Demonstrating the benefits of break crops in northern Mallee no-till cropping systems

Agronomic constraints threaten the sustainability of intensive cereal no-till cropping systems. Local research has shown these constraints can be managed by diversifying rotations with break crops, however as this research was conducted at only one site, farmers wanted to know whether the same results would be observed on a commercial scale at a whole of paddock level. In 2014, the Mallee Catchment Management Authority (Mallee CMA) funded a project to compare the impact and profitability of the inclusion of broadleaved break crops in paddock rotations in the Northern Victorian Mallee.

农艺限制因素正威胁着集约化谷物免耕种植系统的可持续性。当地已有研究证实，通过引入填闲作物（break crops）实现轮作多样化，可有效缓解此类限制因素；但该研究仅在单一试验站点开展，农户因此希望明确：在商业生产规模下的全田块尺度中，是否能取得一致的试验效果。2014年，马利集水区管理局（Mallee Catchment Management Authority，简称Mallee CMA）资助了一项研究项目，旨在对比维多利亚州北部马利地区的田块轮作体系中纳入阔叶填闲作物所产生的影响与经济效益。