Site Introduction
The BASF Innovation Site at Finniss, located just around the corner from Strathalbyn and 73 kms from Adelaide city, was our flagship South Australian demonstration site for the 2021 cropping season. Trials showcased Voraxor and Luximax herbicides, along with the new herbicide tolerant canola variety, LibertyLink. Our wheat and barley demonstrations compared BASF’s herbicides with industry standards in various circumstances and in different herbicide mixes. Later in the season we also showcased BASF’s post-emergent herbicide Frequency and upcoming cereal and canola fungicide.
2021
Site information 2021
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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 -
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.
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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.
