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