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Can adjusting zones within N1 paddock at Minnipa improve VRT outcomes?

2011

Research organisation
Funding source
SARDI Minnipa Agricultural Centre
<abbr title='Grains Research and Development Corporation'>GRDC</abbr>

Trial details

Researcher(s) Roy Latta (SARDI)
Cathy Paterson (SARDI)
Ian Richter (SARDI)
Wade Shepperd (Precision Ag Services)
Peter Treloar (Precision Ag Services)
Year(s) 2011
Contributor SARDI Minnipa Agricultural Centre
Trial location(s) Minnipa Agricultural Centre, SA
Can adjusting zones within N1 paddock at Minnipa improve VRT outcomes? locations
Aims

To study the use of VRT through zoning the paddock based on pre-2008 yield monitor maps, and incorporating EM38 and elevation maps.

Key messages
  • Compared to 2008 map, rezoning based on 2009 yield monitor map improved variable rate technology (VRT) performance in 2009, 2010 and 2011 seasons.
  • The highest gross margin was returned from paddock N1 as a result of zoning whereby no fertiliser was being applied to 89% of the paddock.
  • A limited yield response to applied fertiliser has restricted any gross margin benefit from the VRT technology from this paddock with high soil P reserves.
Lead research organisation SARDI Minnipa Agricultural Centre
Host research organisation N/A
Trial funding source GRDC UA00107
Related program Eyre Peninsula Farming Systems
Acknowledgments
  • We acknowledge the funding from GRDC project UA00107 for this work. Special thanks to Mark Klante, Brett McEvoy and Trent Brace for their assistance sowing and managing the trial and also Therese McBeath for reviewing this article and all her advice during the year.
Other trial partners UoA and CSIRO
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Method

Crop type Cereal (Grain): Barley
Treatment type(s)
  • Fertiliser : Rate
  • Sowing : Rate
Trial type Demonstration
Trial design Replicated

Minnipa Agricultural Centre 2011

Sow date Not specified
Harvest date Not specified
Plot size Not specified
Plot replication Not specified
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Trial source data and summary not available
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Observed trial site soil information
Trial site soil testing
Not specified
Soil conditions
Trial site Soil texture
Minnipa Agricultural Centre, SA Not specified
Derived trial site soil information
Australian Soil Classification Source: ASRIS
Trial site Soil order
Minnipa Agricultural Centre, SA Calcarosol
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.
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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.

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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

2011 trial report



Trial last modified: 21-01-2019 15:44pm AEST