Improving crop production on highly calcareous sands of southern Yorke Peninsula

2024 - 2025

Research organisation
Funding sources
Trengove Consulting
<abbr title='Grains Research and Development Corporation'>GRDC</abbr> Future Drought Fund - SA Drought Hub

Trial details

Researcher(s) N/A
Contact email samtrenny34@hotmail.com
Contact phone 0428262057
Year(s) 2024 - 2025
Contributor Trengove Consulting
Trial location(s) Marion Bay, SA
Improving crop production on highly calcareous sands of southern Yorke Peninsula locations
Aims

This work is a series of field experiments evaluating nutrient management strategies and product performance across cereals and lentils, with a focus on improving crop growth, nutrient uptake and yield. It also examines varietal and herbicide tolerance in lentils to support more informed decision making.

Key messages

Please refer to the trial report attached for individual key messages for each trial.

Marion Bay SA 2024 Barley

Please see attached pdf report for treatment details

Lead research organisation Trengove Consulting
Host research organisation N/A
Trial funding source GRDC UOA2105-013RTX
Trial funding source Future Drought Fund - SA Drought Hub
Related program N/A
Acknowledgments

Trengove Consulting would like to thank R & B Ag for hosting the trials and assisting with site management.

We also acknowledge the cereal field trials received funding from the Australian Government’s Future Drought Fund project title “Optimising nutrient input into low nutrient availability calcareous sands of southern YP.” 

Trengove Consulting also acknowledge the lentil nutrition research was funded by the GRDC as a part of project UOA2105-013RTX “Development and extension to close the economic yield gap and maximise farming systems benefits from grain legume production in South Australia”.


Other trial partners Not specified
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Method

Crop types Cereal (Grain): Barley Grain Legume: Lentils
Treatment type(s)
  • Crop : Nutrition
  • Herbicide : Type
Trial type Experimental
Trial design Randomised,Replicated

Marion Bay 2024 Barley

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

Marion Bay 2024 Lentils

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

Marion Bay 2025 Barley

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

Marion Bay 2025 Lentils

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
Check the trial report PDF for trial results.
Observed trial site soil information
Trial site soil testing
Not specified
Soil conditions
Trial site Soil texture
Marion Bay, SA Not specified
Derived trial site soil information
Australian Soil Classification Source: ASRIS
Trial site Soil order
Marion Bay, SA Rudosol

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.

Marion 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

2024 trial report



Trial last modified: 18-05-2026 14:29pm AEST