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Risk management trial - Curyo

2008

Research organisation
Funding source
Birchip Cropping Group
<abbr title='Grains Research and Development Corporation'>GRDC</abbr>

Trial details

Researcher(s) Fiona Best (BCG)
Simon Craig (BCG)
James Hunt (BCG)
Brooke White (Cropfacts)
Year(s) 2008
Contributor Birchip Cropping Group
Trial location(s) Curyo, VIC
Risk management trial - Curyo locations
Aims

To determine the most cost effective approach to managing inputs for wheat production in a low rainfall cropping environment.

Key messages
  • BCG risk management work between 2005 and 2008 has shown a low to moderate input approach to be the most profitable • Adopting a low input approach to managing variable inputs was the most economic at Curyo in 2008.
  • No economic yield or grain quality response was achieved by adopting a high input strategy.
  • Tools such as soil sampling and Yield Prophet® can support fertiliser and in-crop input decisions.
Lead research organisation N/A
Host research organisation N/A
Trial funding source GRDC BWD00012
Related program N/A
Acknowledgments
  • This research was funded by the GRDC project BWD00012 ‘Yielding benefits through partnerships’.
  • The authors gratefully acknowledge the contributions made to this project by Claire Browne, Karen Chapman, Liam Coffey, James Jess, Peter and Brenda Doran and James Scambler, Tim McClelland and Case IH O’Connors.
Other trial partners Not specified
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Method

Crop type Cereal (Grain): Wheat
Treatment type(s)
  • Farm operations : Risk Management
Trial type Experimental
Trial design Randomised,Replicated,Blocked

Curyo 2008

Sow date 19 May 2008
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
Curyo, VIC Not specified
Derived trial site soil information
Australian Soil Classification Source: ASRIS
Trial site Soil order
Curyo, 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.
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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.

Curyo VIC

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

2008 trial report