A Bates (consultant) Michael Bennet (SARDI) Bruce Heddle (farmer)
Year(s)
2009
Contributor
SARDI Minnipa Agricultural Centre
Trial location(s)
Minnipa, SA
Aims
To compare the impact of four different management strategies on production, profitability and sustainability at the Minnipa
Agricultural Centre.
Key messages
District Practice beat the farmers for grain yield and profit!
Researchers may blitz the field yet, just watch this space…
Oh, and by the way, the farmers are still winning, just.
Lead research organisation
SARDI Minnipa Agricultural Centre
Host research organisation
N/A
Related program
Eyre Peninsula Farming Systems
Acknowledgments
This competition would not be possible without the work of the long suffering farm staff, Mark Klante, Brett McEvoy and Trent Brace. Special thanks to Glencore Grain for helping financially support the ailing teams (i.e. researchers) keep their operations in the black!
Trial source data and summary not available Check the trial
report PDF for trial results.
Climate
Minnipa SA 2009
Observed climate information
Rainfall avg ann (mm)
325mm
Rainfall avg gsr (mm)
242mm
Rainfall trial total (mm)
421mm
Rainfall trial gsr (mm)
333mm
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.
