Demonstrations and grower survey to assess reasons for cross-working and effect on crop production, 2018

2018

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Trial details

Researcher(s)	Bindi Isbister Adrian Rossi
Contact email	bindi.isbister@dpird.wa.gov.au
Year(s)	2018
Contributor	Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development WA
Trial location(s)	Binnu, WA

Demonstrations and grower survey to assess reasons for cross-working and effect on crop production, 2018 locations

Aims

To survey growers in the Geraldton port zone to understand why and how they are cross working.
To assess the effect of cross seeding and cross ripping on crop production compared to normal working at two demonstration sites.

Key messages

For the growers surveyed, the main reasons for cross ripping were to mitigate uneven plant establishment from wheel track sinkage lines and to break up the tramlines to increase crop area
Other reasons for cross seeding included; for more uniform seed placement, trash flow management, to stop the bar sinking, stop bogging and to get soil throw to cover spray tracks.
There was less wheel sinkage with cross ripping than ripping in the same direction as the main traffic.

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	Thanks to GRDC and DPIRD for co-investment in the 'Building Crop Protection and Production Agronomy R&D Capacity in regional Western Australia' project (DAW00256/DAW1512-001RTX)
Other trial partners	Not specified

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Method

Crop types	Cereal (Grain): Barley Cereal (Grain): Wheat
Treatment type(s)	Soil Properties : Compaction
Trial type	Demonstration
Trial design	Randomised

Binnu 2018 Barley

Sow date	Not applicable
Harvest date	Not applicable
Plot size	Not specified
Plot replication	Not specified

Binnu 2018 Wheat

Sow date	Not specified
Harvest date	Not specified
Plot size	Not specified
Plot replication	Not specified

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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
Binnu, WA	Not specified

Derived trial site soil information

Australian Soil Classification Source: ASRIS

Trial site	Soil order
Binnu, WA	Rudosol

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.

Binnu 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.

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