Using long season wheats for increases in profits and grazing opportunities

2021

Research organisaton
Funding source

Trial details

Researcher(s) N/A
Contact email danielhester@pedaga.com.au
Contact phone +61434644881
Year(s) 2021
Contributor Southern DIRT
Trial location(s) Corrigin, WA
Kojonup, WA
Using long season wheats for increases in profits and grazing opportunities locations
Aims

There is growing interest from growers in southern Western Australia around the opportunities that long season wheats can provide them in a mixed or 100% cropping farming enterprise. The primary objective of this project is to demonstrate to growers the agronomic and enterprise fit and associated benefits of including a long season wheat into their rotation and to encourage the adoption through the farmer scale demonstrations and economic analysis

The project will demonstrate time of sowing, best available varieties suited to the areas of the demonstration sites and season permitting, the opportunity for grazing without yield penalty. It is worth noting the 2020 season did not allow the opportunity to graze any of the demonstrations.  The project will also provide practical guidelines or agronomic packages for production of long season wheat in the medium to high rainfall zones of South Western Australia. The key outcomes of this project are:

  • Demonstrate the yield potential of different long season wheat varieties relative to spring wheat varieties with an early sowing window
  • Develop economic analysis comparing long season and spring wheat varieties and time of sowing regarding yield to assist producers in making informed decisions
  • Begin the development of an agronomic package on growing long season wheats, time of sowing, seeding rates and fertiliser application and timing will be examined within this project.
  • Develop protocols around the importance of time of sowing for long season wheat varieties that are best suited to different areas within southern Western Australia
  • Where seasonal conditions allow, demonstrate the ability of sowing long season wheats to manage the feed gap in Autumn and winter through crop grazing with having minimal yield penalty

 

Key messages
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Lead research organisation Southern DIRT
Host research organisation N/A
Trial funding source GRDC 9177492
Related program N/A
Acknowledgments N/A
Other trial partners Corrigin Farm Improvement Group
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Method

Crop type Cereal (Grain): Wheat
Treatment type(s)
  • Crop: Variety
Trial type Demonstration
Trial design Replicated

Corrigin 2021

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

Kojonup 2021

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
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Soil conditions
Trial site Soil texture
Corrigin, WA Not specified
Kojonup, WA Not specified
Derived trial site soil information
Australian Soil Classification Source: ASRIS
Trial site Soil order
Corrigin, WA Sodosol
Kojonup, WA Sodosol
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.

Corrigin WA

Kojonup WA

Corrigin WA

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Kojonup WA

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

2021 trial report



Trial last modified: 05-05-2023 15:48pm AEST