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Practice for Profit 2006

2006
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Research organisation
Liebe Group

Trial details

Researcher(s) Darren Chitty (AgriTech)
Year(s) 2006
Contributor Liebe Group
Trial location(s) Buntine, WA
Practice for Profit 2006 locations
Aims

To determine optimal input packages for commonly grown wheat varieties in the Buntine area.

Key messages

Crop vigour: the low input treatments showed the least amount of vigour; a direct result of minimal nitrogen and a low seeding rate.

Lead research organisation N/A
Host research organisation N/A
Related program N/A
Acknowledgments

Thanks to Liebe Group and Farmanco.

  • Paper reviewed by Ashley Bacon.
Other trial partners Not specified
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Method

Crop type Cereal (Grain): Wheat
Treatment type(s)
  • Fertiliser : Application Method
  • Herbicide : Application Method
Trial type Experimental
Trial design Replicated

Buntine 2006

Sow date 27 May 2006
Harvest date Not specified
Plot size 9m x 3m
Plot replication 3
Fertiliser

as per treatments
Herbicide

as per treatments
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Trial results Table 1

# Variety
 Treatment 1
Gross margin ($/ha) Protein (%) Screenings (%) Grain yield (t/ha)
1 █ Arrino █ Active Input 21.06 12.5 2.8 0.48
2 █ Arrino █ District Input -22.74 14.1 3.6 0.4
3 █ Arrino █ High Input -86.47 13.6 3.3 0.72
4 █ Arrino █ Low Input 32.16 13.5 2.4 0.39
5 █ Bonnie Rock █ Active Input 20.25 13 6.5 0.46
6 █ Bonnie Rock █ District Input -26.25 14.2 9.5 0.38
7 █ Bonnie Rock █ High Input -126.15 14.1 8.4 0.52
8 █ Bonnie Rock █ Low Input 50.66 138 8 0.47
9 █ Calingiri █ Active Input 40.39 11.4 5.2 0.57
10 █ Calingiri █ District Input 7.58 13.2 6 0.56
11 █ Calingiri █ High Input -134.15 13.5 6.2 0.51
12 █ Calingiri █ Low Input 55.64 12.5 4.7 0.51
13 █ Wyalkatchem █ Active Input 0.44 11.5 4.8 0.38
14 █ Wyalkatchem █ District Input -25.67 14.1 4.2 0.37
15 █ Wyalkatchem █ High Input -127.04 13.7 4.3 0.51
16 █ Wyalkatchem █ Low Input 58.85 12.5 3.6 0.49

Grain yield t/ha

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Observed trial site soil information
Trial site soil testing
Site Depth Type pH EC P K N A OC CAT
Buntine, WA 0 - 10cm Sandy loam
Buntine, WA 10 - 30cm Sandy loam
Soil conditions
Trial site Soil texture
Buntine, WA Sandy loam
Derived trial site soil information
Australian Soil Classification Source: ASRIS
Trial site Soil order
Buntine, WA Kandosol
Soil Moisture Source: BOM/ANU
Average amount of water stored in the soil profile during the year, estimated by the OzWALD model-data fusion system.
Year Buntine WA
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Climate

Buntine WA 2006

Observed climate information

Rainfall trial gsr (mm) 122mm

Derived climate information

Buntine WA

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Some data on this site is sourced from the Bureau of Meteorology

SILO weather estimates sourced from https://www.longpaddock.qld.gov.au/silo/
Jeffrey, S.J., Carter, J.O., Moodie, K.B. and Beswick, A.R. (2001). Using spatial interpolation to construct a comprehensive archive of Australian climate data , Environmental Modelling and Software, Vol 16/4, pp 309-330. DOI: 10.1016/S1364-8152(01)00008-1.

Trial report and links

2006 trial report