To provide data to assist in decision making when planning to use a field crop as a potential resource for grazing, hay and/or grain based on seasonal conditions, while in some cases utilising the benefits of a break crop within the cropping rotation.
Key messages
Simulated grazing up to early tillering on cereals caused only a minor reduction in grain yield.
There are broad leaf field crop alternatives, forage peas and vetch, that as a monoculture or as component of a cereal or oilseed mixture can increase total (anthesis) biomass production.
There are further opportunities to develop farming systems around the multipurpose break crops on upper Eyre Peninsula.
Trial source data and summary not available Check the trial
report PDF for trial results.
Climate
Minnipa SA 2010
Observed climate information
Rainfall avg ann (mm)
325mm
Rainfall avg gsr (mm)
242mm
Rainfall trial total (mm)
410mm
Rainfall trial gsr (mm)
346mm
Derived climate information
Minnipa SA
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.
