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) Dunkeld, VIC
Rural Finance barley challenge locations
Aims

To report on the Barley Challenge at Dunkeld.

Key messages
  • The Wickliffe Hillbillies team are winners of the Rural Finance barley challenge at the Dunkeld site for the second year in succession with the highest margin of $554/ha.
  • Grain quality caused all the teams to have deductions off their grain price, with only the Wickliffe Hillbillies making a malt grade. This was the difference between them coming 1st rather than 2nd.
  • 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 Doug MacArthur 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

Dunkeld 2009

Sow date Not specified
Harvest date Not specified
Plot size 14m x 1.4m
Plot replication Not specified
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Trial results Table 1

# Variety
Treatment 1
Screenings (%) Retention (%) Protein (%) Test weight (kg/hL)
1 Fairview Woorndoo 8.4 49.3 12.84 65.3
2 Fairview Wickliffe Hillbillies 4 60.5 11.98 66.4
3 Gairdner WAGs 15.5 47.9 11.33 64.9
4 Gairdner Tatyoon 13.1 41.4 13.08 64.2
5 Fairview NVNG 10.5 53.5 13.1 65.2
6 Gairdner Liquor Allsorts 17 36.4 14.45 63.9
7 Gairdner Halo Agrons 14.9 43.3 11.59 64.8
8 Gairdner Barley Tasters 13.8 43.9 11.83 65.3
9 Gairdner Bald Hills Boys 13.4 41.8 12.85 64.3
10 Gairdner Baby Boom 2 22.4 34 11.78 63.7

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Observed trial site soil information
Trial site soil testing
Not specified
Soil conditions
Trial site Soil texture
Dunkeld, VIC Not specified
Derived trial site soil information
Australian Soil Classification Source: ASRIS
Trial site Soil order
Dunkeld, 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 Dunkeld VIC
2009 649.0mm
2008 626.2mm
2007 628.2mm
2006 579.1mm
2005 579.6mm
2004 600.7mm
2003 622.2mm
2002 595.6mm
2001 618.8mm
2000 614.6mm
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.

Dunkeld 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 10:08am AEST