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Break crops for the Mallee

2010

Research organisation
Birchip Cropping Group

Trial details

Researcher(s) Claire Browne (BCG)
Grant Hollaway (DPI)
James Hunt (BCG)
Mark Peoples (CSIRO)
Anthony Whitbread (BCG)
Year(s) 2010
Contributor Birchip Cropping Group
Trial location(s) Hopetoun, VIC
Break crops for the Mallee locations
Aims

To identify low-risk, profitable break crops for the mallee regions and quantify their benefits to subsequent wheat crops.

Key messages
  • Canola produced the highest gross margin of all break crops grown in 2010.
  • Wheat grown following peas and vetch had the highest grain yields and protein concentrations.
  • Crop sequences of canola, pea grain or hay and vetch following by wheat have gross margins equal to or higher than wheat-wheat and fallow-wheat on both sand and clay soils.
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 Oilseed: Canola Cereal (Grain): Wheat Hay: Vetch
Treatment type(s)
  • Crop : Type
  • Crop : Rotation
Trial type Experimental
Trial design Randomised,Replicated,Blocked

Hopetoun 2010 Canola

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

Hopetoun 2010 Wheat

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

Hopetoun 2010 Vetch

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
Derived trial site soil information
Australian Soil Classification Source: ASRIS
Trial site Soil order
Hopetoun, VIC Tenosol
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
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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

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

2010 trial report



Trial last modified: 02-12-2019 11:45am AEST