| Researcher(s) |
Simon Craig (Farm360 Pty Ltd) Alistair Murdoch (Kooloonong) Troy Thamm (Farm360 Pty Ltd) |
|---|---|
| Year(s) | 2017 |
| Contributor | Birchip Cropping Group |
| Trial location(s) |
Kooloonong, VIC
|
| Further information | View external link |
To determine the ROI from using a stripper front compared to a draper front.
| Lead research organisation |
Birchip Cropping Group |
|---|---|
| Host research organisation | N/A |
| Trial funding source | GRDC BWD00024 |
| Related program |
Maintaining profitable farming systems with retained stubble |
| Acknowledgments |
This research was funded by the GRDC as part of the ‘Maintaining profitable farming systems in retained stubble’ project (BWD00024). |
| Other trial partners | Not specified |
| Crop types | Cereal (Grain): Barley Cereal (Grain): Wheat |
|---|---|
| Treatment type(s) |
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| Trial type | Article/commentary |
| Trial design | Not applicable |
| Sow date | Not specified |
|---|---|
| Harvest date | Not specified |
| Plot size | Not specified |
| Plot replication | Not specified |
| Sow date | Not specified |
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| Harvest date | Not specified |
| Plot size | Not specified |
| Plot replication | Not specified |
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Treatment 1
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Tonnes per hour (tonnes) | Labour (hours) | Speed (km/hr) | Cost ($/hr) | Total fuel (dollars) | Fuel cost ($/hr) | Fuel (L/hr) | Labour ($/t) | Labour ($/ha) | Area (ha) | hectares per hour (hectares) | Width of header front (feet) | Time (hours) | Tonnes (tonnes) | Total labour (dollars) | Cost ($/ha) | Grain yield (t/ha) | Fuel cost ($/ha) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | █ Draper low yield | 13.2 | 35 | 11 | 388.96 | 2909 | 38.4 | 48 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 1000 | 13.2 | 12 | 76 | 1000 | 2652 | 29.47 | 1 | 2.91 |
| 2 | █ Draper avg yield | 25.92 | 35 | 9 | 356.66 | 3852 | 41.6 | 52 | 1.4 | 3.2 | 1000 | 10.8 | 12 | 93 | 2400 | 3241 | 32.1 | 2.4 | 3.85 |
| 3 | █ Draper high yield | 27.1 | 35 | 6.1 | 287.15 | 6448 | 47.2 | 59 | 1.3 | 4.8 | 1000 | 7.32 | 12 | 137 | 3700 | 4781 | 39.23 | 3.7 | 6.45 |
| 4 | █ Stripper low yield | 15.6 | 35 | 13 | 449.63 | 2092 | 32.64 | 40.8 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 1000 | 15.6 | 12 | 64 | 1000 | 2244 | 28.82 | 1 | 2.09 |
| 5 | █ Stripper avg yield | 35 | 35 | 12 | 437.97 | 2456 | 35.36 | 44.2 | 1 | 2.4 | 1000 | 14 | 12 | 69 | 2400 | 2431 | 30.41 | 2.4 | 2.46 |
| 6 | █ Stripper high yield | 39 | 35 | 8.8 | 379.95 | 3788 | 40 | 50 | 0.9 | 3.3 | 1000 | 11 | 12 | 95 | 3700 | 3314 | 35.98 | 3.7 | 3.79 |
| 7 | █ Contracting low yield | 13 | 11 | 488.4 | 2909 | 38.4 | 48 | 1000 | 13 | 12 | 76 | 1000 | 37 | 1 | 2.91 | ||||
| 8 | █ Contracting avg yield | 26 | 9 | 491.6 | 3852 | 41.6 | 52 | 1000 | 11 | 12 | 93 | 2400 | 46 | 2.4 | 3.85 | ||||
| 9 | █ Contracting high yield | 27 | 6.1 | 497.2 | 6448 | 47.2 | 59 | 1000 | 7.32 | 12 | 137 | 3700 | 68 | 3.7 | 6.45 |
SILO weather estimates sourced from https://www.longpaddock.qld.gov.au/silo/
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