To find crop species suitable to Kangaroo Island conditions, which were either:
• of higher value per tonne than currently grown milling wheat, or
• low yielding yet high value to reduce the per hectare freight cost.
Key messages
Wyalkatchem wheat reinforces its position in the cropping rotation.
Magenta may be a possible alternative to Wyalkatchem.
Advisable not to grow durum on the lateritic ironstone soils on the plateau.
More research required into suitability of soft wheat varieties .
Linseed tolerates and yields in wet soils, but its marketing requires further investigation.
Avoid growing chickpeas unless you can eliminate wildlife.
Lentils require good inoculation and well-drained soil. Target early or medium maturity varieties.
Lead research organisation
Agriculture Kangaroo Island Incorporated
Host research organisation
N/A
Related program
N/A
Acknowledgments
GRDC funded research administered by AgKI
Thanks to the trial participants and sponsors:
• AWB Seeds: supplied chickpeas, lentils and durum wheat
• AGT Seeds: supplied Mace wheat
• K. and S. Pledge: property and Magenta wheat
• Pontifex: Buckley wheat
• Naracoorte Seeds: linseed
• Aerotech: Native Budworm spray
• Stanton family: harvesting
• KIPG: grain classification
Trial source data and summary not available Check the trial
report PDF for trial results.
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.
East West Two, Vivonne Bay 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.
