GRDC Hot Topic: Soil acidity in WA

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Aims:

  • To determine if the addition of lime and its method of incorporation (none/control, MBP or deep rip) has an effect on the soil pH profile and crop productivity.
  • To compare the impact of mouldboard ploughing and deep ripping on topsoil water repellence compared to an untreated control.

Grain Legume: Lupins 1 trial Soil Improvement Soil Improvement Rate Soil Improvement Soil Improvement Type
Wickepin, WA Loamy sand over gravel
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To investigate amelioration of subsoil acidity through topdressing higher rates of lime and combining lime with gypsum.

Cereal (Grain): Wheat 1 trial Soil Improvement Soil Improvement Rate Soil Improvement Soil Improvement Type
East Maya, WA Acidic sand
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To assess the impact of various levels of soil disturbance (cultivation methods) on water repellence and productivity and the interaction of these cultivation methods with soil amendments, lime and clay.

Cereal (Grain): Wheat 1 trial Soil Improvement Soil Improvement Rate Soil Improvement Soil Improvement Type
Badgingarra, WA Pale deep sand
Trial Report Unavailable
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To demonstrate how soil inversion using a mouldbaord plough could be used to incorporate lime into acidic subsoil, overcome soil water repellance and control weeds and to measure its in=mpact and growth.

Oilseed: Canola 1 trial Soil Improvement Soil Improvement Application Method
Moora, WA
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To investigate the effect on wheat yield between applications of a gypsum/dolomite mix, high-cal product and lime, and also to compare the long term effects the three products have on soil acidity

Cereal (Grain): Wheat 1 trial Farm operations Farm operations Economics Soil Improvement Soil Improvement Rate Soil Improvement Soil Improvement Type
Kalannie, WA Acidic sand
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Using tillage to incorporate lime improves the rates of reaction and increases subsurface pH soomer than spreading lime on the surface alone.

Cereal (Grain): Wheat 1 trial Soil Improvement Soil Improvement Application Method Soil Improvement Soil Improvement Rate
West Binnu, WA Yellow sandplain
Trial Report Unavailable
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To assess amelioration of subsoil acidity using a range of tillage methods for incorporating surface applied lime into acidic subsoils and the impacts of tillage and lime on crop productivity.

Cereal (Grain): Barley 1 trial Soil Improvement
Regans Ford, WA Yellow deep sand
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To assess the capacity of surface applied and deep placed lime to improve subsoil pH and productivity of deep acid (Wodjil) sand.

Cereal (Grain): Wheat 1 trial Soil Improvement Soil Improvement Rate Soil Improvement Soil Improvement Type
Latham, WA Acidic sand
Trial Report Unavailable
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To improve grain production by ameliorating subsurface compaction and subsurface acidity.

Cereal (Grain): Wheat 1 trial Soil Improvement Soil Improvement Rate Soil Improvement Soil Improvement Type
Latham, WA Acidic sand
Trial Report Unavailable
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To improve grain production by ameliorating subsurface compaction and subsurface acidity.

Cereal (Grain): Wheat 1 trial Engineering Engineering Tillage Soil Improvement
Kalannie, WA Acidic sand
Trial Report Unavailable
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Aims:

To improve grain production by ameliorating subsurface compaction and subsurface acidity.

Cereal (Grain): Barley 1 trial Soil Improvement Soil Improvement Application Method Soil Improvement Soil Improvement Rate Soil Improvement Soil Improvement Type
Perenjori, WA Sandy loam
Trial Report Unavailable
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To improve grain production by ameliorating subsurface compaction and subsurface acidity.

Cereal (Grain): Wheat 1 trial Soil Improvement Soil Improvement Application Method Soil Improvement Soil Improvement Type
West Maya, WA Sand over gravel
Trial Report Unavailable
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To improve grain production by ameliorating subsurface compaction and subsurface acidity.

Cereal (Grain): Wheat 1 trial Soil Improvement Soil Improvement Application Method Soil Improvement Soil Improvement Type
West Maya, WA Acidic sand
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Main aims of the project are: • Demonstrate different methods of lime incorporation. • Assess rate responses to lime through subsoil amelioration. • Economics of lime rate by tillage method

Cereal (Grain): Triticale 1 trial Fertiliser Fertiliser Rate Soil Improvement Soil Improvement Type
Newcarlbeon, WA Wodjil
Trial Report Unavailable
Important Caution The results of this trial may have been impacted by unusual or adverse events
Low rainfall
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To provide an overview and improve understanding of the range of tillage implements available to growers to incorporate lime, their respective costs and benefits and to assess novel options.

None: No crop specified 1 trial Soil Improvement Soil Improvement Type
Dandaragan, WA
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A four-year study has investigated if lime applied in a low pH soil could enhance the efficacy of herbicides on weeds (ryegrass and barley grass) and improve crop performance in a wheat-wheat-lupin-barley rotation at the Wongan Hills Research Station, Western Australia.

Cereal (Grain): Barley 1 trial Crop Crop Type Crop Crop Rotation Soil Improvement Soil Improvement Soil Improvement Application Method
Wongan Hills, WA Sand
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A four-year study has investigated if lime applied in a low pH soil could enhance the efficacy of herbicides on wild radish and improve crop performance in a wheat-wheat-lupin-barley rotation at the Wongan Hills Research Station, Western Australia (WA).

Cereal (Grain): Barley 1 trial Crop Crop Type Herbicide Herbicide Type Soil Improvement Soil Improvement Soil Improvement Application Method
Wongan Hills, WA Sand
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To determine whether a profit can be achieved from incorporating lime in the year it is applied.

Cereal (Grain): Wheat 1 trial Fertiliser Fertiliser Timing Fertiliser Fertiliser Type Soil Improvement Soil Improvement Type
West Wubin, WA Sandy loam
Trial Report Unavailable
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To determine whether a profit can be achieved from incorporating lime in the year it is applied.

Cereal (Grain): Wheat 1 trial Soil Improvement Soil Improvement Type
Regans Ford, WA Deep yellow sand
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To determine whether lime has an effect on potassium (K) response

Cereal (Grain): Wheat 1 trial Fertiliser Fertiliser Application Method Fertiliser Fertiliser Rate Fertiliser Fertiliser Type
Wongan Hills, WA Sandy loam
Trial Report Unavailable
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To determine the effects of spading on lime and potassium (K) response

Grain Legume: Lupins 1 trial Soil Improvement Soil Improvement Type
Marchagee, WA Sand
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To examine whether spading (partial-inversion tillage) can be used to manage water repellence and subsoil acidity on sandplain soil

Grain Legume: Lupins 1 trial Soil Improvement Soil Improvement Type
East Marchagee, WA Sand
Trial Report Unavailable
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To examine whether deep cultivation by spading can be used to manage water repellence and subsoil acidity on sandplain soil.

Cereal (Grain): Wheat 1 trial Soil Improvement Soil Improvement Type
East Marchagee, WA Sand
Trial Report Unavailable
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To examine whether deep cultivation by spading can be used to manage water repellence and subsoil acidity on sandplain soil.

Cereal (Grain): Wheat 1 trial Soil Improvement Soil Improvement Type
East Marchagee, WA Sand
Trial Report Unavailable
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To examine whether deep cultivation by spading can be used to manage water repellence and subsoil acidity on non-wetting sand.

Cereal (Grain): Wheat 1 trial Soil Improvement
East Marchagee, WA Deep yellow sand
Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
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To assess the value of spading on deep yellow sandplain and additional advantages that may come from the ability of spading to incorporate lime and nutrients into the subsoil.

Cereal (Grain): Wheat 2 trials Soil Improvement Soil Improvement Rate
Dandaragan, WA
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Assess the value of several traits that aim to improve the acid-soil tolerance of wheat under field conditions.

Cereal (Grain): Wheat 1 trial Soil Improvement Technology Technology Other
Regans Ford, WA Deep yellow sand
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Aims:

  • To assess the effectiveness of surface and deep placed lime to overcome subsoil acidity.
  • To assess role of deep ripping in overcoming compaction and tramline farming to prevent compaction.

Cereal (Grain): Wheat 1 trial Soil Improvement Soil Improvement Rate Soil Improvement Soil Improvement Type
Maya, WA Acidic sand
Trial Report Unavailable
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To measure the impact on crop productivity of combinations of lime and mouldboard ploughing on acidic deep yellow sand.

Cereal (Grain): Wheat 3 trials Engineering Engineering Tillage Soil Improvement
West Moora, WA Deep sand
Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
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Cereal (Grain): Wheat 1 trial Soil Improvement Soil Improvement Rate Soil Improvement Soil Improvement Type
Moora, WA
Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
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To assess the effect of different rates of CalSap® applied in-furrow on an acidic sand over gravel.

Cereal (Grain): Wheat 1 trial Fertiliser Fertiliser Application Method Soil Improvement
east Buntine, WA Sand over gravel
Trial Report Unavailable
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Aims:

To showcase to growers different methods for deep incorporation of lime to ameliorate sub surface, below 10cm, acidity and improve soil health.

Cereal (Grain): Wheat 2 trials Soil Improvement Soil Improvement Application Method Soil Improvement Soil Improvement Rate
West Ogilvie, WA Yellow sandplain
Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
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To investigate the acidity profile in 2003 and 2004 of a lime trial conducted in 1986 by Aglime Australia. Does lime moved down the soil profile?

None: No crop specified 1 trial Soil Improvement Soil Improvement Rate
East Carnamah, WA Acidic sand
Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
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Aims:

To determine how best to ameliorate subsoil acidity.

Cereal (Grain): Wheat Oilseed: Canola 6 trials Soil Improvement
Tenterden, WA
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Oilseed: Canola Cereal (Grain): Wheat 12 trials Soil Improvement Soil Improvement Application Method Soil Improvement Soil Improvement Rate
Tenterden, WA
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Aims:

To improve understanding of the range of tillage implements and techniques available to incorporate lime into acidic soils, their respective costs and benefits.

Cereal (Grain): Wheat Oilseed: Canola Grain Legume: Lupins Cereal (Grain): Barley 96 trials Fertiliser Fertiliser Application Method Soil Improvement
Badgingarra, WA Dandaragan, WA Mingenew, WA
Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
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To compare methods of applying molybdenum and assess the benefits of lime. 

Cereal (Grain): Wheat 1 trial Soil Improvement Soil Improvement Rate Soil Improvement Soil Improvement Timing
Gutha, WA
Trial Report Unavailable
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To investigate the effects of lime, gypsum and dolomite for wheat and lupin production on an acid soil.

Grain Legume: Lupins 2 trials Crop Crop Rotation Soil Improvement Soil Improvement Rate Soil Improvement Soil Improvement Type
East Wubin, WA Acidic sand
Trial Report Unavailable
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Aims:

To investigate the effects of Lime, Gypsum and Dolomite on grain production on acid soils.

Cereal (Grain): Wheat Cereal (Grain): Barley 2 trials Soil Improvement Soil Improvement Rate
East Wubin, WA Sandy loam
Trial Report Unavailable
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Aims:

To monitor the long term effects of incorporated lime versus no incorporation.

Oilseed: Canola 2 trials Soil Improvement Soil Improvement Rate
Bremer bay, WA
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Aims:

To evaluate the long term effect various rates of lime applications has on yield and protein in wheat.

Cereal (Grain): Wheat 1 trial Soil Improvement Soil Improvement Rate Soil Improvement Soil Improvement Timing
East Carnamah, WA Sandy loam
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This paper aims to summarise the grain yield response and weed control achieved by a one-off soil inversion.

Oilseed: Canola 1 trial Management systems Management systems Integrated weed management Soil Improvement
Badgingarra, WA
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To determine the effects of mouldboard ploughing on a Wongan Hills yellow sand when varying lime and nutrient inputs.

Cereal (Grain): Wheat 1 trial Fertiliser Fertiliser Application Method Soil Improvement Soil Improvement Type
Wongan Hills, WA Sandy loam
Trial Report Unavailable
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Aims:

To determine the effects of mouldboarding and deep ripping on a Wongan Hills yellow sand when varying lime and nutrient inputs

Cereal (Grain): Wheat 1 trial Fertiliser Fertiliser Application Method Soil Improvement Soil Improvement Application Method Soil Improvement Soil Improvement Type
Wongan Hills, WA Sandy loam
Trial Report Unavailable
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This trial was established 2006 to :

  • demonstrate responses to Super Phos, potash and lime in pasture and the benefits to the following crop, and
  • to demonstrate the benefits of pasture manipulation and intake in furrow to the following crop.
Cereal (Grain): Wheat 1 trial Fertiliser Fertiliser Rate Fertiliser Fertiliser Type Soil Improvement Soil Improvement Application Method
Dandaragan, WA Red brown loam
Trial Report Unavailable
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To find a way to improve the productivity and sustainability of the Darkan river flats.

Bokal, WA
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Aims:

  • To identify impact of amelioration on maintaining productivity of adapted varieties in a district.
  • To compare effect of amelioration on soil pH.

Cereal (Grain): Wheat 1 trial Crop Crop Type
Regans Ford, WA Yellow deep sand
Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
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To determine whether adjustments need to be made to a range of decision support systems (DSSs) to quantitatively account for the effect of gravel on inputs such as fertilisers, lime, pesticides and herbicides.

Cereal (Grain): Wheat 1 trial Farm operations Soil Properties Soil Improvement
Badgingarra, WA
Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
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To determine responses to Super Phos, Potash and Lime in a pasture wheat rotation over 5 years.

Cereal (Grain): Wheat 5 trials Fertiliser Fertiliser Type
Dandaragan, WA Red sandy clay loam
Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
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Aims:

To establish a farmer scale demonstration site at Nungarin on a Wodjil soil type investigating cheap, cost-effective methodology to effectively incorporate lime to depth which removes the subsurface constraint and provides more immediate returns to growers on their investment.

Cereal (Grain): Wheat 1 trial Fertiliser Fertiliser Rate Soil Improvement Soil Improvement Type
Nungarin, WA Wodjil
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Caldo Holdings Pty Ltd

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To determine how lime, nutrients or other amendments are distributed through the soil after applicaiton with different mixing methods.

None: No crop specified 1 trial Soil Improvement
Dandaragan, WA
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To determine suitable tine spacing and lime products for deep banding of lime to treat subsurface acidity.

Cereal (Grain): Barley 1 trial Soil Improvement Soil Improvement Type
Maya, WA Sandy loam
Trial Report Unavailable Source Data Unavailable
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Aims:

To test a suitable relatively quick and cost-effective method of ameliorating subsurface acidity.

Cereal (Grain): Wheat 1 trial Soil Improvement Soil Improvement Rate
Maya, WA Sand
Trial Report Unavailable
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To investigating if applying fertiliser according to productivity zones is more profitable than blanket applications of fertiliser across the whole paddock. We aimed to design trials to demonstrate to growers that matching fertiliser inputs to productivity zones will increase whole paddock profitability compared to blanket applications of fertil… read more

Grain Legume: Lupins Cereal (Grain): Wheat Oilseed: Canola Cereal (Grain): Barley 8 trials Crop Crop Type Management systems Management systems Precision Agriculture
Corrigin, WA
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