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Summer forage trial

2011 - 2012

Research organisations
Funding sources
Riverine Plains Department of Primary Industries NSW
<abbr title='Grains Research and Development Corporation'>GRDC</abbr> Caring for our Country

Trial details

Researcher(s) Dale Grey (DPI Vic)
Sandy Quinlivan (DPI Vic)
Year(s) 2011 - 2012
Contributor Riverine Plains
Trial location(s) Tungamah, VIC
Summer forage trial locations
Aims

To evaluate whether farmers can make use of the out-of-season rainfall.

Key messages

Forage sorghum and millets achieved the highest yields during the summer forage trial. Lab lab was the most promising forage legume although DM yields were low. Other legumes along with t eh brassicas and winter cereals either failed to emerge or achieved only sparse plant numbers.

Lead research organisation Department of Primary Industries NSW
Host research organisation Riverine Plains
Trial funding source GRDC BWD00018
Trial funding source Caring for our Country
Related program N/A
Acknowledgments

Josh and Jenny Buerkner.
Other trial partners Not specified
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Method

Crop types Cereal (Grain): Sorghum Cereal (Grain): Millet Grain Legume: Cowpeas Cereal (Grain): Wheat Forage: Brassica Oilseed: Soybean Grain Legume: Mung beans Grain Legume: Pigeon peas
Treatment type(s)
  • Crop : Rotation
Trial type Experimental
Trial design Replicated

Tungamah 2011 Sorghum

Sow date 15 December 2011
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Tungamah 2011 Millet

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Tungamah 2011 Cowpeas

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Tungamah 2011 Wheat

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Tungamah 2011 Brassica

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Tungamah 2011 Soybean

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Tungamah 2011 Mung beans

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Tungamah 2011 Pigeon peas

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Tungamah 2012 Millet

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Tungamah 2012 Sorghum

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Tungamah 2012 Cowpeas

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Tungamah 2012 Wheat

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Tungamah 2012 Brassica

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Tungamah 2012 Soybean

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Tungamah 2012 Mung beans

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Tungamah 2012 Pigeon peas

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Download results

Trial results Table 1

# Treatment 1
Dry matter biomass (t DM/ha)
1 █ Sprint Forage Sorghum 8.5
2 █ French Millet 5.1
3 █ Hunnisweet forage sorghum 4.8
4 █ Japanese millet 2.2
5 █ Lab lab forage legume 1.7
6 █ Cow pea forage legume 1
7 █ Butterfly pea forage legume 0.5

Dry matter biomass t DM/ha

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Observed trial site soil information
Trial site soil testing
Not specified
Soil conditions
Trial site Soil texture
Tungamah, VIC Not specified
Derived trial site soil information
Australian Soil Classification Source: ASRIS
Trial site Soil order
Tungamah, 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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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.

Tungamah 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

2011 trial report



Trial last modified: 03-09-2019 09:56am AEST