Edililie, SA
Lock, SA
Mt Hill, SA
Pillanna, SA
Ungarra, SA
Wharminda, SA
Aims
To improve our understanding of what is driving these responses and how soil modification techniques can be improved on sandy profiles.
Key messages
• Modifying soil using a spader only can give large increases in dry matter without necessarily giving the same increase in yield.
• Using the spader to incorporate a delved site can be effective in increasing the benefit of the delving operation, particularly where organic matter is also incorporated.
Lead research organisation
Rural Solutions SA
Host research organisation
Lower Eyre Agricultural Development Association
Trial funding source
Caring for our Country
Trial funding source
GRDC
Trial funding source
South Australian Grains Industry Trust (SAGIT)
Related program
N/A
Acknowledgments
The authors would like to thank the landholders involved in this trial; Gus Glover, Chris Will, Ed Hunt, Terry Young, Mick Dahlitz and Peter Treloar. Also funding bodies including GRDC, the South Australian NRM program and the Australian Government Caring for our Country Program Dahlitz, Pillanna and Treloar, Edillilie - supported by the Lower Eyre Ag Development Association (LEADA).
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.
Edililie SA
Lock SA
Mt Hill SA
Pillanna SA
Ungarra SA
Wharminda SA
Edililie SA
Lock SA
Mt Hill SA
Pillanna SA
Ungarra SA
Wharminda SA
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.
South Australian Grains Industry Trust (SAGIT)
