PROJECTS Learn more about WANTFA’s current research projects, based primarily at our long term site in Cunderdin as well as other properties in Beacon, Bolgart and Meckering in the West Australian wheatbelt.
PROJECT: Carbon Farming
Extension and Outreach Project: Overcoming barriers for West Australian growers to participate in the Carbon Farming Initiative
PROJECT: Frost
Determing the impact of farming practices and products on cereal crop susceptibility to frost in the Southern and Western regions
PROJECT: Long Term No-Till Farming Systems
GRDC-funded trial is to determine the long term benefits of the key components of conservation agriculture in Western Australian cropping systems
PROJECT: Summer Cropping
Managing fallow cover crops to improve soil fertility and reduce greenhouse gas emissions Long Term No-Till Farming Systems
PROJECT: Time of Sowing
Mimicing a whole farm seeding programme in a small farm demonstration to evaluate risks and benefits of dry sowing.