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Transformational agronomy by growing summer crops in winter: The cropping system and farm profits

Zull, A. F., De Voil, P., Thomas, L., Eyre, J., Serafin, L., Aisthorpe, D., Wilkus, E. and Rodriguez, D. (2022) Transformational agronomy by growing summer crops in winter: The cropping system and farm profits. In: Proceedings of the 20th Agronomy Australia Conference, 2022, 6 - 10 February 2022, Toowoomba Qld.

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Abstract

The idea that “Yield is King” fails to acknowledge that what matters most to farmers is farm profits and risk, rather than yield. This is because decisions made in one season will affect options and crop performance over the next few years. Therefore, quantifying the longer-term impacts of innovation adoption is important. We used the Agricultural Production Simulation model (APSIM) to simulate and investigate the implications of adopting rain-fed winter sown sorghum in the Australian northern grains region. Results indicate that within a crop rotation early-planted sorghum will tend to decrease median sorghum crop yields but increase the following winter crop yields. This appears to have a marginal economic effect in Breeza and Dalby but encouraging results in Emerald. The inclusion of chickpea within the rotation increased returns in the best seasons with little change to downside risks in poor seasons.

Item Type:Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Business groups:Crop and Food Science
Additional Information:Open access
Keywords:Gross margins, variable costs, income, system strategies, crop rotation, rainfed cropping
Subjects:Agriculture > Agriculture (General) > Agricultural economics
Agriculture > Agriculture (General) > Farm economics. Farm management. Agricultural mathematics
Agriculture > Agriculture (General) > Agriculture and the environment
Agriculture > Agriculture (General) > Soils. Soil science > Soil and crops. Soil-plant relationships. Soil productivity
Agriculture > Agriculture (General) > Agricultural meteorology. Crops and climate
Agriculture > Agriculture (General) > Methods and systems of culture. Cropping systems
Plant culture > Field crops > Sorghum
Agriculture > By region or country > Australia > Queensland
Live Archive:22 Aug 2022 02:14
Last Modified:22 Aug 2022 02:35

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