MORE than 70 growers in the Esperance region attended the Grass Patch field walk on July 19.
The popular event was co-ordinated by the Department of Agriculture and Food (DAFWA) with the South East Premium Wheat Growers Association (SEPWA) and the Pulse Association of the South-East (PASE).
Esperance DAFWA senior research officer Mark Seymour said the field walk provided an early stage look at trials in the area.
"We probably looked at five of the six or so trial sites out there," he said.
"We visited a few different places across the day, starting at the Bowmans' property.
"SEPWA project officer Alice Butler had a chat about the potential yield models to predict where we might be at."
Mr Seymour said attendees visited the Sanderson property where Farm and Co/ Landmark agronomist Phil Smyth discussed the potential damage late-grass herbicide application could cause canola crops.
DAFWA cropping system research officer Raj Malik walked growers through the Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) funded oat trials and Esperance DAFWA researcher Jeremy Curry discussed the GRDC-funded barley trials.
Landmark agronomist Nathan Mudie spoke to growers about using fungicides to control or suppress root disease in cereal crops.
At Ron Longbottom's property growers had a look at pulse trials where Mr Seymour led discussions about herbicide tolerance trials on lentils, followed by Summit's Nick Donkin who spoke about long-term phoshorus trials.
At the end of the walk PASE president Mark Wandel spoke about marketing field peas in the Esperance port zone.
Another field walk will be held in Grass Patch on September 14.
