MIA RiceTalks: CY25 Establishment Field Day

MIA Focus Site CY25 Establishment Field Day 11 November 2024 Patrick Sergi, Sergrow | Murrami

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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

PDK 6 (F1439)

PDK 19 (F1045)

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Paddock 6 History

PDK 6 (F1439)

PADDOCK

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SUMMER 2021 Rice

WINTER 2021 Fallow

PDK 19 (F1045)

SUMMER 2022 Rice

WINTER 2022 Fallow

SUMMER 2023 Fallow

WINTER 2023 Wheat

2023

SUMMER 2024 Fallow

WINTER 2024 Oats

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NDVI - 18 December 2022

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Paddock 19 History

PDK 6 (F1439)

PADDOCK

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WINTER 2020 Wheat

SUMMER 2021 Fallow

WINTER 2021 Barley

PDK 19 (F1045)

SUMMER 2022 Rice

2022

WINTER 2022 Fallow

SUMMER 2023 Fallow

WINTER 2023 Wheat

SUMMER 2024 Fallow

2023

9th Dec 2019 NDVI

8th Jan 2020 N-uptake

SUMMER 2024 Fallow

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19 October 2024

Paddock 6

Paddock 19

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Management Timeline

16 DRAINAGE FLOWERING DEEP WATER

FLUSH 3

PRE-PW NITROGEN

PERMANENT WATER

PI 5-Jan-25

3 WAY-MIX FLUSH 2

SOIL PREP Sep-Oct

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6

SOWING & FERT. 13-Oct-23

FLUSH 1 15-Oct-23

WEED CONTROL

ha

Ameliorant Application

Soil layout

Sowing method

25.7

Lime VR

Beds

Direct drill 13-Oct-23

Beds

GRANULOCKZ 180 kg/ha + Direct drill 13-Oct-23 SINGLE SUPER 100, 200, 300 kg/ha

27.6

Lime VR

Sowing Date

Sowing Nutrition GRANULOCKZ 150 kg/ha 20 kg/ha (strip)

Management Plan

Flush 1 14-Oct24

14-Oct24

3 WAY-MIX Flush 2 STOMP

Flush 3

Pre-PW Nitrogen

PW

AGIXA

PI

% 22 HARVEST MOISTURE

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Group input throughout season PADDOCK 6

PADDOCK 19

15.5 t/ha (VO71-Matilda)

15.5 t/ha (VO71-Matilda)

05/01/25

05/01/25

Layouts (e.g., beds)

Beds

Beds

Sowing date and rate

125 kg seed/ha - 13ᵗʰ October 2024

125 kg seed/ha - 13ᵗʰ October 2024

Lime 3t/ha

Lime 3t/ha

Target yield Target PI

Soil amelioration

100 kg/ha

SINGLE SUPER

P:8.8 S:11 Ca:19 kg/ha

Sowing nutrition GRANULOC KZ

P:17.6 S:22 Ca:38 kg/ha

300 kg/ha P:26.4 S:33 Ca:57 kg/ha

180 kg /ha N: 19.8 + P: 39.2

GRANULOCKZ

20 kg/ha

150 kg/ha

N: 2.2 P: 4.4 kg/ha

N: 16.5 P: 32.7 kg/ha

Another flush (depending on weather) PW: mid-end November 2024

Another flush (depending on weather) PW: mid-end November 2024

Considering applying GRAN-AM before PW UREA variable rate: according to plant counting and NDVI/NRDE maps

Considering applying GRAN-AM before PW UREA variable rate: according to plant counting and NDVI/NRDE maps

Water management?

Nitrogen ?

200 kg/ha

Weed control?

Evaluation

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