| Researcher(s) |
Mark Klante (SARDI) Roy Latta (SARDI) |
|---|---|
| Year(s) | 2009 |
| Contributor | SARDI Minnipa Agricultural Centre |
| Trial location(s) |
Minnipa, SA
|
To provide early feed for stock in autumn, a time of year when pastures haven’t established properly, and get ewes and lambs out of the confinement feedlot and onto good quality feed as soon as possible.
| Lead research organisation |
SARDI Minnipa Agricultural Centre |
|---|---|
| Host research organisation | N/A |
| Trial funding source | GRDC UA00117 |
| Related program |
Eyre Peninsula Farming Systems |
| Acknowledgments |
Thanks to Brett McEvoy and Trent Brace for site management. |
| Other trial partners | Not specified |
| Crop type | Cereal (Grain): Barley |
|---|---|
| Treatment type(s) |
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| Trial type | Demonstration |
| Trial design | Unreplicated |
| Sow date | 24 April 2009 |
|---|---|
| Harvest date | Nil (spray topped) |
| Plot size | Not specified |
| Plot replication | Not specified |
| Rainfall avg ann (mm) | 325mm |
|---|---|
| Rainfall avg gsr (mm) | 242mm |
| Rainfall trial total (mm) | 421mm |
| Rainfall trial gsr (mm) | 333mm |
SILO weather estimates sourced from https://www.longpaddock.qld.gov.au/silo/
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