Sustainable land management

2005

Research organisaton

Trial details

Researcher(s) Bobby Liston (BCG)
David Moody (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

To measure and report the potential impact of best management practices for dryland agriculture in the Mallee.

Key messages
  • Yield Prophet- the crop simulation model- is a great tool for assessing crop risk and predicting potential yields.
  • For renovating overgrazed perennial pasture paddocks, the sowing of cereals is a low risk strategy.
  • Pasture establishment is extremely difficult in the Mallee in years with limited spring rainfall.
  • Cereal biomass production may be greater by an order of 10 times than either perennial or leguminous pastures in the first year of establishment.
  • Best pasture options for a June sowing in terms of biomass in the first year of establishment are either forage brassica or Italian Ryegrass
Lead research organisation N/A
Host research organisation N/A
Related program N/A
Acknowledgments N/A
Other trial partners Not specified
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Method

Crop types Cereal (Grain): Barley Forage: Oats Cereal (Grain): Rye Cereal (Grain): Triticale Cereal (Grain): Wheat Forage: Brassica Pasture: Clover Hay: Lucerne Pasture: Medic Hay: Vetch
Treatment type(s)
  • Management systems: Land Management / ecosystems
Trial type Demonstration
Trial design Replicated

Hopetoun 2005 Barley

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Hopetoun 2005 Oats

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Hopetoun 2005 Rye

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Hopetoun 2005 Triticale

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Hopetoun 2005 Wheat

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Hopetoun 2005 Brassica

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Hopetoun 2005 Clover

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Hopetoun 2005 Lucerne

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Hopetoun 2005 Medic

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Hopetoun 2005 Vetch

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Sea Lake 2005 Barley

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Sea Lake 2005 Oats

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Sea Lake 2005 Rye

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Sea Lake 2005 Triticale

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Sea Lake 2005 Wheat

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Sea Lake 2005 Brassica

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Sea Lake 2005 Clover

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Sea Lake 2005 Lucerne

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Sea Lake 2005 Medic

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Sea Lake 2005 Vetch

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Waitchie 2005 Barley

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Waitchie 2005 Oats

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Waitchie 2005 Rye

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Waitchie 2005 Triticale

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Waitchie 2005 Wheat

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Waitchie 2005 Brassica

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Waitchie 2005 Clover

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Waitchie 2005 Lucerne

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Waitchie 2005 Medic

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Waitchie 2005 Vetch

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Trial source data and summary not available
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Observed trial site soil information
Trial site soil testing
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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 14:14pm AEST