1. Home ::  
  2. Trial Search

Yuna trial results - fallow on sand

2009 - 2010

Research organisation
North East Farming Futures

Trial details

Researcher(s) Bernie Quade (Landmark)
Year(s) 2009 - 2010
Contributor North East Farming Futures
Trial location(s) East Yuna, WA
Yuna trial results - fallow on sand locations
Aims

To investigate low risk, best bet strategies for the low rainfall cropping zone

Key messages
  • The spraytopped treatment and the fallow treatment both yielded significantly better than wheat on wheat in 2010.
  • Weed burden was high in the wheat on wheat in the second year while the spraytopped treatment was slightly cleaner followed by the fallow which was virtually weed free.
Lead research organisation North East Farming Futures
Host research organisation N/A
Related program N/A
Acknowledgments
  • Phil Vlahov for seeding, spraying and harvesting the trial.
  • Bernie Quade of Landmark Geraldton
  • DAFWA for initial trial design and setup.
Other trial partners Not specified
Download the trial report to view additional trial information

Method

Crop type Cereal (Grain): Wheat
Treatment type(s)
  • Crop : Type
  • Crop : Rotation
Trial type Demonstration
Trial design Replicated

East Yuna 2009

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

East Yuna 2010

Sow rate or Target density 60kg
Sow date 11 May 2010
Harvest date Not specified
Plot size Not specified
Plot replication 3
Fertiliser

120kg (85% Agras, 15% Mo P)
Download the trial report to view additional method/treatment information

Download results

Trial results Table 1

@T1: 2009 @T2: 2009 @T3: 2010 @T4: 2010
# Treatment 1
Gross margin ($/ha) Income ($/ha) Cost ($/ha) Income ($/ha) Cost ($/ha)
1 █ Wheat on wheat 38 152 218 333 229
1 █ Wheat on fallow 155 0 49 407 203
1 █ Wheat on spraytop 152 0 42 397 203
1 █
1 █
2 █
2 █
2 █
2 █
2 █
3 █
3 █
3 █
3 █
3 █

Cost $/ha

Loading

Gross margin $/ha

Loading

Income $/ha

Loading
Observed trial site soil information
Trial site soil testing
Not specified
Soil conditions
Trial site Soil texture
East Yuna, WA Not specified
Derived trial site soil information
Australian Soil Classification Source: ASRIS
Trial site Soil order
East Yuna, WA Tenosol
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.
Year East Yuna WA
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000

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.

East Yuna WA

Loading
Loading
Loading

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

2010 trial report



Trial last modified: 06-08-2019 07:54am AEST