Faba beans on south-coast sandplain after soil amelioration – a case study

2019

Research organisation

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Trial details

Researcher(s)	Jeremy Lemon Carla Milazzo
Year(s)	2019
Contributor	Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development WA
Trial location(s)	Kojaneerup, WA

Faba beans on south-coast sandplain after soil amelioration – a case study locations

Aims

A case study to demonstrate that faba beans can serve as a much needed break crop in the dominant canola-barley rotation on the South Coast sandplain.

Key messages

Soil amelioration, particularly liming with incorporation to depth, increases break crop options.
Faba beans can be successfully grown on light soil types if pH is managed.
Subsequent nitrogen fertiliser programs should take account of residual N to optimise the benefits of pulse crops.

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	The study undertaken as part of this project is made possible by the GRDC and DPIRD. I would also like to acknowledge the significant contributions of the growers Josh, Shannon and Tony Goad. Thank you for your time and continued support. 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)
Other trial partners	Not specified

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Method

Crop type	Grain Legume: Faba beans
Treatment type(s)	Crop : Type Management systems : Soil engineering
Trial type	Article/commentary
Trial design	Unknown

Kojaneerup 2019

Farm size	1100ha
Sow date	Unknown
Harvest date	Unknown
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
Kojaneerup, WA	Not specified

Derived trial site soil information

Australian Soil Classification Source: ASRIS

Trial site	Soil order
Kojaneerup, WA	Sodosol

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.

Kojaneerup 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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