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Using organic amendments to replace bagged fertiliser - an update from Gippsland

2013
CC BY 4.0

Research organisation
Southern Farming Systems

Trial details

Researcher(s) Janice Dowe (SFS)
Annieka Paridean (SFS)
Year(s) 2013
Contributor Southern Farming Systems
Trial location(s) Forge Creek, VIC
Giffard, VIC
Using organic amendments to replace bagged fertiliser - an update from Gippsland locations
Aims

To demonstrate the effectiveness of two types of surface applied organic amendments – compost and chicken manure. 

 To demonstrate the effectiveness of two types of surface applied organic amendments – compost and chicken manure. 

Key messages
  • There is an opportunity to use locally available amendments in place of inorganic fertiliser.
  • High rates of surface-applied chicken litter tend to have a better yield response than either surface-applied compost or inorganic N fertiliser.
  • Stability of these organic products may provide a less risky option for managing inputs with no need for top dressed urea in the first two years.
  • There is an opportunity to use locally available amendments in place of inorganic fertiliser.
  • High rates of surface-applied chicken litter tend to have a better yield response than either surface-applied compost or inorganic N fertiliser.
  • Stability of these organic products may provide a less risky option for managing inputs with no need for top dressed urea in the first two years.
     
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Host research organisation N/A
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Method

Crop types Cereal (Grain): Barley Oilseed: Canola
Treatment type(s)
  • Fertiliser : Rate
  • Fertiliser : Timing
  • Fertiliser : Type
Trial type Experimental
Trial design Replicated

Forge Creek 2013 Barley

Sow date Not specified
Harvest date Not specified
Plot size Not specified
Plot replication Not specified

Giffard 2013 Canola

Sow date Not specified
Harvest date Not specified
Plot size Not specified
Plot replication Not specified
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Trial results The effect of chicken manure application on canola yield at Giffard

# Treatment 1
Treatment 2
Grain yield (t/ha)
1 █ Chicken Manure 20t/ha █ one off application 3.42
2 █ Chicken Manure 10t/ha █ one off application 3.25
3 █ Chicken Manure 5t/ha █ annual application 3.02
4 █ No amen █ N fert 2.92
5 █ Chicken Manure 2.5t/ha █ annual application 2.76
6 █ Control (No amend. █ no N fert) 2.63
7 █ Compost 20t/ha █ one off application 2.51
8 █ Compost 2.5t/ha █ annual application 2.51
9 █ Compost 10t/ha █ one off application 2.42
10 █ Compost 5t/ha █ annual application 2.29
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Grain yield t/ha

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Trial results The effect of chicken manure application on barley yield at Forge Creek

# Grain yield (t/ha)
1 █ 10t/ha Chicken litter █ one off application 2.94
2 █ 5t/ha Chicken litter █ annual application 2.9
3 █ 20t/ha Chicken litter █ one off application 2.85
4 █ 2.5t/ha Chicken litter █ annual application 2.59
5 █ 2.5t/ha Compost █ annual application 2.55
6 █ 10t/ha Compost █ one off application 2.28
7 █ 20t/ha Compost █ one off application 2.27
8 █ 5t/ha Compost █ annual application 2.2
9 █ Normal fertiliser (no amend) █ no organic amendment 2.05
10 █ Control (no amend or fert) █ no organic amendment 2.04
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Grain yield t/ha

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Observed trial site soil information
Trial site soil testing
Not specified
Soil conditions
Trial site Soil texture
Forge Creek, VIC Not specified
Giffard, VIC Not specified
Derived trial site soil information
Australian Soil Classification Source: ASRIS
Trial site Soil order
Forge Creek, VIC Sodosol
Giffard, 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.
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Derived climate data is determined from trial site location and national weather sources.

Forge Creek VIC

Giffard VIC

Forge Creek VIC

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Giffard 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

2013 trial report

2013 trial report



Trial last modified: 21-10-2019 15:12pm AEST