Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development WA
Trial location(s)
East Gibson, WA
Aims
To determine how long the ripping effect lasts for in a controlled traffic farming (CTF) system and when to repeat the deep ripping on deep sands
Key messages
Rip to below your compacted layer
Ripping to 60cm reduced soil strength, and this effect continued into the second year after ripping
Wheat yield response to the 60cm rip treatment paid for deep ripping in the first year
Important to understand potential yield benefits of ripping before you rip
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)
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.
East Gibson 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.
