Sustainable land management

2005

Research organisaton
Funding source

Trial details

Researcher(s) Anne Jackman (Cropfacts)
Bobby Liston (BCG)
Jodie Odgers (BCG)
Year(s) 2005
Contributor Birchip Cropping Group
Trial location(s) Hopetoun, VIC
Sea Lake, VIC
Waitchie, VIC
Sustainable land management locations
Aims

In 2006 seven Demonstration Sites funded by the National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality and the National Landcare Program continued to be used to demonstrate and measure the potential impact of best management practices for dryland agriculture in the Mallee.

Key messages
  • Test your soil- soil testing individual paddocks for nutrient status and plant available water at the start of the season allows you to determine the paddocks yield potential and requirements. Knowing this information at sowing can assist in making decisions throughout the season.
  • Yield Prophet- the crop simulation model is a great tool for assessing crop risk and predicting potential yields.
Lead research organisation N/A
Host research organisation N/A
Trial funding source National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality
Related program N/A
Acknowledgments

Thanks go to Mick McClelland at Sea Lake, Pat Hallam at Hopetoun and Rob Hender at Waitchie. They have been great collaborators on the project, hosting the sites and also allowing the project staff and field day participants access to their properties.


Other trial partners Not specified
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Method

Crop types Cereal (Grain): Wheat Hay: Lucerne
Treatment type(s)
  • Management systems: Land Management / ecosystems
Trial type Demonstration
Trial design Unreplicated

Hopetoun 2005 Wheat

Sow date Not specified
Harvest date Not specified
Plot size Not specified
Plot replication Not specified

Hopetoun 2005 Lucerne

Sow date Not specified
Harvest date Not specified
Plot size Not specified
Plot replication Not specified

Sea Lake 2005 Wheat

Sow date Not specified
Harvest date Not specified
Plot size Not specified
Plot replication Not specified

Sea Lake 2005 Lucerne

Sow date Not specified
Harvest date Not specified
Plot size Not specified
Plot replication Not specified

Waitchie 2005 Wheat

Sow date Not specified
Harvest date Not specified
Plot size Not specified
Plot replication Not specified

Waitchie 2005 Lucerne

Sow date Not specified
Harvest date Not specified
Plot size Not specified
Plot replication Not specified
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Trial source data and summary not available
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Observed trial site soil information
Trial site soil testing
Not specified
Soil conditions
Trial site Soil texture
Hopetoun, VIC Not specified
Sea Lake, VIC Not specified
Waitchie, VIC Not specified
Derived trial site soil information
Australian Soil Classification Source: ASRIS
Trial site Soil order
Hopetoun, VIC Tenosol
Sea Lake, VIC Lake
Waitchie, VIC Calcarosol
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 Hopetoun VIC Sea Lake VIC Waitchie VIC
2005 483.1mm565.3mm451.6mm
2004 436.8mm518.4mm389.3mm
2003 429.3mm516.3mm426.3mm
2002 387.1mm469.9mm404.5mm
2001 445.0mm498.5mm472.2mm
2000 453.4mm473.9mm434.9mm
National soil grid Source: CSIRO/TERN
NOTE: National Soil Grid data is aggregated information for background information on the wider area
Actual soil values can vary significantly in a small area and the trial soil tests are the most relevant data where available

Soil properties

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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

Sea Lake VIC

Waitchie VIC

Hopetoun VIC

NOTE: Exact trial site locality unknown - Climate data may not be accurate
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Sea Lake VIC

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Waitchie VIC

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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

2005 trial report



Trial last modified: 25-11-2019 14:08pm AEST