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Opportunities and challenges for continuous cropping systems

2016
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Research organisation
Funding source
FarmLink Research
<abbr title='Grains Research and Development Corporation'>GRDC</abbr>

Trial details

Researcher(s) John Angus (CSIRO)
James Hunt (CSIRO)
Kellie Jones (FarmLink Research)
Clive Kirkby (CSIRO)
John Kirkegaard (CSIRO)
Rick Llewellyn (CSIRO)
Mark Peoples (CSIRO)
Tony Pratt (CSIRO)
Antony Swan (CSIRO)
Year(s) 2016
Contributor FarmLink Research
Trial location(s) Temora, NSW
Opportunities and challenges for continuous cropping systems locations
Aims

To highlight the main challenges faced in continuous cropping systems, and provide some recent research outcomes on best-bet management to sustain profitable continuous cropping with current and foreseeable technologies.

Key messages
  • Continuous cropping can be sustained for decades, but requires careful management.
  • A larger proportion of N supply as fertiliser will be required over time even when grain legumes are included in crop sequences.
  • Herbicide resistance develops faster under continuous cropping. Integrated management to keep key weed populations at very low levels is essential for long-term viability.
  • Suitably diverse crop and end-use portfolios and flexible management help build resilience to climate and crop price shocks.
Lead research organisation FarmLink Research
Host research organisation N/A
Trial funding source GRDC CSP00146
Related program Maintaining profitable farming systems with retained stubble
Acknowledgments
  • FarmLink gratefully acknowledges the contributions of all project collaborators to this report and for the time and effort they have invested in ensuring the success of FarmLink.
  • The authors would like to acknowledge the collaborative partnerships in farming systems research with FarmLink Research, Mallee Sustainable Farming and Birchip Cropping that have contributed to published and unpublished
    data presented here, and to the useful discussions with numerous consultants including Greg Condon, Tim Condon, Chris Duff, Kate Burke, Alan McKay, Matt McCallum and Michael Moodie.
  • We acknowledge the technical teams behind the research and GRDC funding support.
Other trial partners CSIRO
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Method

Crop type Grain Legume: Lupins
Treatment type(s)
  • Crop : Rotation
Trial type Experimental
Trial design Replicated

Temora 2016

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
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Soil conditions
Trial site Soil texture
Temora, NSW Not specified
Derived trial site soil information
Australian Soil Classification Source: ASRIS
Trial site Soil order
Temora, NSW Kandosol
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.

Temora NSW

NOTE: Exact trial site locality unknown - Climate data may not be accurate
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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

2016 trial report



Trial last modified: 05-06-2019 11:44am AEST