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Narrow-Winged Seeder Points Reduce Water Erosion And Maintain Crop Yields, Kevin Bligh
Narrow-Winged Seeder Points Reduce Water Erosion And Maintain Crop Yields, Kevin Bligh
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
Sowing crops without loosening the topsoil by tillage reduces water erosion. It can increase infiltration of rainfall into loamy soils, thereby reducing runoff and increasing potential crop yields. Crop yields were maintained after I1 seasons of seeding an Avon Valley loam near Beverley with minimum and no-tillage seeding operations. Infiltration increased significantly from 80 per cent of the 1983 growing-season rainfall under the traditional three tillage operations, to 87per cent under a single tillage operation using a combine seed drill. Infiltration increased further to 96 per cent under a no-tillage system using a triple^lisc drill. At Gnowangerup, 80 per cent …
Whole-Farm Planning : Success At Wilgi Creek, Kevin Shanhun
Whole-Farm Planning : Success At Wilgi Creek, Kevin Shanhun
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
Ian and Bev Lynch own Wilgi Creek, a 376 ha mixed farming property at West Mount Barker in the 700 mm rainfall zone. In 1983, they started a whole-farm plan to overcome the problems of declining production caused by waterlogging (their biggest problem), salinity and deterioration of the remnant native vegetation. Today, their property is an example of a successful, wholefarm land conservation plan based on agroforestry, timber production, water harvesting and improved pastures.