Soil carbon

2015
CC BY 4.0

Research organisaton
Funding sources

Trial details

Researcher(s) Jeff Baldock (CSIRO)
Kellie Jones (FarmLink)
Tony Pratt (FarmLink)
Harm van Rees (Cropfacts)
Year(s) 2015
Contributor FarmLink Research
Trial location(s) Temora, NSW
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Soil carbon locations
Aims

Identifying if the increase in soil organic matter content could be beneficial for improving soil water holding capacity, increasing nutrient supply.

Key messages

It was expected that the imposed treatments to increase soil organic matter would take several years to become noticeable, especially in medium rainfall areas.  Even after three reasonable seasons at Temora with good crop production there were no differences in Soil C stock between the stubble and nutrient supply treatments.  The same result was found at the other seven trial sites located in SE Australia.  Thjis work shows that increasing soil C stocks is a long-term process, and three years was not long enough to measure significant changes with the practices selected.  The Temora Soil C trial will be remeasured again on the completion of the 2016 season after five years of trial work.

Lead research organisation N/A
Host research organisation N/A
Trial funding source GRDC
Trial funding source Department of Agriculture
Trial funding source CEF
Related program N/A
Acknowledgments

Funding for this trial is provided from DAFF and GRDC.  Yield Prophet is an on-line modelling service based on APSIM that provides simulated crop growth based on individual paddock information and rainfall, and is registered to BCG.


Other trial partners Not specified
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Method

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

Temora 2015

Sow date Not specified
Harvest date Not specified
Plot size Not specified
Plot replication Not specified
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Trial source data and summary not available
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Observed trial site soil information
Trial site soil testing
Not specified
Soil conditions
Trial site Soil texture
Temora, NSW Not specified
Derived trial site soil information
Australian Soil Classification Source: ASRIS
Trial site Soil order
Temora, NSW 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.
Year Temora NSW
2015 580.1mm
2014 536.2mm
2013 552.2mm
2012 603.7mm
2011 615.3mm
2010 622.2mm
2009 570.3mm
2008 556.2mm
2007 475.6mm
2006 514.6mm
2005 516.7mm
2004 454.7mm
2003 422.3mm
2002 414.1mm
2001 454.0mm
2000 430.4mm
National soil grid Source: CSIRO/TERN
NOTE: National Soil Grid data is aggregated information for background information on the wider area
Actual soil values can vary significantly in a small area and the trial soil tests are the most relevant data where available

Soil properties

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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.

Temora NSW

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: 05-06-2019 12:03pm AEST