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Enrich; multi-purpose healthy grazing systems using perennial shrubs. Small plot field evaluation site

2009
CC BY 4.0

Research organisations
Funding source
West Midlands Group Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
<abbr title='Grains Research and Development Corporation'>GRDC</abbr>

Trial details

Researcher(s) Jason Emms (SARDI)
Nathan Phillips (CSIRO)
Dean Revell (CSIRO)
Year(s) 2009
Contributor West Midlands Group
Trial location(s) Miling, WA
Enrich; multi-purpose healthy grazing systems using perennial shrubs. Small plot field evaluation site locations
Aims
  1. To quantify the survival and growth of alternative shrub species for grazing.
  2. Determine how these shrub species respond to grazing by sheep, and what preferences animals show for the different species.
Key messages
  • Establishment and growth to date have been good.
  • Low survival rates for some species appear to be consistent with that seen at other trial sites.
  • Monitoring will continue, and information on responses to grazing will be available in due course.
Lead research organisation Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Host research organisation N/A
Trial funding source GRDC
Related program N/A
Acknowledgments

The Enrich project is a partnership with support from the Future Farm Industries CRC and Meat & Livestock Australia. The Miling site was established with contribution from Evergreen Farming and is managed by the Northern Agricultural Catchment Council (NACC) – contact ipm@nacc.com.au. The entire ‘Enrich’ project involves CSIRO, UWA, DAFWA, SARDI, and NSW I&I.
Other trial partners Future Farm Industry CRC, Meat & Livestock Australia
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Method

Crop type Other: Perennial shrubs
Treatment type(s)
  • Crop : Type
  • Crop : Variety
Trial type Experimental
Trial design Replicated

Miling 2009

Sow date 12 August 2008
Harvest date Not specified
Plot size 7.5m x 15m
Plot replication 4
Soil amelioration

The site was deep ripped to 20cm prior to planting, with rows 3 metres apart
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Trial results Table 1

@T1: Autumn 2009 @T2: Spring 2009
# Treatment 1
Survival (%) Average plant height (cm) Average canopy volume (m3) Average health (0=good, 4=dead) Survival (%) Average plant height (cm) Average canopy volume (m3) Average health (0=good, 4=dead)
1 █ Acacia saligna 89 53 0.512 0.6 79 99 1.577 1.2
1 █ Atriplex amnicola 72 41 0.324 1.2 74 47 0.446 1.7
2 █ Atriplex nummularia 95 49 0.118 0.1 87 87 0.55 0.6
2 █ Atriplex nummularia (+ Glycine canescens) 77 52 0.137 0.8 79 84 0.514 0.8
3 █ Atriplex rhagodioides 97 44 0.136 0.2 88 71 0.492 0.8
3 █ Atriplex semibaccata 94 22 0.169 0.4 81 25 0.224 1.9
4 █ Chameacytisis proliferus 91 44 0.025 1.1 82 78 0.123 1.3
4 █ Chenopodium nitrariaceum 83 63 0.259 0.8 85 75 0.49 1.4
5 █ Convulvulus remotus 79 11 0.015 1.1 65 30 0.118 1.8
5 █ Enchylaena tomentosa 90 38 0.112 0.7 91 43 0.153 0.9
6 █ Glycine canescens 23 39 0.057 3.1 14 55 0.07 3.5
6 █ Medicago strasseri 29 9 0 3 15 30 0.014 3.6
7 █ Rhagodia crassifolia 63 32 0.055 1.6 64 47 0.216 2
7 █ Rhagodia parabolica 61 31 0.029 1.6 64 53 0.202 1.8
8 █ Rhagodia preissii 74 39 0.067 1.2 79 60 0.347 1.6
8 █ Rhagodia spinescens 75 36 0.113 1.1 82 44 0.392 1.3
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Average canopy volume m3

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Average health 0=good, 4=dead

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Average plant height cm

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Observed trial site soil information
Trial site soil testing
Not specified
Soil conditions
Trial site Soil texture
Miling, WA Heavy loam
Derived trial site soil information
Australian Soil Classification Source: ASRIS
Trial site Soil order
Miling, WA Kandosol
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.

Miling WA

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.

Trial report and links

2009 trial report



Trial last modified: 27-06-2019 13:13pm AEST