| Researcher(s) |
Kate McCormick (John Stuchbery ) |
|---|---|
| Year(s) | 2006 |
| Contributor | Birchip Cropping Group |
| Trial location(s) |
Birchip, VIC
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This paper addresses three issues:
Intensive cropping systems rely on a high level of production management and prudent financial mangment to be successful, particularly in such a variable climate. Furthermore, such systems are increasingly reliant on agricultural chemicals. As well as being costly, the flow on effects of this reliance such as herbicide resistant weeds and changes to pest populations invokes thoughts about the long term environmental and financial sustainability of such a system.
| Lead research organisation | N/A |
|---|---|
| Host research organisation | N/A |
| Related program | N/A |
| Acknowledgments |
Many thanks John Stuchbery and Liam Lenaghan, JSA; David Roget, CSIRO, Bill Gardner WestVic AgServices and Ian McClelland, BCG for their comments and discussion. |
| Other trial partners | Not specified |
| Crop type | None: No crop specified |
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| Treatment type(s) |
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| Trial type | Article/commentary |
| Trial design | Not applicable |
| Sow date | Not specified |
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| Harvest date | Not specified |
| Plot size | Not specified |
| Plot replication | Not specified |
SILO weather estimates sourced from https://www.longpaddock.qld.gov.au/silo/
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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.
