Abstract
Field pea and vetch are the two most popular brown manure choices in southern NSW, and their cultivation is largely dependent on the need to control herbicide resistance weeds. Brown manuring also brings other potential benefits such as the addition of soil nitrogen, and more ground cover over the summer period. NSW DPI Pulse team established a series of experiments at Wagga Wagga in southern NSW to investigate the effects of pulse crops on the farming system if harvested for grain or brown manured. Three separate cropping sequences have been established to date, the first commencing in 2012, then 2013 and 2014. A range of legume crops were sown in year one (6 in 2012 and 7 in 2013) at three sowing times and were either brown manured at the stage of black oat anthesis or the crop was taken through to grain harvest. These were followed with two consecutive wheat crops in 2013 and 2014. There are four key messages from this work. Firstly, southern NSW growers will maximise their rotational returns by taking pulse crops through to harvest and selling the grain. Secondly, most pulse crops are likely to provide flow-on benefits to the following wheat crops provided they are well managed. Thirdly, growers should choose the pulse that best fits their farming system – the one easiest to grow and market. Finally , weeds are the major driver for brown manuring in southern NSW.
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Harvesting and selling pulse grain maximizes rotational returns for southern NSW growers.
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e0“southern NSW growers will maximise their rotational returns by taking pulse crops through to harvest and selling the grain”
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Most pulse crops are likely to benefit following wheat crops if well managed.
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- wheat crops
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- pulse cropse0
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- flow-on benefits to the following wheat cropse0
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- provided they are well managede0
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e0“most pulse crops are likely to provide flow-on benefits to the following wheat crops provided they are well managed”
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Growers are advised to choose the pulse that best fits their system and market.
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e0“growers should choose the pulse that best fits their farming system – the one easiest to grow and market”
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Weeds are identified as the major driver of brown manuring in southern NSW.
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e0“weeds are the major driver for brown manuring in southern NSW”
t0“Brown manuring pulses on acidic soils in southern NSW”