| Researcher(s) |
Craig Henson (Kelly Henson) Steve Holden (DPI) Clive Kirkby (CSIRO) Mark Steele (SFS) |
|---|---|
| Year(s) | 2008 |
| Contributor | Southern Farming Systems |
| Trial location(s) |
Dunkeld, VIC
|
This project assists farmers in adopting improved stubble management practices by comparing the performance of two stubble
systems – full incorporation and a no-till approach – to demonstrate the impacts of each system on soil health, water penetration and crop performance.
| Lead research organisation | N/A |
|---|---|
| Host research organisation | N/A |
| Related program | N/A |
| Acknowledgments |
Special thanks to Hamilton Branch SFS members Craig Henson, Don and Karl Price, Rob Gardner, Graeme Moyle, David Robertson, Paul Nagorcka, Brent Herrmann, Paul Mibus and Kathryn Robertson. Thanks also to SFS supporter, Tony Roache for the spraying at the site and SFS member, Jack Donaldson for the incorporation of the stubble. Special mention must be made of the work behind the scene by Hamilton Branch co-ordinator, Jacqueline Wilson and trial site manager Mark Steele. |
| Other trial partners | Not specified |
| Crop type | Cereal (Grain): Wheat |
|---|---|
| Treatment type(s) |
|
| Trial type | Experimental |
| Trial design | Randomised,Replicated,Blocked |
| Sow date | 6 June 2008 |
|---|---|
| Harvest date | Not specified |
| Plot size | 12m x 286m |
| Plot replication | Not specified |
| # | Variety |
Treatment 1
|
Establishment plants (plants/m2) | Grain yield (t/ha) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | █ Bolac | █ Standing stubble with additional nutrients | 152 | 4.26 |
| 2 | █ Bolac | █ Standing stubble | 160 | 4.06 |
| 3 | █ Bolac | █ Incorporation with additional nutrients | 148 | 4.2 |
| 4 | █ Bolac | █ Incorporation | 155 | 4.53 |
| 5 | █ Bolac | █ Common practice (control - standing stubble) | 160 | 4.17 |
SILO weather estimates sourced from https://www.longpaddock.qld.gov.au/silo/
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