| Researcher(s) |
Nicole Dimos (SPAA) Neil McMillan (Central West PA) |
|---|---|
| Year(s) | 2010 |
| Contributor | Society of Precision Agriculture Australia |
| Trial location(s) |
Nyngan, NSW
|
The objective of this GRDC / SPAA funded project is to increase the level of adoption of PA 'beyond guidance' by broadacre farmers. The project specifically aims to increase the level of adoption of variable rate (VR) by growers in the project to 30% by 2013.This goal will be achieved by demonstrating how to use PA tools to growers at a regional level and by increasing the skills of growers and industry in PA to a level where they can then use PA tools in their farming systems to achieve economic, environmental and social benefits.
| Lead research organisation |
Society of Precision Agriculture Australia |
|---|---|
| Host research organisation | N/A |
| Trial funding source | GRDC SPA000010 |
| Related program | N/A |
| Acknowledgments |
Neil McMillan - CWFS, Leighton Wilksch - SPAA, James Austin - gps-Ag, Ian Packer - Lachlan CMA. The project was funded by the GRDC |
| Other trial partners | Not specified |
| Crop type | Oilseed: Canola |
|---|---|
| Treatment type(s) |
|
| Trial type | Precision agriculture |
| Trial design | Not applicable |
| Sow rate or Target density | 1.55kg/ha |
|---|---|
| Sow date | Not specified |
| Harvest date | 8 November 2010 8 November 2010 |
| Plot size | Not specified |
| Plot replication | Not specified |
| Fertiliser |
N rich strips applied at 200kg/ha on the 18th of April. |
| # |
Treatment 1
|
Soil nitrate (mg/kg) | Colwell phosphorus (mg/kg) | pH CaCl2 (pH) | Organic carbon 0-10cm (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | █ Low - Zone 1 | 2.8 | 43 | 5 | 0.64 |
| 2 | █ Low - Zone 1 | 3 | 16 | 5.8 | 0.59 |
| 3 | █ Low - Zone 1 | 4.4 | 20 | 5 | 0.57 |
| 4 | █ Medium - Zone 2 | 2.1 | 16 | 5.1 | 0.57 |
| 5 | █ Medium - Zone 2 | 1.8 | 14 | 5.4 | 0.58 |
| 6 | █ Medium - Zone 2 | 1.9 | 13 | 5.6 | 0.58 |
| 7 | █ High - Zone 3 | 3.8 | 36 | 5 | 0.68 |
| 8 | █ High - Zone 3 | 5.6 | 33 | 5.5 | 0.95 |
| 9 | █ High - Zone 3 | 8.5 | 31 | 5.1 | 0.69 |
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