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300 remain competitive, an essential requirement for a country that relies substantially on production for export. Another featu ...

301 reflect the history of the development of the wider agricultural industry. The use of superphosphate fertiliser, trace eleme ...

302 Reducing costs, often at the same time as improving product yield and quality, has only been possible through maintaining so ...

303 3 Resource Management 3.1 Climates and Soils Dryland cropping zones in Australia mainly occur between the 300 and 600 mm rai ...

304 3.2 Landcare Concern among both rural and urban communities in Australia has led to the organ- isation of local groups of la ...

305 naturally- poor soil fertility and fragile landscapes (McKenzie et al. 2004 ), it is probably unsurprising that concern for ...

306 ment (site × season) can dominate the responses but management (tactical agron- omy) and interactions with the environment c ...

307 2001 ; Lemerle et al. 2004 ), nutrient use efficiency (Anderson and Hoyle 1999 ) and suitability for dual-purpose use (grazi ...

308 The main benefit of this change is that crops are now growing in a period of lower average evaporative demand and better pre ...

309 period. To assess water use (or production) efficiency of wheat yields across Australia, state yields and statistical sub-di ...

310 livestock. This is particularly the case in eastern Australia where ENSO (El Niño – Southern Oscillation) events dominate ra ...

311 4.4 Product Quality – The Case for Wheat There has been an increasing understanding across the supply chain of Australian wh ...

312 4.5 Nutrient Efficiency More precise management of fertiliser application to wheat crops is desirable to increase profits an ...