Rural Finance barley challenge

2009
CC BY 4.0

Research organisaton
Funding source

Trial details

Researcher(s) Sam Cockayne (SFS)
Jon Midwood (SFS)
Ben O'Connor (SFS)
Gary Sheppard (SFS)
Year(s) 2009
Contributor Southern Farming Systems
Trial location(s) Inverleigh, VIC
Rural Finance barley challenge locations
Aims

The aim of the competition is to see which team produces the highest gross margin crop (not necessarily the highest yielding crop) against a background of uncertain input and grain prices and unknown growing season rainfall.

Key messages
  • The La Trobe University team are winners of the Rural Finance barley challenge at the Inverleigh site for the second year is successions with the highest margin of $734/ha.
  • Grain marketing played a significant part in the outcome of the competition. The La Trobe tream would have come 4th had they not forward sold some of their crop.
  • For further take home messages please see the attached trial report.
Lead research organisation N/A
Host research organisation N/A
Trial funding source Rural Finance
Related program N/A
Acknowledgments

This trial was sponsored by Rural Finance.

Thanks to John Hamilton for providing the land for this trials programme.


Other trial partners Not specified
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Method

Crop type Cereal (Grain): Barley
Treatment type(s)
  • Fertiliser: Application Method
  • Fungicide: Application Method
Trial type Experimental
Trial design Randomised,Replicated,Blocked

Inverleigh 2009

Sow date Not specified
Harvest date Not specified
Plot size 12m x 1.45m
Plot replication Not specified
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Download results

Trial results Table 1

# Variety
Treatment 1
Protein (%) Test weight (kg/hL) Screenings (%) Retention (%)
1 Gairdner Young Guns 10.87 67.9 8.9 62.4
2 Fairview Marcus Oldham 10.48 65.7 8.9 66.4
3 Fairview Lismore Legends 11.33 65.7 9.8 63.9
4 Gairdner Landmark 10.75 66.3 11.8 53.8
5 Fairview La Trobe 11.4 68.8 2.5 86.3
6 Fairview Germinators 10.39 67.1 3.8 82.5
7 Fairview Exiles 10.46 65.8 3.1 83.5
8 Fairview Canterbury Crusaders 11.99 65.8 11.6 59.8

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Test weight kg/hL


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Observed trial site soil information
Trial site soil testing
Not specified
Soil conditions
Trial site Soil texture
Inverleigh, VIC Not specified
Derived trial site soil information
Australian Soil Classification Source: ASRIS
Trial site Soil order
Inverleigh, VIC Sodosol
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 Inverleigh VIC
2009 508.8mm
2008 492.1mm
2007 455.4mm
2006 467.8mm
2005 491.2mm
2004 438.6mm
2003 416.4mm
2002 399.6mm
2001 472.4mm
2000 448.5mm
National soil grid Source: CSIRO/TERN
NOTE: National Soil Grid data is aggregated information for background information on the wider area
Actual soil values can vary significantly in a small area and the trial soil tests are the most relevant data where available

Soil properties

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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.

Inverleigh VIC

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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

2009 trial report



Trial last modified: 07-11-2019 10:11am AEST