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Researcher(s) |
Rob Fisher (Irrigated Cropping Council) Don Griffin (NSW DPI) John Hornbuckle (Deakin University) Peta Neale (Precision Agriculture) Sam North (NSW DPI) |
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Year(s) | 2013 - 2014 |
Contributor | Department of Primary Industries NSW |
Trial location(s) |
Southern NSW DPI offices, NSW
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Further information | View external link |
A new project being conducted by the Irrigated Cropping Council, NSW DPI, Deakin University, Murray Local Land Service and Precision Agriculture, with financial support from GRDC, started in July 2014. The long-term objective is to ‘increase grain
production and profitability from surface irrigated soils in the GRDC Southern Region by improving the understanding of the interaction between crops, soils, and irrigation and their effects on crop production’.
Lead research organisation | N/A |
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Host research organisation | N/A |
Trial funding source | GRDC |
Trial funding source | DPI NSW |
Related program | N/A |
Acknowledgments |
This research was jointly funded by NSW DPI, GRDC and Murray LLS. Assistance and data was also received from Murray Irrigation Limited and staff. |
Other trial partners | Not specified |
Crop types | Cereal (Grain): Barley Cereal (Grain): Wheat Oilseed: Canola Oilseed: Soybean Other crop: Cotton Grain Legume: Chickpeas Grain Legume: Faba beans |
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Rice (t/ha) | Soy (t/ha) | Barley (t/ha) | Chickpea (t/ha) | Cotton (bales t/ha) | wheat (t/ha) | Faba Bean (t/ha) | Canola yield (t/ha) |
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1 | █ Expected yield (t/ha) | 10.1 | 3.1 | 4 | 2.5 | 10.1 | 4.7 | 3.9 | 2.3 |
2 | █ Best ever yield (t/ha) | 12.1 | 3.9 | 5.9 | 3.4 | 12.8 | 6.6 | 4.6 | 3.1 |
3 | █ Yield gap (t/ha) | 2 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 2.6 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 0.7 |
4 | █ Total no. responses | 46 | 16 | 47 | 3 | 9 | 78 | 14 | 53 |
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.