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Soil management strategies for improving pH on red loam

2015
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Research organisation
Funding source
Liebe Group
<abbr title='Grains Research and Development Corporation'>GRDC</abbr>

Trial details

Researcher(s) N/A
Year(s) 2015
Contributor Liebe Group
Trial location(s) Wongoondy, Mullewa, WA
Related trials
Soil management strategies for improving pH on red loam locations
Aims

Investigate the impact of soil management techniques and the application of different rates of lime over a five year period on soil pH.

Key messages
  • As in 2014, there was a significant difference in yield, in response to the cultivation treatments but not between the lime treatments.
  • Screenings in 2015 were much higher in the mouldboard and spaded plots than any other treatments. The percentage of screenings in these treatments increased with the increasing rate of lime.
Lead research organisation Liebe Group
Host research organisation N/A
Trial funding source GRDC LIE00008
Related program N/A
Acknowledgments

Many thanks to:

  • Steve Rowe for the trial site and assistance. Many thanks to the following growers and industry for supply of the machinery, lime and dolomite used in this trial:
  • McIntosh & Son for supplying the Tiny 36 inch Grizzly offset disc and Deep Digger.
  • AFGRI for supply of the mouldboard plough.
  • The Mills family for supply of the one-way plough.
  • The Broad family for supply of the spader.
  • Chris Leigh-Fairbank for the donation and cartage of lime.

This trial is supported by GRDC funding through LIE00008: Working together to deliver multiple benefit messages to growers through a whole systems approach to soil management.
Other trial partners Not specified
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Method

Crop type Cereal (Grain): Wheat
Treatment type(s)
  • Soil Properties : Type
Trial type Experimental
Trial design Replicated

Wongoondy, Mullewa 2015

Sow rate or Target density 50 kg/ha Corack Wheat
Sow date 21 May 2015
Harvest date Not specified
Plot size 30m x 40m
Plot replication 4
Paddock history 2010 lupin, 2011 wheat, 2012 wheat, 2013 lupin, 2014 wheat
Fertiliser

Pre seeding: 50 kg/ha Amsul            

21/05/2015: 50 kg/ha DAPSCZ                                                                        

17/06/2015: 40 kg/ha Urea
Herbicide

Knockdown: 1.5 L/ha RoundUp, 100 mL/ha Ecopar, 100 mL/ha Garlon, 0.25% wetter, 1% Amsul

Pre-emergent: 2 L/ha RoundUp, 1.6 L/ha Treflan, 35 g/ha Logran, 6 g/ha Ally, 1% Amsul, 0.2% wetter

Post emergent: 750 mL/ha Jaguar, 600 mL/ha MCPA LVE

 
Insecticide

Post emergent: 100 mL/ha Lorsban
Other trial notes

Further reading: Soil acidity management, Liebe Lime Calculator and the full report on “Soil acidity management strategies throughout Western Australia”. http://www.mig.org.au/lime-calculator/

 

Paper reviewed by: Lilly Martin, Liebe Group.
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Trial results Table 1

# Treatment 1
Average Lime Yield (t/ha) Cultivation Yield (t/ha) Hectolitre weight (kg/hL) Protein (%) Screenings (%) Interaction Yield (t/ha) Treatment Cost ($/ha) 2014 Returns ($/ha) 2015 Returns ($/ha) Total Net Return ($/ha)
1 █ 0 t/ha Lime 1.68
2 █ 3 t/ha Lime 1.57
3 █ 6 t/ha Lime 1.68
4 █ 12 t/ha Lime 1.68
5 █ No Cultivation 1.81
6 █ Offset Disc 1.54
7 █ Mouldboard 1.22
8 █ One way Plough 1.88
9 █ Spader 1.4
10 █ Deep Digger 1.96
11 █ 0 t/ha Lime No Cultivation 74.9 11.4 7.97 1.74 0 401 474 875
12 █ 0 t/ha Lime Offset Disc 74.8 12.2 8.28 1.75 45 453 477 885
13 █ 0 t/ha Lime Mouldboard 68.4 13.6 18.6 1.31 120 433 327 640
14 █ 0 t/ha Lime One way Plough 77.9 10.5 5.09 1.81 45 498 541 994
15 █ 0 t/ha Lime Spader 73.6 11.9 11.5 1.53 150 452 381 683
16 █ 0 t/ha Lime Deep Digger 76.5 11.1 7.97 1.9 60 480 518 938
17 █ 3 t/ha Lime No Cultivation 73.9 13.2 10 1.74 63 398 432 767
18 █ 3 t/ha Lime Offset Disc 71 13.9 15.5 1.42 108 412 355 659
19 █ 3 t/ha Lime Mouldboard 64.2 16.1 28 1 183 428 221 466
20 █ 3 t/ha Lime One way Plough 74.9 12.1 8.56 1.96 108 512 533 937
21 █ 3 t/ha Lime Spader 70.8 13.9 22.9 1.34 213 495 334 616
22 █ 3 t/ha Lime Deep Digger 75.6 11.8 7.66 1.97 123 509 537 923
23 █ 6 t/ha Lime No Cultivation 74 13 8.59 1.96 126 471 534 879
24 █ 6 t/ha Lime Offset Disc 73 12.5 12.1 1.43 171 431 356 616
25 █ 6 t/ha Lime Mouldboard 68.2 14.8 22.4 1.19 246 404 296 454
26 █ 6 t/ha Lime One way Plough 77.3 11.7 5.11 2.17 171 521 647 997
27 █ 6 t/ha Lime Spader 68.9 14.4 21 1.39 276 489 346 559
28 █ 6 t/ha Lime Deep Digger 74.3 12.2 9.81 1.92 186 495 521 830
29 █ 12 t/ha Lime No Cultivation 74.3 11.9 9.83 1.86 252 397 507 652
30 █ 12 t/ha Lime Offset Disc 73.9 11.8 9.67 1.53 297 454 415 572
31 █ 12 t/ha Lime Mouldboard 72.3 12.9 12.6 1.47 372 422 365 415
32 █ 12 t/ha Lime One way Plough 73 12.6 12.1 1.69 297 504 420 627
33 █ 12 t/ha Lime Spader 68.5 14.3 25.2 1.42 402 536 353 487
34 █ 12 t/ha Lime Deep Digger 76.5 12.1 6.84 2.13 312 477 579 744

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Average Lime Yield t/ha

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Cultivation Yield t/ha

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Hectolitre weight kg/hL

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Protein %

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Total Net Return $/ha

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Treatment Cost $/ha

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Observed trial site soil information
Trial site soil testing
Site Depth Type pH EC P K N A OC CAT
Wongoondy, Mullewa, WA 0 - 10cm Red Loam 4.40
Wongoondy, Mullewa, WA 10 - 20cm Red Loam 4.40
Wongoondy, Mullewa, WA 20 - 30cm Red Loam 4.60
Wongoondy, Mullewa, WA 30 - 40cm Red Loam 4.80
Wongoondy, Mullewa, WA 40 - 50cm Red Loam 5.00
Soil conditions
Trial site Soil texture
Wongoondy, Mullewa, WA Red loam
Derived trial site soil information
Australian Soil Classification Source: ASRIS
Trial site Soil order
Wongoondy, Mullewa, 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

Wongoondy, Mullewa WA 2015

Observed climate information

Rainfall trial total (mm) 299mm
Rainfall trial gsr (mm) 172mm

Derived climate information

Wongoondy, Mullewa 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

2015 trial report



Trial last modified: 01-11-2017 20:23pm AEST