barry mudge, orroroo presentation
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Check out the following videos to see Barry give his presentation to the Climate Champions at Orroroo, during the SA tour.TRANSCRIPT
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Managing risk in a Managing risk in a highly variable highly variable climate- Upper North climate- Upper North SA experiencesSA experiences
Barry MudgeBarry Mudge
FarmerFarmer
ConsultantConsultant
Port Germein Port Germein
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Port Germein
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Clay Loam
Sandy Loam
Limestone Rise
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Annual Rainfall-Port Germein
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Growing Season Rainfall
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Historic Crop Yields
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Sandalwood
The Oaks
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Operating Profit and Growing Season Rainfall
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Strategic Responses- Improving resilience
■ Diversification or specialisation
■ Appropriate Scale
■ Maintain high equities
■ Attention to detail- adopting progressive technologies
■ Lease rather than buy if possible- invest surplus funds elsewhere
■ Have lease costs reflect profit rather than land value
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Recent Strategic Response Changes
■ Direct Drilling
■ Zero tolerance Summer Weed Control
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Early Seeding- Why is this so important?
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Average timing of first 30 degree spring day
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Orroroo
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Sept 29
Port Germein
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Tactical Responses- Adaptive or responsive farming
■ Largely around agronomy- weeds, pests, diseases, nutrition
■ Develop simple predictive tools to give seasonal outlook indications at seeding
■ Being prepared to act on strong indications
■ 2007 demonstrated the potential benefits of tactical response
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Yield Probabilities-2006/2007
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Low Modelled Plant Available Water at seeding (PAW <38 mm)-Port Germein
Early Seeding Opportunity
Middle Seeding Opportunity
Late Seeding Opportunity
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High Modelled Plant Available Water at seeding (PAW >78 mm)-Port Germein
Early Seeding Opportunity
Middle Seeding Opportunity
Late Seeding Opportunity
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Modelled effects of PAW at seeding against simulated yields at Quorn- 1900 to 2009
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Current areas of research
■ Fallow management- strategic and tactical
■ Impact of climate change on varietal selection, TOS
■ Value of changing input levels- seasonal and spatial, crops to land classes
■ Optimising crop/ livestock balance
■ Managing late breaks- opportunistic sowing?
■ Flexible grain/ grazing
■ Income from carbon?
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Summing Up
■ Last decade has been very testing for farming systems in the Upper North
■ Climate change or climate variability?
■ Confident about temperature increases- less confidence in rainfall predictions
■ Need to continue to refine strategies which provide resilience
■ Focus on developing the trigger points for more responsive and flexible programs