Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development WA
Trial location(s)
Geraldton, WA
Aims
Evaluate the efficacy of chaff lining as a weed seed management tool within the Northen Agri Group in the Geraldton port zone
Key messages
Chaff lining is an evolving harvest weed seed control method
It presents as a low cost, easy weed management tool
It is considered to be good control for ryegrass and radish but not as successful for brome grass
Lead research organisation
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development WA
Host research organisation
N/A
Trial funding source
GRDC DAW00256
Trial funding source
DPIRD WA FFPJP13
Related program
Regional Research Agronomy
Acknowledgments
Growers: Karl Suckling, Craig Suckling, Mat Johnson, Raylene Burns, Brad Burns, Piet Dieperveen; Northern Agri Group, Nick McKenna (Planfarm), Peter Newman (Planfarm), Vanessa Stewart and Jeremy Lemon (DPIRD)
Thanks to GRDC and DPIRD for co-investment in the ‘Building capacity in crop protection and crop production agronomy research and development in Western Australia’ project (DAW00256/DAW1512-001RTX)
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.
Geraldton WA
NOTE: Exact trial site locality unknown - Climate data may not be accurate
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
Preliminary evaluation of chaff lining with the Northern Agri Group (NAG)
