NLP Stubble Management Project

It is intended that SFS members are able to help SFS direct important ‘National Landcare Program’ funding into critical and specific local stubble management research."

Enquiries, information and comments to:

Rohan Wardle,

Research and Extension Agronomist,

Southern Farming Systems

Ph. 0438 343 079 or rwardle@sfs.org.au

Links to:

Seeding Day Willaura Vic - 11 July 2007 ***NEW***

Managing Stubbles To Reduce Burning (Updated July 2007) (344kb .pdf)

Farmer Case Studies (Stubble Retention) (November 2006)

Seeding Day at Yalloak Estate, Ballan (July 2006)

Stubble Matters (May 2006)

Stubble Matters 2 (May 2006)

Stubble Review March 2006 (21st March 2006)

Scratch Tillage (22nd December 2005)

Potential Stubble Retention Opportunities for 2005/06 (1st December 2005)

Your Help Is Required to Create a Stubble Seeder (24th November 2005)

Stubble Fact Sheet (November 2005)

Stubble Management - A Burning Issue! (July 2005)

Stubble - Managing the Resource (July 2005)

With funding from the National Landcare Program, SFS has embarked on this extensive research agenda with soil management as the major concern. The introduction of organic matter (as stubble) into the topsoil not only helps increase hydroconductivity, resulting in additional moisture and nutrient availability during the critical grainfill periods, but also attains subsoil benefits by decreasing other localized hostilities (Kirkby; 2001).

Paddock scale demonstration trials have been established across South West Victoria at four sites (Inverleigh, Lismore, Lake Bolac and Hamilton) that involve a number of treatments addressing both the stubble and subsoil issues. Mulching, burial of ‘other’ organic substances and skip row seeding are some of the alternative treatments aimed at lessening the destruction of our fragile native habitat and enhancing the benefits of biodiversity across the region.