The best yielding crops were undersown barley, at l t/ha, and wheat at 0.8 t/ha.
Excel field peas were the only alternative crop to yield similar to wheat, but like all other alternative crops, its yield was statistically different from undersown barley.
Wheat and undersown barley were the only trial entries to have positive gross margins.
Kaspa field peas had the lowest gross margin in the alternative crops because of high seed costs
Lead research organisation
Central West Farming Systems
Host research organisation
N/A
Related program
N/A
Acknowledgments
Woodlands Ag Bureau and the fanners in the Tottenham district for their support and interest in this trial throughout the year. On behalf of the group I would also like to thank Allan L’Estrange, Daryl Reardon and Jimmy Presley for their technical support. I would also like to thank the Medcalf family for allowing us to have the trial on their property.
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.
Tottenham NSW
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.
