X

    Please fill your details below to download the PDF.



    • Facebook
    • Twitter
    • Instagram
    • Linkedin
    • Youtube
    Become a Member
    • Facebook
    • Twitter
    • Instagram
    • Linkedin
    • Youtube
    Mallee Sustainable Farming
    • Our Work
      • Soils and nutrition
      • Cereals
      • Break Crops
      • Pastures & Livestock
      • Weeds, Pests & Disease
      • Environment
      • Farming systems
      • Mallee Seeps
    • Projects
    • Media
      • News
      • Press Releases
      • E-updates
      • Field days VIC 
    • Events
    • About MSF
      • Our Organisation
      • Meet The Team
      • Meet The Board
      • Membership
      • Sponsorship
      • David Roget Award for Excellence
        • Guidelines and Call for Applications
        • Hall Fame
        • Winner 2020
      • Annual Reports
      • Twenty One
      • MSF Constitution
    • Virtual Trials
    • Podcast
    • Contact Us
    • Search
    • Menu
    • Publications
      • Research Articles
      • Fact Sheets & Newsletters
      • Annual Reports
      • Other Publications
      • MSF Stubble Guide

    Publication Name

    Therese McBeath1, Bill Davoren1, Vadakattu Gupta1, Rick Llewellyn1 and Anthony Whitbread2
    1CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences, Waite Precinct, Adelaide. 2 Crop Production Systems in the Tropics, University of Gottingen, Germany
    Peer Reviewer: Ashlea Doolette

    Key Messages
    • Average wheat yield gains were approximately 0.6 t/ha in the first year after a break and the size of this yield gain was similar in high and low yielding seasons.
    • Second year break effects were generally in the order of 0.3 t/ha and third year break effects 0.1 t/ha, resulting in a total of approximately 1 t/ha more wheat being produced following a break compared to continuous wheat.
    • The effect of breaks on subsequent wheat yields is usually more consistent across soils, seasons and break type than the yield of break crops.
    • Cumulative gross margins from wheat following legume, brassica and legume-based pasture breaks were generally much higher than continuous wheat, but the overall profitability of including breaks is strongly determined by the high variability in the relative profit from the different break options on different soils in the year that they are grown.

    Download the Full Article
    SIGN UP FOR OUR eUPDATE
    • This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.
    Website by Visual Strategy Design © 2021 Mallee Sustainable Farming Inc
    | Home | Contact | Privacy Policy | Inc # A0036008Z
    Credits
    Water Use Efficiency Field Pea’s stand out in Northern Mallee pulse crop comparison trials
    Scroll to top