Pedro Evans (DNRE) Penny Riffkin (DNRE) Tony Wright (DNRE)
Year(s)
2001
Contributor
Southern Farming Systems
Trial location(s)
Gnarwarre, VIC
Hamilton, VIC
Aims
Provide recommendations to farmers regarding optimum crop sowing times and crop arrangements on raised beds and on the flat.
Examine associations between crop yields and plant growth for wheat and canola on raised beds and on the flat in the high rainfall cropping zone.
Key messages
Raised beds had a greater impact on the yields of later sown crops.
July sown canola yielded higher than May sown canola in both years on the beds.
There appears to be an important interaction between time of sowing and raised beds. Hence recommendations developed from time of sowing experiments conducted on the flat may not be transferable to crops sown on raised beds.
Yields did not appear to be greatly influenced by sowing rate.
The impacts of row spacing on final yields are inconsistent.
No observed climate data available for this trial. Derived climate data is
determined from trial site location and national weather sources.
Gnarwarre VIC
Hamilton VIC
Gnarwarre VIC
Hamilton VIC
NOTE: Exact trial site locality unknown - Climate data may not be accurate
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.
