Innovative approaches to managing subsoil acidity in the southern grain region

2016
CC BY 4.0

Research organisaton
Funding source

Trial details

Researcher(s) Kellie Jones (FarmLink)
Year(s) 2016
Contributor FarmLink Research
Trial location(s) Binalong, NSW
Innovative approaches to managing subsoil acidity in the southern grain region locations
Aims

FarmLink’s role is to establish two paddock scale replicated experiments to –
• Increase awareness of subsoil acidity, and 
• Demonstrate effectiveness of innovative technology to ameliorate and/or prevent subsoil acidity on a farm scale

Key messages
  • This trial is a large-scale experiment, the data collected provides an indication of treatment effects and demonstrates benefits and pitfalls of adopting these subsoil acidity management methods on a large-scale. The small plot trials are more accurate and provided detailed statistical analysis of the impact of different treatments.
  • Further years of research and analysis from this site and other sites will confirm these findings.
Lead research organisation FarmLink Research
Host research organisation N/A
Trial funding source GRDC DAN00206
Related program N/A
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.

Other trial partners NSW DIP, Charles Sturt University, Holbrook Landcare Network, SFS, La Trobe University, Riverine Plains, CSIRO
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Method

Crop type Cereal (Grain): Wheat
Treatment type(s)
  • Soil Properties: Type
Trial type Experimental
Trial design Replicated

Binalong 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
Not specified
Soil conditions
Trial site Soil texture
Binalong, NSW Not specified
Derived trial site soil information
Australian Soil Classification Source: ASRIS
Trial site Soil order
Binalong, NSW Sodosol
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.
Year Binalong NSW
2016 274.7mm
2015 170.6mm
2014 165.2mm
2013 213.4mm
2012 307.8mm
2011 316.4mm
2010 292.6mm
2009 158.9mm
2008 154.4mm
2007 161.2mm
2006 182.1mm
2005 260.6mm
2004 196.5mm
2003 173.3mm
2002 159.8mm
2001 222.1mm
2000 214.4mm
National soil grid Source: CSIRO/TERN
NOTE: National Soil Grid data is aggregated information for background information on the wider area
Actual soil values can vary significantly in a small area and the trial soil tests are the most relevant data where available

Soil properties

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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.

Binalong NSW

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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: 07-02-2022 12:49pm AEST