| Researcher(s) |
Amanda Cook Neil king Ian Richter |
|---|---|
| Contact email | Amanda.cook@sa.gov.au |
| Contact phone | 0427270154 |
| Year(s) | 2019 |
| Contributor | SARDI Minnipa Agricultural Centre |
| Trial location(s) |
Kimba, SA
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| Related trials |
Farmers in the Kimba area have been producing oaten hay for export for several years. The industry has been expanding, with dedicated storage facilities established in recent years on the outskirts of Kimba. To maximise production and quality, the Buckleboo Farm Improvement Group wanted to identify the best current oaten hay variety for the Kimba area.
| Lead research organisation |
SARDI Minnipa Agricultural Centre |
|---|---|
| Host research organisation | N/A |
| Trial funding source | BALCO |
| Trial funding source | Buckleboo Farm Improvement Group |
| Trial funding source | National Radioactive Waste Management Facility Community Benefit Program |
| Related program | N/A |
| Acknowledgments |
The BigFIG group wish to acknowledge funding from BALCO and National Radioactive Waste Management Facility Community Benefit program. Thanks to Trevor, Kerri and Randall Cliff for having the trial on their property and to BigFIG for the opportunity to run the trial. Thank you to Steve Jeffs and Katrina Brands for helping with the trial sowing and sampling, and Balco for providing the seed. |
| Other trial partners | Buckleboo Farm Improvement Group |
| Crop type | Forage: Oats |
|---|---|
| Treatment type(s) |
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| Trial type | Experimental |
| Trial design | Randomised,Replicated,Blocked |
| Sow rate or Target density | Seeding rates targeted to an establishment of 180 plants/m |
|---|---|
| Sowing machinery |
Small plot Seeder |
| Sow date | 2 May 2019 |
| Harvest date | Not harvested for grain yield |
| Trial design method | RCBD Randomised Complete Block Design |
| Plot size | 2m x 12m |
| Plot replication | 3 |
| Plot blocking | Random |
| Plot randomisation | Y |
| Fertiliser |
60 kg/ha of DAP fertiliser at sowing. On 23 July 50 kg/ ha of urea was applied to the trial. |
| Herbicide |
No pre-emergent herbicides were applied, and Amine 625 @ 1 L/ ha was applied post emergent for broadleaved weed control. |
| Pesticide |
Amine 625 @ 1L/ha |
| Other trial notes |
For the 2018 oat variety results see EPFS Summary 2018 p100. |
| Rainfall avg ann (mm) | 340mm |
|---|---|
| Rainfall avg gsr (mm) | 220mm |
| Rainfall trial total (mm) | 222mm |
| Rainfall trial gsr (mm) | 160mm |
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
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