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East Grain & Graze 2, growing biomass (grass species growing biomass trial)

2012
CC BY 4.0

Research organisations
Funding sources
MacKillop Farm Management Group Ag Excellence Alliance
<abbr title='Grains Research and Development Corporation'>GRDC</abbr> Caring for our Country

Trial details

Researcher(s) Trent Potter (SARDI)
Felicity Turner (MFMG)
Year(s) 2012
Contributor MacKillop Farm Management Group
Trial location(s) Moyhall, SA
East Grain & Graze 2, growing biomass (grass species growing biomass trial) locations
Aims

Investigate the dry matter accumulation and timing of a range of pastrure species and mixes and comparing them to the dry matter production by crops that are grown to be grazed before being shut up for grain production or cut for hay or silage.

Key messages
  • Harvest dates for the ryegrass trials were 22 September and 3 November 2011, while the harvest date for the legume trial was 2-3 November. Harvest date in 2012 was 2 October.
  • Little growth occurred after this due to dry conditions.
Lead research organisation Ag Excellence Alliance
Host research organisation MacKillop Farm Management Group
Trial funding source GRDC
Trial funding source Caring for our Country
Related program N/A
Acknowledgments N/A
Other trial partners SARDI

Method

Crop types Pasture: Medic Pasture: Clover
Treatment type(s)
  • Crop : Variety
Trial type Experimental
Trial design Replicated

Moyhall 2012 Medic

Sow date 31 May 2011
Harvest date 22/9/2011 and 3/11/2011. 2/10/2012
Plot size Not specified
Plot replication 3
Herbicide

27/8/2011: 1.6 l/ha BuctrilMA. 5/6/2012: 1.5 l/ha Wipeout Accelerate, 500 ml/ha Ester680, 100 ml/ha Goal. 11/9/2012: 2 l/ha BuctrilMA
Insecticide

5/7/2012: 400 ml/ha FastacDuo, 1 l/ha Endosulfan, 200 ml/ha Ambush

Moyhall 2012 Clover

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

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Trial results Table 1

# Variety
 Treatment 1
Dry matter biomass (kg DM/ha)
1 █ Atomic █ 22/9/2011 harvest 4135
2 █ Awesome █ 22/9/2011 harvest 4363
3 █ Banquet █ 22/9/2011 harvest 4407
4 █ Barberia █ 22/9/2011 harvest 4029
5 █ Bealey █ 22/9/2011 harvest 3808
6 █ Hulk █ 22/9/2011 harvest 4420
7 █ Icon █ 22/9/2011 harvest 3933
8 █ Platinum █ 22/9/2011 harvest 4164
9 █ Tetilia █ 22/9/2011 harvest 4992
10 █ Thunder █ 22/9/2011 harvest 4863
11 █ VicPerRye █ 22/9/2011 harvest 4281
12 █ Winterstar █ 22/9/2011 harvest 4362
13 █ Atomic █ 3/11/2011 harvest 3389
14 █ Awesome █ 3/11/2011 harvest 2663
15 █ Banquet █ 3/11/2011 harvest 2441
16 █ Barberia █ 3/11/2011 harvest 2426
17 █ Bealey █ 3/11/2011 harvest 2377
18 █ Hulk █ 3/11/2011 harvest 2669
19 █ Icon █ 3/11/2011 harvest 3525
20 █ Platinum █ 3/11/2011 harvest 2325
21 █ Tetilia █ 3/11/2011 harvest 2993
22 █ Thunder █ 3/11/2011 harvest 3058
23 █ VicPerRye █ 3/11/2011 harvest 2464
24 █ Winterstar █ 3/11/2011 harvest 3583
25 █ Atomic █ 2/10/2012 harvest 4507
26 █ Awesome █ 2/10/2012 harvest 4196
27 █ Banquet █ 2/10/2012 harvest 2637
28 █ Barberia █ 2/10/2012 harvest 3485
29 █ Bealey █ 2/10/2012 harvest 3015
30 █ Hulk █ 2/10/2012 harvest 4098
31 █ Icon █ 2/10/2012 harvest 3469
32 █ Platinum █ 2/10/2012 harvest 2882
33 █ Tetilia █ 2/10/2012 harvest 4311
34 █ Thunder █ 2/10/2012 harvest 5517
35 █ VicPerRye █ 2/10/2012 harvest 2720
36 █ Winterstar █ 2/10/2012 harvest 3776

Dry matter biomass kg DM/ha

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Observed trial site soil information
Trial site soil testing
Not specified
Soil conditions
Trial site Soil texture
Moyhall, SA Loamy clay
Derived trial site soil information
Australian Soil Classification Source: ASRIS
Trial site Soil order
Moyhall, SA Vertosol
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

Moyhall SA 2012

Observed climate information

Rainfall trial gsr (mm) 388.6mm

Derived climate information

Moyhall SA

NOTE: Exact trial site locality unknown - Climate data may not be accurate
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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.

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Trial last modified: 11-12-2019 11:52am AEST