Site Introduction
The BASF Innovation Site at Finniss is just around the corner from Strathalbyn and 73 kms from Adelaide city. Finniss is our flagship South Australian demonstration site for the 2021 cropping season. BASF is eager to showcase our new herbicides Voraxor and Luximax, along with the new herbicide tolerant canola variety, LibertyLink. Our wheat and barley demonstrations will compare BASF’s new herbicides with industry standards in various circumstances and in different herbicide mixes. We’ll also showcase BASF’s post-emergent herbicide Frequency and new cereal and canola fungicide.
Strathalbyn wheat pre-emergent herbicide trial
BASF Technical Services Specialist Damien Hooper, takes a look at our wheat pre-emergent herbicide trial located at our Innovation site in Strathalbyn SA.
Strathalbyn barley pre-emergent herbicide trial
BASF Technical Services Specialist Damien Hooper, takes a look at our barley pre-emergent herbicide trial located at our Innovation site in Strathalbyn, SA.
Site at a glance - Wheat
Sowing date: 18 May 2021
Conditions at Sowing: Marginal moisture
Soil Type: Sandy loam
In-Season Rainfall: ~180ml
Weed/Disease focus: Dock, capeweed, radish, ARG, clover, prickly lettuce and volunteer wheat.
Product focus: Voraxor, Luximax, Frequency, Opera and InVigor canola varieties, including Truflex and LibertyLink stacks (LT= Liberty + Triazine Tolerant & LR = Liberty + Truflex) with Podguard trait.
Site at a glance - Canola
Sowing date: 14 May 2021
Conditions at Sowing: Marginal moisture
Previous crop / stubble: Scepter wheat stubble
Fertliser applied: 100 kg/ha DAP 18:20 (at sowing), 120 Kg/ha Urea, 100 Kg/ha SOA
Other treatments: Mouse-Off @ 2kg/ha – PSPE, 10 Kg/ha Slug Bait - PSPE, Pyrinex Super @ 1.5L/ha – PSPE
Herbicide treatments: Overwatch 1.25L/ha + 3L/ha of Roundup + 45ml/ha of Hammer application IBS
Weed/Disease focus: Annual ryegrass, volunteer wheat, crassula, dock, radish, prickly lettuce, capeweed, milk thistle and fumitory. The disease present is blackleg.
Product focus: Liberty Herbicide, ILeVO seed dressing, InVigor Hybrids, Liberty canola and TruFlex canola
Site at a glance - Barley
Sowing date: 18 May 2021
Conditions at Sowing: Marginal moisture
Soil Type: Sandy loam
In-Season Rainfall: ~180ml
Weed/Disease focus: Dock, capeweed, radish, ARG, clover, prickly lettuce and volunteer wheat.
Product focus: Voraxor
Plot performance
Interested in attending a field walk?
If you’re interested in attending a face-to-face field walk at our Strathalbyn Innovation Site, please complete the form below and a member of our team will be in touch shortly.
Site Contacts
Damien Hooper
Broadacre Technical Services
- South Australia and Western Victoria
- damien.hooper@basf.com
- 0408 637 348
Garry Arbon
Broadacre Specialist
- EP, KI, FP, Riverland, Mallee, SE SA
- garry.arbon@basf.com
- 0417 009 657
Hannah McArdle
Broadacre Specialist
- Adelaide, Barossa, Mid North & Yorke Peninsula
- hannah.mcardle@basf.com
- 0438 437 658
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