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Crops and Irrigation
 O'SULLIVAN Damien 2009 The Samuel and Eileen Gluyas Churchill Fellowship to investigate the role of perennial crops and managed grazing for carbon sequestration in grazing land - USA, Argentina, UK
 SERAFIN Loretta 2006 The Swire Group Churchill Fellowship to investigate alternative summer oilseeds (sunflowers, Sesame) for profitable, sustainable crop rotation in North Eastern Australia - Italy, France, USA
 
 GORMAN John 2005 To visit rice growing areas to establish relationships within allied industry sectors and promote AMPAN (panel-board produced from rice stubble) production - USA, Canada
 
 HARRIS Graham 2004 The Swire Group Churchill Fellowship to evaluate current research and commercial use of precision irrigation practices in cotton and broadacre crops aimed at improving water use efficiency and minimising environmental impact - USA, Israel
 HARRIS Graham 2004 The Swire Group Churchill Fellowship to evaluate current research and commercial use of precision irrigation practices in cotton and broadacre crops aimed at improving water use efficiency and minimising environmental impact - USA, Israel
 YOUNG John 2003 The Ronald Badman Family Churchill Fellowship to study methods of integrating lucerne and other deep-rooted perennials into a continuous cropping dry-land farming system without stock - Canada, USA
 GINNIVAN John 2002 To investigate irrigation land use management strategies - USA, Netherlands
 MAYFIELD Allan 2002 To investigate methods of crop management for high yields to ensure that growers have the best information for optimum economic crop production in higher rainfall regions - New Zealand, U.K., Norway, France
 MENSAH Robert 2002 The Swire Group Churchill Fellowship to study the underlying mechanisms of oviposition deterrence of UV-protected Petroleum spray oils against boil worms in agricultural crops with special emphasis on cotton - France
 HAMMOND Nigel 2002 The Samuel and Eileen Gluyas Churchill Fellowship to study the processing of organic grains as well as GMO grain crops in a grain handling/stockfeed environment - USA, U.K., Ireland
 BAUDINETTE Dawn 2001 To identify and research Primary Harvesting and Distillation methods and equipment used by commercial lavender growers which could be adapted for Australian growers - Japan, USA, UK, France
 MATTHEWS David 2001 The Kondinin Group Whittington Churchill Fellowship to investigate ways in which grain growers can improve profitability through innovative marketing, increased involvement in plant variety development, further processing of crops at production source and community bank models - Canada, France Denmark, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany
 
 MOORE David 2001 The Swire Group Churchill Fellowship to study how farmers and researchers within the cotton industry combat and manage rising sodicity while still remaining economically sustainable - USA, Israel
 
 DE BARRO James 2000 The Ronald Badman Family Churchill Fellowship to study the commercial pollination systems used in the production of lucerne seed - USA
 HEATON Christopher 2000 The Kondinin Group Whittington Churchill Fellowship to investigate training in the grain industry, with emphasis on the area of grain handling, storage and marketing - Canada
 
 MARKS Doug 2000 To investigate the latest trends in the production and cold storage of onions - Netherlands, Germany, France, USA
 SLATTERY Jo 2000 To undertake an overseas field collection of new genetic Rhizobium material vital for improving the growth of Australian pasture and crop legumes - South America, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Syria, India
 KELLAWAY Liz 1999 The Kondinin Group Whittington Churchill Fellowship to study ways to encourage broadacre and dairy farmers to adopt new technology to increase production and profitability - USA, Denmark, U.K., New Zealand
 PATTERSON Jeffrey 1999 To study dryland salinity control with lucerne, particularly the methods used to regulate ground water over whole catchments - USA
 
 MCLEAN Robyn 1998 To investigate the application of molecular biotechnologies to improve oat breeding - USA
 
 SPENCE David 1998 The Samuel and Eileen Gluyas Churchill Fellowship to investigate the production of disease-free seed for research purposes - India, Netherlands, USA, Columbia
 
 RITCHIE Mark 1997 The Samual and Eileen Gluyas Churchill Fellowship to review extensive area environmental planning as it applies to the pastoral industry - USA, Canada
 
 SMITH Nigel 1997 The Swire Group Churchill Fellowship to investigate silage production and handling with particular reference to the export market - UK, Ireland, France, Belgium, Germany, Netherlands, Denmark
 
 CASTOR Paul 1996 The Swire Group Churchill Fellowship to study cotton farming - USA
 
 McCALMAN Scott 1995 The Swire Group Churchill Fellowship to study procedures and techniques for the precision establishment of rotation crops into permanent beds in a cotton production system - USA
 
 NORMAN Mark 1995 To investigate crops for use in rotation with irrigated cotton to improve the sustainability of cotton production - USA
 
 HART AM Bernard 1994 The Swire Group Churchill Fellowship to investigate the use of grain legumes and to assess their potential for use in sustainable crop rotations - Syria, Germany, Sweden, UK, USA
 
 JOHNSTON Mark 1994 The James Love Churchill Fellowship to examine the agronomy of coffee growing in Central and East Africa and relate this to the Australian industry - Malawi, Zimbabwe, Kenya,Tanzania
 
 COOK Bruce 1993 The Samuel and Eileen Gluyas Churchill Fellowship to investigate the potential of certain high value pasture plants for the tropical and sub-tropical regions of Australia - Brazil, USA
 
 HOULAHAN James 1993 The Swire Group Churchill Fellowship to review health and safety in agriculture, with particular emphasis on the pesticides and human health effects in the cotton industry - USA
 
 BAGSHAW John 1992 To study post-harvest handling of horticultural crops - USA
 DAHLENBURG Colin 1992 To investiate the latest techniques for summer cropping with particular reference to soil compaction - USA
 
 GORDON Stuart 1992 The Swire Group Churchill Fellowship to undertake a cotton classing course at the Texas International Cotton School and to visit various research institutes - USA
 
 MATTHEWS John 1992 The Ronald Badman Family Churchill Fellowship to investigate weed control in pasture seed crops and cereal crops - USA
 
 BLIGH Kevin 1991 The Wesfarmers Churchill Fellowship to study the development and adoption of no tillage seeding for minimising water erosion on crop land - New Zealand, USA
 
 SCHOLZ Bradley 1991 The Swire Group Churchill Fellowship to study the reduction of insecticide use in crop production by use of native egg parasites with particular reference to the cotton industry - Netherlands, Switzerland, Canada, USA, Germany
 
 KAY Adam 1990 The Swire Group Churchill Fellowship to study procedures and techniques for the evaluation of soil physical conditions in the field to assist land management for cotton production - USA, UK
 
 SPENCER Geoffrey 1989 To study irrigation management trends - USA, Thailand
 
 RIX Anthony 1984 To study methods of irrigation in horticulture with special emphasis on water conservation and water quality - USA, Brazil, South Africa, Israel
 
 SHAW Roger 1984 To study recent advances in criteria and methods for assessing the quality of water for irrigation purposes and attend an international conference on the subject in Israel - USA, Israel
 
 CAMERON Roderick 1982 To study the cultivation, utilisation and conservation of sorghum and other grain crops in arid areas - USA, Israel
 
 HIGGINSON Francis 1982 To study the structure and physical stability of vertisols (black soils) and alfisols (red soils) used for irrigation farming - India, Pakistan
 
 GOLDRING Michael 1980 To study quality control in the rice industry - USA
 
 WEBB Peter 1980 To study the techniques of obtaining increased yields from oil seed rape and sunflower crops by the use of honey bees for pollination - USA

 

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