Wolseley Cereal Challenge

2018
CC BY 4.0

Research organisation
Funding source

Trial details

Researcher(s) Katrina Copping (SARDI)
Amanda Pearce (SARDI)
Contact email walteela410@gmail.com
Year(s) 2018
Contributor MacKillop Farm Management Group
Trial location(s) Wolseley, SA
Wolseley Cereal Challenge locations
Aims

To compares grain yields and quality of milling oats, durum wheat, bread and feed wheats and feed and malt barley varieties and the subsequent gross margin when all crops are grown side by side on the Wolseley flats.

Key messages

The Wolseley “Cereal Challenge” is an initiative of the Wolseley Ag Bureau and funded by the MFMG. The challenge compares grain yields and quality of milling oats, durum wheat, bread and feed wheats and feed and malt barley varieties and the subsequent gross margin when all crops are grown side by side on the Wolseley flats.

Lead research organisation MacKillop Farm Management Group
Host research organisation N/A
Trial funding source SARDI N/A
Related program N/A
Acknowledgments

• Wolseley Ag Bureau, particularly Peter McLellan as the co-operating grower.
• Amanda Pearce, SARDI and the SARDI NVA team at Struan


Other trial partners Not specified
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Method

Crop types Cereal (Grain): Barley Forage: Oats Cereal (Grain): Wheat
Treatment type(s)
  • Crop : Type
  • Crop : Variety
Trial type Experimental
Trial design Randomised,Replicated,Blocked

Wolseley 2018 Barley

Sow date 14 May 2018
Harvest date Unknown
Plot size Not specified
Plot replication Not specified
Other trial notes

Contact email:amanda.pearce@sa.gov.au

Wolseley 2018 Oats

Sow date Not specified
Harvest date Not specified
Plot size Not specified
Plot replication Not specified
Other trial notes

Contact email:amanda.pearce@sa.gov.au

Wolseley 2018 Wheat

Sow date Not specified
Harvest date Not specified
Plot size Not specified
Plot replication Not specified
Other trial notes

Contact email:amanda.pearce@sa.gov.au

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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
Wolseley, SA Not specified
Derived trial site soil information
Australian Soil Classification Source: ASRIS
Trial site Soil order
Wolseley, SA 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.
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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.

Wolseley SA

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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

2018 trial report



Trial last modified: 12-04-2023 12:40pm AEST