To determine if the use of a fallow cropping system was better and more profitable than a continuous wheat cropping system in the North East Agricultural Region (NEAR).
Key messages
The yield of the trial was not collected by the weigh trailer, but I felt the wheat on the fallow trial was at least 20-30% higher yielding than the wheat on wheat.
The wheat on the fallow trial was higher in stature, looked a lot healthier and larger grain size.
Looking overall at yield wheat on wheat would have been 0.9 to 1 t/ha and the fallow would have been approx. 1.2 to 1.3 t/ha.
Lead research organisation
North East Farming Futures
Host research organisation
N/A
Trial funding source
North East Farming Futures (NEFF)
Related program
N/A
Acknowledgments
Laurie Butler, Fitzroy Downs, North East Perenjori
Trial source data and summary not available Check the trial
report PDF for trial results.
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.
North East Perenjori WA
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.