Is controlled traffic farming altering crop performance across seeder widths in CWFS districts?

2015
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Research organisaton
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Trial details

Researcher(s) John Small (CWFS)
Year(s) 2015
Contributor Central West Farming Systems
Trial location(s) Condobolin, NSW
Hillston, NSW
Lake Cargelligo, NSW
Lake Cowal, NSW
Parkes, NSW
Rankins Springs, NSW
Tallimba, NSW
Tottenham, NSW
Ungarie, NSW
Weethalle, NSW
Wirrinya, NSW
Is controlled traffic farming altering crop performance across seeder widths in CWFS districts? locations
Aims

To test the hypothesis that over time in controlled traffic farming systems the repeated uneven spreading of header residue back over the tram track width would result in changed soil conditions that would ultimately lead to different “management zones” along the tram track.

Key messages
  • Although not statistically validated a trend of either higher or lower NDVI’s in the centre of the tram tracks was observed on 7 of the 14 farms investigated.
  • The trend to wider header fronts makes the practicalities of redistributing residue evenly back across the width of the header all the more difficult and may accelerate any rate of change in crop performance.
  • In the short term CTF producers should target even redistribution of crop residue across header widths
  • Further work is needed and the author would welcome collaboration from others in helping to design a future experiment and statistical analysis.
Lead research organisation Central West Farming Systems
Host research organisation N/A
Trial funding source GRDC ACT00004,CWF00018
Related program Application of CTF in the low rainfall zone
Acknowledgments

The author acknowledges the support of cooperating farmers in allowing access to both their crops and paddock records. It is hoped that in the future with further work a more definitive result can be found.


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Method

Crop types Cereal (Grain): Barley Cereal (Grain): Wheat Grain Legume: Chickpeas Grain Legume: Field peas
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Condobolin 2015 Wheat

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Condobolin 2015 Field peas

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Hillston 2015 Barley

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Lake Cargelligo 2015 Barley

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Lake Cowal 2015 Barley

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Parkes 2015 Barley

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Rankins Springs 2015 Barley

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Tallimba 2015 Barley

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Tottenham 2015 Wheat

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Tottenham 2015 Barley

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Ungarie 2015 Barley

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Ungarie 2015 Wheat

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Ungarie 2015 Field peas

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Weethalle 2015 Barley

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Wirrinya 2015 Barley

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Observed trial site soil information
Trial site soil testing
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Soil conditions
Trial site Soil texture
Condobolin, NSW Not specified
Hillston, NSW Not specified
Lake Cargelligo, NSW Not specified
Lake Cowal, NSW Not specified
Parkes, NSW Not specified
Rankins Springs, NSW Not specified
Tallimba, NSW Not specified
Tottenham, NSW Not specified
Ungarie, NSW Not specified
Weethalle, NSW Not specified
Wirrinya, NSW Not specified
Derived trial site soil information
Australian Soil Classification Source: ASRIS
Trial site Soil order
Condobolin, NSW Kandosol
Hillston, NSW Vertosol
Lake Cargelligo, NSW Vertosol
Lake Cowal, NSW Sodosol
Parkes, NSW Sodosol
Rankins Springs, NSW Kandosol
Tallimba, NSW Kandosol
Tottenham, NSW Vertosol
Ungarie, NSW Kandosol
Weethalle, NSW Kandosol
Wirrinya, NSW Vertosol
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 Condobolin NSW Hillston NSW Lake Cargelligo NSW Lake Cowal NSW Parkes NSW Rankins Springs NSW Tallimba NSW Tottenham NSW Ungarie NSW Weethalle NSW Wirrinya NSW
2015 217.9mm544.0mm537.5mm222.6mm617.1mm613.9mm557.3mm549.7mm544.1mm408.3mm417.8mm
2014 206.0mm514.7mm527.2mm336.6mm623.5mm587.3mm541.0mm560.3mm507.9mm389.2mm396.5mm
2013 206.6mm536.8mm527.5mm354.3mm595.7mm576.7mm533.7mm535.0mm508.5mm374.0mm405.2mm
2012 243.4mm604.7mm533.5mm367.3mm636.0mm604.8mm551.0mm600.3mm530.9mm460.3mm472.0mm
2011 179.2mm637.3mm542.3mm434.1mm645.5mm622.3mm562.5mm613.3mm553.9mm504.8mm479.9mm
2010 185.0mm645.9mm551.5mm493.8mm662.0mm652.9mm602.3mm644.7mm604.2mm490.5mm493.3mm
2009 73.3mm569.1mm508.0mm455.2mm618.3mm605.3mm555.6mm605.4mm574.4mm395.3mm447.7mm
2008 90.9mm556.7mm525.1mm429.1mm630.5mm590.0mm554.7mm602.0mm536.1mm370.7mm447.2mm
2007 80.4mm505.5mm506.8mm366.1mm561.1mm508.8mm432.5mm571.0mm475.8mm268.0mm338.2mm
2006 119.2mm566.2mm506.6mm396.0mm581.5mm567.9mm507.4mm565.5mm496.1mm333.9mm368.2mm
2005 154.3mm561.7mm531.7mm445.9mm638.3mm608.8mm559.4mm599.9mm545.8mm390.5mm421.7mm
2004 155.8mm517.6mm522.8mm433.3mm614.0mm566.9mm535.6mm602.9mm502.8mm338.8mm396.5mm
2003 154.0mm505.6mm526.6mm474.2mm551.7mm555.5mm517.5mm554.5mm482.2mm347.2mm365.9mm
2002 162.4mm475.1mm509.9mm408.2mm560.8mm508.4mm467.8mm530.9mm435.2mm321.7mm344.9mm
2001 230.3mm528.0mm532.3mm356.9mm569.1mm548.8mm505.9mm528.4mm468.7mm383.2mm363.2mm
2000 300.5mm511.7mm522.9mm330.4mm489.9mm500.6mm443.7mm514.1mm458.9mm353.4mm310.0mm
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.

Condobolin NSW

Hillston NSW

Lake Cargelligo NSW

Lake Cowal NSW

Parkes NSW

Rankins Springs NSW

Tallimba NSW

Tottenham NSW

Ungarie NSW

Weethalle NSW

Wirrinya NSW

Condobolin NSW

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Hillston NSW

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Lake Cargelligo NSW

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Lake Cowal NSW

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Parkes NSW

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Rankins Springs NSW

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Tallimba NSW

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Tottenham NSW

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Ungarie NSW

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Weethalle NSW

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Wirrinya NSW

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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: 28-08-2019 12:08pm AEST