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Rotation renewal, profitable legume phase options

2014 - 2015
CC BY 4.0

Research organisation
Funding source
Stirlings to Coast Farmers
<abbr title='Grains Research and Development Corporation'>GRDC</abbr>

Trial details

Researcher(s) John Blake (DAFWA)
Jeremy Lemon (DAFWA)
Year(s) 2014 - 2015
Contributor Stirlings to Coast Farmers
Trial location(s) Darkan, WA
Gnowellen, WA
Kenmare, WA
Lake Grace, WA
Nyabing, WA
Rotation renewal, profitable legume phase options locations
Aims

To demonstrate establishment, management and viability of legume phase options in cropping rotations with appropriate agronomic management packages.

Key messages

This project is providing a focus on pasture species, inoculation, weed control and overall management together with the crop nitrogen benefits and crop responses. This project is a large-plot Development and Extension project, part of a much broader effort of many industry participants in developing new pasture systems in crop rotations.

Lead research organisation Stirlings to Coast Farmers
Host research organisation Stirlings to Coast Farmers
Trial funding source GRDC SCF00003
Related program Regional Cropping Solutions Network
Acknowledgments

Many people have been involved with this project which would not have been possible without their dedication and persistence. Grower group staff, John Blake, Kayla Ringrose, Janelle Smith, and Fiona Hobley. Host Farmers, Jeff and Kate Stoney, Evan Hall and Bindi Murray, Scott Ewen, Royce and Anna Taylor, Brayden and Kate Johnston.
Other trial partners Farmers Jeff and Kate Stoney
Download the trial report to view additional trial information

Method

Crop types Forage: Oats Pasture: Clover : N/A Pasture: Mixed species
Treatment type(s)
  • Crop : Type
  • Seed treatment : Inoculant
Trial type Demonstration
Trial design Randomised,Replicated

Darkan 2014 Oats

Sow rate or Target density Not specified
Sow date Not specified
Harvest date Not specified
Plot size Not specified
Plot replication Not specified
Fertiliser Not specified
Herbicide Not specified
Seed treatment Not specified

Darkan 2014 Clover

Sow rate or Target density Not specified
Sow date Not specified
Harvest date Not specified
Plot size Not specified
Plot replication Not specified
Fertiliser Not specified
Herbicide Not specified
Seed treatment Not specified

Darkan 2014

Sow rate or Target density Not specified
Sow date Not specified
Harvest date Not specified
Plot size Not specified
Plot replication Not specified
Fertiliser Not specified
Herbicide Not specified
Seed treatment Not specified

Darkan 2014 Mixed species

Sow rate or Target density Not specified
Sow date Not specified
Harvest date Not specified
Plot size Not specified
Plot replication Not specified
Fertiliser Not specified
Herbicide Not specified
Seed treatment Not specified

Darkan 2015 Oats

Sow rate or Target density Not specified
Sow date Not specified
Harvest date Not specified
Plot size Not specified
Plot replication Not specified
Fertiliser Not specified
Herbicide Not specified
Seed treatment Not specified

Darkan 2015 Clover

Sow rate or Target density Not specified
Sow date Not specified
Harvest date Not specified
Plot size Not specified
Plot replication Not specified
Fertiliser Not specified
Herbicide Not specified
Seed treatment Not specified

Darkan 2015

Sow rate or Target density Not specified
Sow date Not specified
Harvest date Not specified
Plot size Not specified
Plot replication Not specified
Fertiliser Not specified
Herbicide Not specified
Seed treatment Not specified

Darkan 2015 Mixed species

Sow rate or Target density Not specified
Sow date Not specified
Harvest date Not specified
Plot size Not specified
Plot replication Not specified
Fertiliser Not specified
Herbicide Not specified
Seed treatment Not specified

Gnowellen 2014 Oats

Sow rate or Target density Bladder clover @ 9kg/ha, Saia oats @ 60kg/ha, Margurita serradella at 9kg/ha, Santorini yellow serra
Sow date 25 April 2014 25 April 2014
Harvest date Not specified
Plot size 15m x 200m
Plot replication 2
Fertiliser

80kg/ha TEK Phos. 4:1 (N:P:K:S, 0:7.2:9.9:8.1 plus trace elements)
Herbicide

25g/ha Broadstrike plus 55g/ha Diuron granules and wetter applied post emergent (12 June). Select for grass control applied 10 July
Seed treatment

Inoculation at sowing with Alosca granules at 10kg/ha sown with seed

Gnowellen 2014

Sow rate or Target density Not specified
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Harvest date Not specified
Plot size Not specified
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Herbicide Not specified
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Gnowellen 2014 Mixed species

Sow rate or Target density Not specified
Sow date Not specified
Harvest date Not specified
Plot size Not specified
Plot replication Not specified
Fertiliser Not specified
Herbicide Not specified
Seed treatment Not specified

Gnowellen 2014 Clover

Sow rate or Target density Not specified
Sow date Not specified
Harvest date Not specified
Plot size Not specified
Plot replication Not specified
Fertiliser Not specified
Herbicide Not specified
Seed treatment Not specified

Gnowellen 2015

Sow rate or Target density Not specified
Sow date Not specified
Harvest date Not specified
Plot size Not specified
Plot replication Not specified
Fertiliser Not specified
Herbicide Not specified
Seed treatment Not specified

Gnowellen 2015 Mixed species

Sow rate or Target density Not specified
Sow date Not specified
Harvest date Not specified
Plot size Not specified
Plot replication Not specified
Fertiliser Not specified
Herbicide Not specified
Seed treatment Not specified

Gnowellen 2015 Clover

Sow rate or Target density Not specified
Sow date Not specified
Harvest date Not specified
Plot size Not specified
Plot replication Not specified
Fertiliser Not specified
Herbicide Not specified
Seed treatment Not specified

Gnowellen 2015 Oats

Sow rate or Target density Not specified
Sow date Not specified
Harvest date Not specified
Plot size Not specified
Plot replication Not specified
Fertiliser Not specified
Herbicide Not specified
Seed treatment Not specified

Kenmare 2014

Sow rate or Target density Not specified
Sow date Not specified
Harvest date Not specified
Plot size Not specified
Plot replication Not specified
Fertiliser Not specified
Herbicide Not specified
Seed treatment Not specified

Kenmare 2014 Mixed species

Sow rate or Target density Not specified
Sow date Not specified
Harvest date Not specified
Plot size Not specified
Plot replication Not specified
Fertiliser Not specified
Herbicide Not specified
Seed treatment Not specified

Kenmare 2014 Clover

Sow rate or Target density Not specified
Sow date Not specified
Harvest date Not specified
Plot size Not specified
Plot replication Not specified
Fertiliser Not specified
Herbicide Not specified
Seed treatment Not specified

Kenmare 2014 Oats

Sow rate or Target density Not specified
Sow date Not specified
Harvest date Not specified
Plot size Not specified
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Fertiliser Not specified
Herbicide Not specified
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Kenmare 2015 Mixed species

Sow rate or Target density Not specified
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Kenmare 2015

Sow rate or Target density Not specified
Sow date Not specified
Harvest date Not specified
Plot size Not specified
Plot replication Not specified
Fertiliser Not specified
Herbicide Not specified
Seed treatment Not specified

Kenmare 2015 Clover

Sow rate or Target density Not specified
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Harvest date Not specified
Plot size Not specified
Plot replication Not specified
Fertiliser Not specified
Herbicide Not specified
Seed treatment Not specified

Kenmare 2015 Oats

Sow rate or Target density Not specified
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Lake Grace 2014 Mixed species

Sow rate or Target density Not specified
Sow date Not specified
Harvest date Not specified
Plot size Not specified
Plot replication Not specified
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Herbicide Not specified
Seed treatment Not specified

Lake Grace 2014

Sow rate or Target density Not specified
Sow date Not specified
Harvest date Not specified
Plot size Not specified
Plot replication Not specified
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Herbicide Not specified
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Lake Grace 2014 Clover

Sow rate or Target density Not specified
Sow date Not specified
Harvest date Not specified
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Fertiliser Not specified
Herbicide Not specified
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Lake Grace 2014 Oats

Sow rate or Target density Not specified
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Plot size Not specified
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Lake Grace 2015 Oats

Sow rate or Target density Not specified
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Herbicide Not specified
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Lake Grace 2015 Mixed species

Sow rate or Target density Not specified
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Fertiliser Not specified
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Lake Grace 2015

Sow rate or Target density Not specified
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Plot size Not specified
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Lake Grace 2015 Clover

Sow rate or Target density Not specified
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Nyabing 2014 Oats

Sow rate or Target density Not specified
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Plot size Not specified
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Nyabing 2014 Clover

Sow rate or Target density Not specified
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Plot size Not specified
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Fertiliser Not specified
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Nyabing 2014

Sow rate or Target density Not specified
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Nyabing 2014 Mixed species

Sow rate or Target density Not specified
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Harvest date Not specified
Plot size Not specified
Plot replication Not specified
Fertiliser Not specified
Herbicide Not specified
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Nyabing 2015 Oats

Sow rate or Target density Not specified
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Seed treatment Not specified

Nyabing 2015 Clover

Sow rate or Target density Not specified
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Nyabing 2015

Sow rate or Target density Not specified
Sow date Not specified
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Plot size Not specified
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Fertiliser Not specified
Herbicide Not specified
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Nyabing 2015 Mixed species

Sow rate or Target density Not specified
Sow date Not specified
Harvest date Not specified
Plot size Not specified
Plot replication Not specified
Fertiliser Not specified
Herbicide Not specified
Seed treatment Not specified
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Download results

Trial results Gnowellen

# Treatment 1
Establishment plants (plants/m2) Clover (plants/m2) Dry matter (kg/ha) Pod yield (kg/ha) Weed yield (kg/ha)
1 █ Volunteer pasture year 1; nil N in year 2 0 10 95 28 775
2 █ Volunteer pasture year 1; 0.5 N in year 2 0 23 50 20 770
3 █ Volunteer pasture year 1; 1.0 N in year 2 0 14 100 25 790
4 █ Volunteer pasture year 1; 2.0 N in year 2 0 19 60 15 840
5 █ Bladder clover 85 6 405 98 670
6 █ Saia oats 134 10 1365 0 455
7 █ Margurita serradella 97 12 515 648 525
8 █ Santorini serradella, gland clover 285 4 415 93 595
9 █ Santorini serradella, gland clover 116 12 480 113 460
10 █ Casbah biserrula 223 7 260 23 1005

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Trial results Kenmare

# Treatment 1
Establishment plants (plants/m2) Clover (plants/m2) Dry matter (kg/ha) Pod yield (kg/ha) Weed yield (kg/ha)
1 █ Bladder clover 236 179 1031 3.75 775
2 █ Cadiz French serradella 178 191 934 3.46 770
3 █ Kojonup oats 146 359 909 1.26 790
4 █ Marguriata French serradella 225 178 1081 3.24 840
5 █ Santorini yellow serradella 70 228 991 4.69 670
6 █ Rasina vetch 127 159 1119 3.37 455
7 █ Urana sub-clover 130 185 1091 3.74 525
8 █ Volunteer pasture 0 218 933 1.45 595
9 █ Santorini serradella, gland clover 116 12 480 113 460
10 █ Casbah biserrula 223 7 260 23 1005

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Trial results Darkan

# Treatment 1
Establishment plants (plants/m2) Clover (plants/m2) Dry matter (kg/ha) Pod yield (kg/ha)
1 █ Oats 1 146 117 28
2 █ Rasina vetch 1 93 75 20
3 █ Margurita serradella 1 72 29 25
4 █ Blaza crimson clover 3 61 10 15
5 █ Prima gland clover 1 60 59 98
6 █ Dalkeith sub-clover 1 55 46 0
7 █ Volunteer pasture 23 58 27 648

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Trial results Lake Grace

# Treatment 1
Clover (plants/m2) Dry matter (kg/ha)
1 █ Izmur sub-clover 1209 29
2 █ Dalkeith sub-clover 1619 27
3 █ Control/fallow 924 13
4 █ Margurita serradella 816 22
5 █ Bartolo bladder clover 49 11
6 █ Cadiz serradella 1033 30
7 █ Farmer mix 726 18
8 █ Angel medic 590 14
9 █ Casbah biserrula 1377 43

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Observed trial site soil information
Trial site soil testing
Not specified
Soil conditions
Trial site Soil texture
Darkan, WA Not specified
Gnowellen, WA Not specified
Kenmare, WA Not specified
Lake Grace, WA Not specified
Nyabing, WA Not specified
Derived trial site soil information
Australian Soil Classification Source: ASRIS
Trial site Soil order
Darkan, WA Sodosol
Gnowellen, WA Sodosol
Kenmare, WA Sodosol
Lake Grace, WA Sodosol
Nyabing, WA 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.

Darkan WA

Gnowellen WA

Kenmare WA

Lake Grace WA

Nyabing WA

Darkan WA

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Gnowellen WA

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Kenmare WA

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Lake Grace WA

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Nyabing WA

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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

2014 trial report



Trial last modified: 11-12-2019 15:36pm AEST