A SPECISL REPORT ON WHERE PGRO IS TARGETING YOUR PULSE LEVY FOR 2011

摘要

For 2011, the largest project spend is again the production of Recommended Lists of varieties of combining peas and winter and spring field beans. The list is produced from a series of trials in the main pulse growing areas of the county. Some of these trials have to be subcontracted, but are supervised closely by PGRO and headed by Steve Belcher. Nine pea and nine spring bean sites together with six winter bean trials make up the programme. The new lists are published in early December each year andalso in the annual Pulse Agronomy Guide. New this year is an evaluation of min-till establishment of combining peas. In some farming systems, this approach may be desirable and so we have an opportunity to study the pros and cons of such a system with special reference to plant establishment weed management and costs. The work is being coordinated by Jim Scrimshaw.