Narrabri

The I. A. Watson Wheat Research Centre at Narrabri is the main field testing site for crops being developed by the University of Sydney. This was established as the Northwest Wheat Research Institute by the NSW State Wheat Improvement Committee in 1968 and the University of Sydney was invited to manage it.

The Breeding program at the Centre has produced a large number of rust-resistant wheat varieties in the Prime Hard and Australian Hard marketing classes. The Narrabri plains allow the plants to reach their best potential and assist the selection process with yield and disease trials.