| Researcher(s) |
Ed Hunt (consultatn) Roy Latta (SARDI) Cathy Paterson (SARDI) Wade Shepperd (SARDI) |
|---|---|
| Year(s) | 2009 |
| Contributor | SARDI Minnipa Agricultural Centre |
| Trial location(s) |
Wharminda, SA
|
To manage risk through variable rate technology using different inputs over variable soil types and testing the use of Yield Prophet to match plant available water and nutrition with modelling of climatic conditions, knowing that we can have unpredictable finishes to seasons.
| Lead research organisation |
SARDI Minnipa Agricultural Centre |
|---|---|
| Host research organisation | N/A |
| Trial funding source | GRDC UA00107 |
| Related program |
Eyre Peninsula Farming Systems |
| Acknowledgments |
Thanks to the Hunt family for the opportunity to use this paddock as part of EPFS III. Thanks also to Willie Shoobridge, Trent Brace, |
| Other trial partners | Not specified |
| Crop type | Cereal (Grain): Wheat |
|---|---|
| Treatment type(s) |
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| Trial type | Experimental |
| Trial design | Replicated |
| Sow date | 6 June 2009 |
|---|---|
| Harvest date | Not specified |
| Plot size | Not specified |
| Plot replication | Not specified |
| Rainfall avg ann (mm) | 322mm |
|---|---|
| Rainfall avg gsr (mm) | 222mm |
| Rainfall trial total (mm) | 283mm |
| Rainfall trial gsr (mm) | 245mm |
SILO weather estimates sourced from https://www.longpaddock.qld.gov.au/silo/
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