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Cereal Practice for Profit 2009

2009
CC BY 4.0

Research organisation
Liebe Group

Trial details

Researcher(s) Peter Carlton
Year(s) 2009
Contributor Liebe Group
Trial location(s) Pithara, WA
Cereal Practice for Profit 2009 locations
Aims

To examine the effect of increasing inputs to three commonly grown cereal varieties representing APW, noodle and malt segregations, and a new wheat investigating the prospects for ethanol production from wheat, on profitability for growers in the Liebe Group area.

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

Pithara 2009

Sow date 28 May 2009
Harvest date Not specified
Plot size Not specified
Plot replication 3
Fertiliser

As per treatments
Herbicide

As per treatments
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Trial results Table 1

# Treatment 1
Treatment 2
Treatment 3
Treatment 4
Gross margin ($/ha) Plant density (plants/m2) Protein (%) Screenings (%) Grain yield (t/ha) Ryegrass density rating (1-9) Wild radish density rating (1-9)
1 █ Calingiri █ District Input █ █ -142 134 10.5 6.9 0.99 3.7 3.3
2 █ Ethanol Wheat █ District Input █ █ -198 134 11.2 7.7 0.77 5 4
3 █ Hamelin Barley █ District Input █ █ -154 135 12.3 55.3 1.13 2.3 2.7
4 █ Wyalkatchem █ District Input █ █ -57 123 10.5 5.3 1.26 5 3.3
5 █ Calingiri █ High Input █ █ -271 147 11.2 4.6 1.45 2.7 3.3
6 █ Ethanol Wheat █ High Input █ █ -340 160 10.3 8.1 1.17 3.3 3.7
7 █ Hamelin Barley █ High Input █ █ -369 142 11.7 37.4 1.17 2.3 2.7
8 █ Wyalkatchem █ High Input █ █ -229 134 10.7 3.7 1.58 3 3.7
9 █ Calingiri █ Low Input █ █ -36 91 10 5.2 1.05 4 3.7
10 █ Ethanol Wheat █ Low Input █ █ -149 99 10.9 9.4 0.58 7 4.3
11 █ Hamelin Barley █ Low Input █ █ -86 98 10.5 23.1 0.91 3.3 4
12 █ Wyalkatchem █ Low Input █ █ -18 81 9.3 4.7 1.17 5.7 3.7
13 █ █ █ █ Calingiri Wheat 124.1 1.16 3.4 3.4
14 █ █ █ █ District 131.7 1.04 4 3.3
15 █ █ █ █ Ethanol Wheat 130.7 0.84 5.1 4
16 █ █ █ █ Hamelin Barley 125.1 1.07 2.7 3.1
17 █ █ █ High █ 145.7 1.35 2.8 3.3
18 █ █ █ Low █ 92.1 0.93 5 3.9
19 █ █ █ █ Wyalkatchem Wheat 112.7 1.34 4.6 3.6

Grain yield t/ha

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Gross margin $/ha

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Plant density plants/m2

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Protein %

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Ryegrass density rating 1-9

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Screenings %

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Wild radish density rating 1-9

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Observed trial site soil information
Trial site soil testing
Site Depth Type pH EC P K N A OC CAT
Pithara, WA 0 - 10cm Sandy loam
Pithara, WA 10 - 30cm Sandy loam
Soil conditions
Trial site Soil texture
Pithara, WA Sandy loam
Derived trial site soil information
Australian Soil Classification Source: ASRIS
Trial site Soil order
Pithara, 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.
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Climate

Pithara WA 2009

Observed climate information

Rainfall trial gsr (mm) 201mm

Derived climate information

Pithara 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

2009 trial report



Trial last modified: 23-07-2019 11:06am AEST