| Researcher(s) |
Rohan Brill (NSW DPI) Laura Goward (CSIRO) James Hunt (CSIRO) Phil Moroney (FarmLink) Tony Pratt (CSIRO) Brad Rheinheimer (CSIRO) Antony Swan (CSIRO) |
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| Year(s) | 2014 |
| Contributor | FarmLink Research |
| Trial location(s) |
Wagga Wagga, NSW
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| Further information | View external link |
To evaluate different harvest and post-harvest stubble management techniques and measure their effect on harvest efficiency, grain losses and growth and yield of the subsequent crop.
Using a combine harvester to manage stubble at harvest was expensive and exposed crops to greater risk of weather damage. Harvesting tall and inter-row sowing was the cheapest form of stubble management and also gave good establishment. Burning is cheap and effective at removing stubble, and allowed excellent establishment and greater early vigor for competition with weeds, but may not suit all paddock types.
| Lead research organisation | N/A |
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| Host research organisation | N/A |
| Trial funding source | GRDC |
| Related program | N/A |
| Acknowledgments |
Thanks to Ben and Lou Beck of Downside, for hosting and conducting operations on this experiment |
| Other trial partners | Not specified |
| Crop type | Cereal (Grain): Wheat |
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| Treatment type(s) |
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| Trial type | Experimental |
| Trial design | Replicated |
| Sow date | Not specified |
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| Harvest date | Not specified |
| Plot size | Not specified |
| Plot replication | Not specified |
SILO weather estimates sourced from https://www.longpaddock.qld.gov.au/silo/
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16/4, pp 309-330. DOI: 10.1016/S1364-8152(01)00008-1.