This trial was designed to compare and assess the effectiveness of one-off tillage treatments on soil water repellence, water infiltration, crop establishment and productivity on a water repellent gravel. The trial was conducted on water repellent sandy gravel in Moora. All tillage treatments had a little effect on the management of SWR and plant establishment in the severe water repellent gravel sand at Moora. Nevertheless, yield improvements were recorded, in particular with the “Large offsets” and the “Modified one-way with standard discs” treatments.
Potassium deficiency often goes unnoticed until cereals reach late tillering to early stem elongation, by which time it is difficult to predict if an economic response will be achieved if remedied. Granular products such as Muriate of Potash (MoP) require rainfall to become available and crop response is therefore often delayed. Lokomotive (27% K) is a new foliar potassium product from Loveland Industries that has low leaf burn risk and high foliar uptake and has demonstrated potential for correcting potassium deficiency. This trial was designed to evaluate Lokomotive as an in season foliar potassium source for correcting potassium deficiency and compare to muriate of potash.
Using potassium fertiliser has come to light in the past decade by farmers as a vitally important nutrient to add to crops and pastures to achieve increased plant vigor and growth. This trial aimed at looking at the different strategies on the best ways to apply potassium (K) based fertilisers to crops. This trial was conducted over three years in Waddington on sand over gravelly sand clay at 50cm.
This trial was implemented in 2015 to determine which ameliorant practice is the most effective and economic in remediating subsoil acidity at depth. The trial consists of four replicates of different mixing (untreated, spaded, grizzly) with products applied (untreated, lime, dolomite and lime and dolomite). This trial was designed by a project committee of Liebe members to determine the most effective liming strategy to maximise the return on investment in the Liebe region. The trial was located west of Wubin on a poor performing paddock that has the potential to improve once subsoil constraints have been addressed.
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