To look at best management practices for erosion and salinity control and compare crop and pasture growth, water use and subsequent recharge.
Key messages
The Sustainable Land Management Demonstration Sites in the Mallee have been established to demonstrate improved farming practices through a better understanding of crop management and water use to reduce groundwater recharge and soil erosion.
Lead research organisation
N/A
Host research organisation
N/A
Related program
N/A
Acknowledgments
Thanks to Pat Hallam at Hopetoun and Rob Hender at Waitchie, who have been fantastic collaborators on this project, hosting the sites and allowing the project team access to their properties.
Trial source data and summary not available Check the trial
report PDF for trial results.
Climate
Derived climate information
No observed climate data available for this trial. Derived climate data is
determined from trial site location and national weather sources.
Hopetoun VIC
Waitchie VIC
Hopetoun VIC
NOTE: Exact trial site locality unknown - Climate data may not be accurate
Waitchie VIC
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.
