Mixed Cover Crops for Sustainable Farming

2020

Research organisaton
Funding source

Trial details

Researcher(s) N/A
Year(s) 2020
Contributor Agriculture Kangaroo Island Incorporated
Trial location(s) MacGillivray, SA
Stoke's Bay, SA
Mixed Cover Crops for Sustainable Farming locations
Aims

To support grower groups to identify and demonstrate the establishment and management of suitable multi species cover crops across a range of environments and assess the impacts of cover cropping on soil health, nutrient cycling, organic carbon, invertebrate populations and soil moisture.

Key messages

• Most suitable summer crop species for Kangaroo Island soils are tillage radish, French white millet, sunflowers, turnips and buckwheat
• Bees have a higher preference to forage on sunflowers and tillage radish flowers compared with buckwheat.

Lead research organisation N/A
Host research organisation N/A
Trial funding source Australian Government
Related program N/A
Acknowledgments

National Landcare Program (Smart Farming Grant)

Pontifex Farming

Will Stanton

Ag KI for administering the funding


Other trial partners Not specified
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Method

Crop type Other: Perennial shrubs
Treatment type(s)
  • Crop: Type
  • Management systems: Cover crops
Trial type Demonstration
Trial design Blocked

MacGillivray 2020

Sow rate or Target density 22 kg/ha
Sow date 4 December 2020
Harvest date Unknown
Total plots Not specified
Plot size Not specified
Plot replication Not specified
Psuedoreplication Not specified

Stoke's Bay 2020

Sow rate or Target density 17.5 kg/ha
Sow date 13 October 2020 14 Nov 2020 for species screening evaluation
Harvest date Unknown
Total plots 56
Plot size Not specified
Plot replication 4
Psuedoreplication 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
MacGillivray, SA Not specified
Stoke's Bay, SA Not specified
Derived trial site soil information
Australian Soil Classification Source: ASRIS
Trial site Soil order
MacGillivray, SA Tenosol
Stoke's Bay, SA
National soil grid Source: CSIRO/TERN
NOTE: National Soil Grid data is aggregated information for background information on the wider area
Actual soil values can vary significantly in a small area and the trial soil tests are the most relevant data where available

Soil properties

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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.

MacGillivray SA

Stoke's Bay SA

MacGillivray SA

NOTE: Exact trial site locality unknown - Climate data may not be accurate
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Stoke's Bay SA

NOTE: Exact trial site locality unknown - Climate data may not be accurate
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Some data on this site is sourced from the Bureau of Meteorology

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

2020 trial report



Trial last modified: 13-08-2024 12:34pm AEST