Researcher(s) |
Frank D'Emden (Precision Agronomics Australia) |
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Year(s) | 2014 |
Contributor | Precision Agronomics Australia |
Trial location(s) |
Beacon, WA
Bindi Bindi, WA Bonnie Rock, WA Coomberdale, WA Dowerin, WA Howick, WA Jerramungup, WA Lake Grace, WA Merredin, WA Ravensthorpe, WA Southern Cross, WA Warradarge, WA Yealering, WA |
To (i) improve the understanding of how soil moisture probes and Yield Prophet can be used to complement each other; (ii) increase the range of APSoil soil type selections in Yield Prophet by modifying existing soil types based on the probe data; (iii) provide growers with access to real-time soil moisture data and periodic Yield Prophet reports from soil types and cropping scenarios that are representative of their area; and (iv) cross-validate soil moisture probe data with Yield Prophet soil moisture modelling.
A network of soil moisture probes and Yield Prophet sites has been established across the Esperance, Albany, Kwinana East and Kwinana West port zones with the aim of providing public access to real-time soil moisture and weather data and periodic Yield Prophet reports to aid in-crop decision making, with particular reference to top-up nitrogen decisions.
Growers and agronomists have commented that the sites provided useful supporting information when making top-up nitrogen decisions, with the soil moisture probes providing additional confidence in the model’s output. Continuation of the Yield Prophet sites and soil moisture data recording and analysis will continue in 2015 across the Esperance/Albany and Kwinana East port zones, with the aim of further refining the sites to improve their accuracy and providing access to Yield Prophet and soil moisture information in a more user-friendly format.
Lead research organisation |
Precision Agronomics Australia |
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Host research organisation | N/A |
Trial funding source | GRDC PRE00003 |
Related program |
Regional Cropping Solutions Network |
Acknowledgments |
This project is funded by the GRDC Regional Cropping Solutions Network with contributions from the Moora Miling Pasture Improvement Group, the Facey Group, the Merredin and Districts Farm Improvement Group, the Far East Ag Research Group, the Ravensthorpe Ag Initiative Network, the Fitzgerald Biosphere Group, the West Midlands Group and the Beaumont Better Farming Group. The following growers are also thanked for their ongoing support in hosting the sites: Pep Alvaro, Clint Della Bosca, Alistair and Ray Falconer, Stuart and Ray Faulkner, Phillip Gray, Kristin Lefroy, Damen Maddock, Trent Parsons, Damien Schlink, David Stacey, Royce Taylor, Andrew Todd, Brad Tonkin and Gary Webster. |
Other trial partners | Not specified |
Crop type | Cereal (Grain): Wheat |
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Treatment type(s) |
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Trial type | |
Trial design |
Sow date | Not specified |
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Harvest date | Not specified |
Plot size | Not specified |
Plot replication | Not specified |
Fertiliser | Not specified |
Other trial notes |
Note: the location of the site given here is just one of a number of sites usedin this report, and has been provided to enable map serach capability: four sites were established within the Albany Port Zone (Howick, Ravensthorpe, Jerramungup and Lake Grace); and a further nine sites were established within the Kwinana East and Kwinana West Port Zones (Beacon, Bonnie Rock, Merredin, Southern Cross, Warradarge, Coomberdale, Bindi Bindi, Yearlering and Dowerin). |
Sow date | Not specified |
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Harvest date | Not specified |
Plot size | Not specified |
Plot replication | Not specified |
Fertiliser | Not specified |
Other trial notes |
Note: the location of the site given here is just one of a number of sites usedin this report, and has been provided to enable map serach capability: four sites were established within the Albany Port Zone (Howick, Ravensthorpe, Jerramungup and Lake Grace); and a further nine sites were established within the Kwinana East and Kwinana West Port Zones (Beacon, Bonnie Rock, Merredin, Southern Cross, Warradarge, Coomberdale, Bindi Bindi, Yearlering and Dowerin). |
Sow date | Not specified |
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Harvest date | Not specified |
Plot size | Not specified |
Plot replication | Not specified |
Fertiliser | Not specified |
Other trial notes |
Note: the location of the site given here is just one of a number of sites usedin this report, and has been provided to enable map serach capability: four sites were established within the Albany Port Zone (Howick, Ravensthorpe, Jerramungup and Lake Grace); and a further nine sites were established within the Kwinana East and Kwinana West Port Zones (Beacon, Bonnie Rock, Merredin, Southern Cross, Warradarge, Coomberdale, Bindi Bindi, Yearlering and Dowerin). |
Sow date | Not specified |
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Harvest date | Not specified |
Plot size | Not specified |
Plot replication | Not specified |
Fertiliser | Not specified |
Other trial notes |
Note: the location of the site given here is just one of a number of sites usedin this report, and has been provided to enable map serach capability: four sites were established within the Albany Port Zone (Howick, Ravensthorpe, Jerramungup and Lake Grace); and a further nine sites were established within the Kwinana East and Kwinana West Port Zones (Beacon, Bonnie Rock, Merredin, Southern Cross, Warradarge, Coomberdale, Bindi Bindi, Yearlering and Dowerin). |
Sow date | Not specified |
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Harvest date | Not specified |
Plot size | Not specified |
Plot replication | Not specified |
Fertiliser | Not specified |
Other trial notes |
Note: the location of the site given here is just one of a number of sites usedin this report, and has been provided to enable map serach capability: four sites were established within the Albany Port Zone (Howick, Ravensthorpe, Jerramungup and Lake Grace); and a further nine sites were established within the Kwinana East and Kwinana West Port Zones (Beacon, Bonnie Rock, Merredin, Southern Cross, Warradarge, Coomberdale, Bindi Bindi, Yearlering and Dowerin). |
Sow date | 11 April 2014 11 April 2014 |
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Harvest date | Not specified |
Plot size | Not specified |
Plot replication | Not specified |
Fertiliser |
Pre-seeding soil N @ 72kg/ha, N applied at sowing @ 30kg/ha, top-up N @ 12kg/ha. |
Other trial notes |
Note: the location of the site given here is just one of a number of sites usedin this report, and has been provided to enable map serach capability: four sites were established within the Albany Port Zone (Howick, Ravensthorpe, Jerramungup and Lake Grace); and a further nine sites were established within the Kwinana East and Kwinana West Port Zones (Beacon, Bonnie Rock, Merredin, Southern Cross, Warradarge, Coomberdale, Bindi Bindi, Yearlering and Dowerin). |
Sow date | Not specified |
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Harvest date | Not specified |
Plot size | Not specified |
Plot replication | Not specified |
Fertiliser | Not specified |
Other trial notes |
Note: the location of the site given here is just one of a number of sites usedin this report, and has been provided to enable map serach capability: four sites were established within the Albany Port Zone (Howick, Ravensthorpe, Jerramungup and Lake Grace); and a further nine sites were established within the Kwinana East and Kwinana West Port Zones (Beacon, Bonnie Rock, Merredin, Southern Cross, Warradarge, Coomberdale, Bindi Bindi, Yearlering and Dowerin). |
Sow date | Not specified |
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Harvest date | Not specified |
Plot size | Not specified |
Plot replication | Not specified |
Fertiliser | Not specified |
Other trial notes |
Note: the location of the site given here is just one of a number of sites usedin this report, and has been provided to enable map serach capability: four sites were established within the Albany Port Zone (Howick, Ravensthorpe, Jerramungup and Lake Grace); and a further nine sites were established within the Kwinana East and Kwinana West Port Zones (Beacon, Bonnie Rock, Merredin, Southern Cross, Warradarge, Coomberdale, Bindi Bindi, Yearlering and Dowerin). |
Sow date | Not specified |
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Harvest date | Not specified |
Plot size | Not specified |
Plot replication | Not specified |
Fertiliser | Not specified |
Other trial notes |
Note: the location of the site given here is just one of a number of sites usedin this report, and has been provided to enable map serach capability: four sites were established within the Albany Port Zone (Howick, Ravensthorpe, Jerramungup and Lake Grace); and a further nine sites were established within the Kwinana East and Kwinana West Port Zones (Beacon, Bonnie Rock, Merredin, Southern Cross, Warradarge, Coomberdale, Bindi Bindi, Yearlering and Dowerin). |
Sow date | Not specified |
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Harvest date | Not specified |
Plot size | Not specified |
Plot replication | Not specified |
Fertiliser | Not specified |
Other trial notes |
Note: the location of the site given here is just one of a number of sites usedin this report, and has been provided to enable map serach capability: four sites were established within the Albany Port Zone (Howick, Ravensthorpe, Jerramungup and Lake Grace); and a further nine sites were established within the Kwinana East and Kwinana West Port Zones (Beacon, Bonnie Rock, Merredin, Southern Cross, Warradarge, Coomberdale, Bindi Bindi, Yearlering and Dowerin). |
Sow date | Not specified |
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Harvest date | Not specified |
Plot size | Not specified |
Plot replication | Not specified |
Fertiliser | Not specified |
Other trial notes |
Note: the location of the site given here is just one of a number of sites usedin this report, and has been provided to enable map serach capability: four sites were established within the Albany Port Zone (Howick, Ravensthorpe, Jerramungup and Lake Grace); and a further nine sites were established within the Kwinana East and Kwinana West Port Zones (Beacon, Bonnie Rock, Merredin, Southern Cross, Warradarge, Coomberdale, Bindi Bindi, Yearlering and Dowerin). |
Sow date | Not specified |
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Harvest date | Not specified |
Plot size | Not specified |
Plot replication | Not specified |
Fertiliser | Not specified |
Other trial notes |
Note: the location of the site given here is just one of a number of sites usedin this report, and has been provided to enable map serach capability: four sites were established within the Albany Port Zone (Howick, Ravensthorpe, Jerramungup and Lake Grace); and a further nine sites were established within the Kwinana East and Kwinana West Port Zones (Beacon, Bonnie Rock, Merredin, Southern Cross, Warradarge, Coomberdale, Bindi Bindi, Yearlering and Dowerin). |
Sow date | Not specified |
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Harvest date | Not specified |
Plot size | Not specified |
Plot replication | Not specified |
Fertiliser | Not specified |
Other trial notes |
Note: the location of the site given here is just one of a number of sites usedin this report, and has been provided to enable map serach capability: four sites were established within the Albany Port Zone (Howick, Ravensthorpe, Jerramungup and Lake Grace); and a further nine sites were established within the Kwinana East and Kwinana West Port Zones (Beacon, Bonnie Rock, Merredin, Southern Cross, Warradarge, Coomberdale, Bindi Bindi, Yearlering and Dowerin). |
Rainfall trial gsr (mm) | 151mm |
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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.