CRC
| Researcher(s) |
Claire Browne (BCG) Katrien Descheemaeker (CSIRO) |
|---|---|
| Year(s) | 2011 |
| Contributor | Birchip Cropping Group |
| Trial location(s) |
Hopetoun, VIC
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To evaluate the potential of combining summer-growing perennial grasses with a cereal in a pasture cropping system in the Mallee.
| Lead research organisation | N/A |
|---|---|
| Host research organisation | N/A |
| Trial funding source | GRDC |
| Trial funding source | CRC |
| Related program |
EverCrop |
| Acknowledgments |
This research forms part of the Evercrop project, which is funded through the CRC for Future Farm Industries, Grains Research and Development Corporation and the Department of Primary Industries Victoria. The trial was conducted on the land of Darryl Burdett. The trial was originally established with the support of the Mallee CMA, the National Landcare Program and BCG. |
| Other trial partners | Not specified |
| Crop type | Cereal (Grain): Barley |
|---|---|
| Treatment type(s) |
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| Trial type | Experimental |
| Trial design | Replicated |
| Sow rate or Target density | 65 kg/ha seed of Hindmarsh barley |
|---|---|
| Sow date | Not specified |
| Harvest date | Not specified |
| Plot size | Not specified |
| Plot replication | 4 |
| Fertiliser |
50kg MAP |
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