| Researcher(s) |
Mark Stanley Fiona Tomney (SARDI) |
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| Contact email | fiona.tomney@sa.gov.au |
| Contact phone | 0459857691 |
| Year(s) | 2019 |
| Contributor | SARDI Minnipa Agricultural Centre |
| Trial location(s) |
Minnipa Agricultural Centre, SA
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To investigate mixed species cover crops grown over winter.
| Lead research organisation |
South Australian Research and Development Institute |
|---|---|
| Host research organisation |
SARDI Minnipa Agricultural Centre |
| Trial funding source | GRDC |
| Trial funding source | Australian Government |
| Related program | N/A |
| Acknowledgments |
The project is being funded with support from the Australian Government, Grains Research & Development Corporation and the South Australian Government. The project is being delivered in partnership with the SA Murray Darling Basin NRM, Michael Nash, Mallee Sustainable Farming, Ag KI, Southern Farming Systems, Lower Eyre Development Association, Eyre Peninsula Agricultural Research Foundation, Upper North Farming System and the MacKillop Farm Management Group. Thank you to Dot and Reg Brace for donating the triticale seed, and to Gareth and Roanne Scholz for donating the tillage radish and cereal rye seed. |
| Other trial partners | Ag Excellence Alliance |
| Crop type | Pasture: Mixed species |
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| Treatment type(s) |
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| Trial type | Experimental |
| Trial design | Randomised,Replicated,Blocked |
| Sow rate or Target density | Multiple - please see report |
|---|---|
| Sow date | 31 May 2019 |
| Harvest date | Unknown |
| Plot size | 12m x 1.5m |
| Plot replication | 4 |
| Plot randomisation | Y |
| Fertiliser |
DAP @ 60 kg/ha |
| Rainfall avg ann (mm) | 325mm |
|---|---|
| Rainfall avg gsr (mm) | 242mm |
| Rainfall trial total (mm) | 269mm |
| Rainfall trial gsr (mm) | 208mm |
SILO weather estimates sourced from https://www.longpaddock.qld.gov.au/silo/
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