CIA RiceTalks: CY25 Establishment Field Day

CIA Focus Site CY25 Establishment Field Day 12 November 2024 Justin Sutherland | Coleambally

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Agenda

4 Catch up on how everyone is going so far 4 Update on the Focus site management.

4 Nitrogen Management until PI: Maximising returns on nitrogen and using the tools to take the guesswork out

4 Return Rice: Optimising yield with back-to-back rice.

4 Herbicide Management: Issues, options and stewardship.

4 Permanent Water: Timing, depth control, and relationship to yield

AIRSTRIP NORTH

AIRSTRIP SOUTH

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Paddock History SUMMER 2021

Rice

SUMMER 2022 Rice

WINTER 2022 Fallow

SUMMER 2023 Rice

SUMMER 2024 Rice

SUMMER 2025 Rice

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HARVEST 2021 PRODUCTION PERFORMANCE

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HARVEST 2022 PRODUCTION PERFORMANCE

HARVEST 2024 PRODUCTION PERFORMANCE

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NDVI 3 Dec 2023

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Management Timeline DRAINAGE DEEP WATER AGIXA

FLUSH 3

PRE-PW NITROGEN

HARVEST

FLOWERING

PI 5-Jan-24

PERMANENT WATER

STOMP FLUSH 2

SOIL PREP Sep-Oct

AIRSTRIP N

FLUSH 1 14-Oct-24

SOWING & FERT. 8-Oct-24

ha

Ameliorant Application

42.46

Nil

Soil layout

38.65

Lime VR (2023)

Sowing method

Sowing Date

Sowing Nutrition

Flush 1

Weed Control 24&25-Oct-24

Beds AIRSTRIP S

WEED CONTROL 24&25 Oct-24

Direct drill

8-Oct-24

1lt/ha PARAQUAT

GRANULOCKZ 14-Oct200 kg/ha 23 0.6 l/ha Magister

Management Plan

3.4 lot/ha STOMP

Flush 2

Weed Control

Flush 3

Pre-PW Nitrogen

PW

AGIXA

PI

FLOWERING

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Group input throughout season PADDOCK

AIRSTRIP NORTH

AIRSTRIP SOUTH

Target yield

13 t/ha (VO71-Matilda)

13 t/ha (VO71-Matilda)

05/01/25

05/01/25

Layouts (e.g., beds)

Beds & irrigation automation

Beds

Sowing date and rate

140 kg seed/ha - 8 October 2024

140 kg seed/ha - 8 October 2024

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Lime 0-3t/ha (2023)

Target PI

Soil amelioration

Sowing nutrition

GRANULO CKZ

Water management?

Nitrogen ?

Weed control?

Evaluation

200 kg /ha N: 22 + P: 43.6

GRANULOCKZ

200 kg/ha N: 22 + P: 43.6 kg/ha

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