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Northparkes mine broadacre trial

2006
CC BY 4.0

Research organisation
Central West Farming Systems

Trial details

Researcher(s) Ken Motley (NSW DPI)
Andrew Rice (Ivey ATP)
Karen Roberts (Ivey ATP)
Year(s) 2006
Contributor Central West Farming Systems
Trial location(s) North Parkes, NSW
Northparkes mine broadacre trial locations
Aims

To explore management impacts on wheat grain quality.

Key messages
  • Severe drought conditions affected the results of this trial (grain yields 0.60 to 1.02t/ha), with only 130 mm for April – October and 171mm for the calendar year recorded at the trial site.
  • The wheat variety Ventura, showed the benefits of quicker maturity over Sunstate in such extreme seasonal conditions. ô€‚ƒ Plant density was not found affect grain yield or quality in a very tough year.
  • Precision agriculture can be used for on-farm trials to produce statistically valid results, thereby offering an alternative to small plot trials.
  • The broadacre trial will be repeated in 2007 at Northparkes Mine.
Lead research organisation Central West Farming Systems
Host research organisation N/A
Related program N/A
Acknowledgments

Northparkes Mines for the provision of the trial site and machinery and labour for sowing and harvesting.
Other trial partners Not specified
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Method

Crop type Cereal (Grain): Wheat
Treatment type(s)
  • Crop : Variety
Trial type Experimental
Trial design Randomised,Replicated,Blocked

North Parkes 2006

Sow date Not specified
Harvest date Not specified
Plot size 2m x 12m
Plot replication Not specified
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Trial results Table 1

# Variety
 Treatment 1
Protein (%) Screenings (%) Grain yield (t/ha) Moisture (%) Test weight (kg/hL)
1 █ Sunstate █ Target density 75 plant/m2 15.38 1.85 0.6 8 81
2 █ Sunstate █ Target density 150 plant/m2 15.88 1.7 0.6 8.03 79.88
3 █ Sunstate █ Target density 200 plant/m2 16.08 2.08 0.53 8.03 79.75
4 █ Ventura █ Target density 75 plant/m2 14.43 1.13 10.1 8 81.38
5 █ Ventura █ Target density 150 plant/m2 14.9 1.3 1.02 7.98 80.63
6 █ Ventura █ Target density 200 plant/m2 14.95 1.38 1 7.98 80.63

Grain yield t/ha

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Moisture %

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Protein %

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Screenings %

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Test weight kg/hL

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Observed trial site soil information
Trial site soil testing
Not specified
Soil conditions
Trial site Soil texture
North Parkes, NSW Not specified
Derived trial site soil information
Australian Soil Classification Source: ASRIS
Trial site Soil order
North Parkes, NSW Sodosol
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 North Parkes NSW
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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.

North Parkes 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

2006 trial report



Trial last modified: 02-05-2018 11:58am AEST