John Angus (CSIRO) Bob Gault (CSIRO) Mark Peoples (CSIRO)
Year(s)
1998
Contributor
Central West Farming Systems
Trial location(s)
Canberra, ACT
Aims
To discuss nitrogen inputs from pasture and patterns of release for crops.
Key messages
Nitrogen contributions by pastures in Ley Farming Systems are a renewable resource for Central West farmers.
Lead research organisation
Central West Farming Systems
Host research organisation
N/A
Trial funding source
GRDC
Related program
N/A
Acknowledgments
Data presented in this paper were derived from research supported by the Grains Research &
Development Corporation. The collaboration of colleagues from Agriculture Victoria (Glen Scammell), NSW Agriculture (Brian Dear, Jim Virgona, Graeme Sandral and Alison Bowman), Charles Sturt University (Ted Wolfe and John Paul) and VIDA (Matt McCallum) are gratefully acknowledged. We also wish to thanks Bernard and Anne Hart of ‘Waerawi’ for allowing us access to their pastures for experimentation.
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.
Canberra ACT
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.
