To prove that the High Rainfall Zone (HRZ South) can produce high quality Udon Noodles and increase the continuity of supply in an exclusive market. The MRZ and LRZ of Western Australia have to date been the exclusive Udon Noodle supply areas to international markets. WA is the only external source of wheat grain for Udon Noodle manufacture for Japan and Korea.
To provide greater longer-term diversity and options for crop rotations in the southern HRZ. NOTE: the current dominant rotation of YIYO canola: barley is under threat with more disease and chemical resistance.
Key messages
Effect of location: A 30km distance North from the south coast within the HRZ, proposed as the ‘Chillinup Line,’ appears to be a critical agronomic cut off point for where the risk of downgrade or failure to meet specification is manageable. Noodle Wheat can be grown more successfully North of the ‘Chillinup line’, 30 km inland from the South Coast and East and West of the Stirling Ranges yet still in the HRZ.
Lead research organisation
Stirlings to Coast Farmers
Host research organisation
N/A
Related program
N/A
Acknowledgments
The Royalties for Regions program administered by DPIRD which has funded the HRZ Noodles project.
SCF and Gillamii growers who hosted trials in 2016 and 2017: Anthony Hall, Tony Slattery, Chris Tomlinson (Gillamii Group) and Brian Aylmore (Tolbrunup), John & Ashton Hood, Chris Kirkwood and Craig Pieper.
No observed climate data available for this trial. Derived climate data is
determined from trial site location and national weather sources.
Kendenup WA
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.
