Ray Correll (Rho Environmental Pty Ltd) Todd McDonald (MSF) Michael Moodie (MSF) Nigel Wilhelm (SARDI)
Year(s)
2015
Contributor
Central West Farming Systems
Trial location(s)
Loxton, SA
Waikerie, SA
Aims
To compare break crop productivity and profitability on major soil types in the northern South Australian Mallee.
Key messages
Break crops faced a range of tough environmental conditions in the Mallee in 2015 including multiple frost and heat shock events.
Timely rainfall in April and hence early sowing resulted in excellent biomass production with most crop options producing on average more than 2 t DM/ha and several break crop options producing greater than 2.5 t DM/ha.
The highest grain yields tended to be crops with the quickest maturity such as lentils (0.73 t/ha), vetch (0.64 t/ha) and field peas (0.63 t/ha).
High value crops such as lentils and vetch were highly profitable due to both excellent prices and reasonable grain yields.
Lead research organisation
Central West Farming Systems
Host research organisation
N/A
Trial funding source
GRDC
Related program
N/A
Acknowledgments
South Australian Grain Industry Trust (SAGIT) for providing funding for this project.
Matt Whitney (Dodgshun Medlin) for providing advice on trial management.
Todd McDonald (MSF) and Peter Telfer (SARDI) for their technical assistance on the trial.
Brenton Kroehn and the Lowbank Ag Bureau for assistance in selecting and setting up the Waikerie site and
Bulla Burra staff for assistance at the Loxton site.
Trial source data and summary not available Check the trial
report PDF for trial results.
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.
Loxton SA
Waikerie SA
Loxton SA
NOTE: Exact trial site locality unknown - Climate data may not be accurate
Waikerie SA
NOTE: Exact trial site locality unknown - Climate data may not be accurate
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
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