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Title: Farmer experience with deep ripping in Western Australia : results of a survey of farmers conducted in September 1988 / Ron Jarvis.
Author: Jarvis, R. J. (Western Australian Dept. of Agriculture, Perth. Crop Science Branch) ; Western Australia. Division of Plant Industries.
Year: 1990.
Description: 32, 5 p. : map ; 30 cm.
Subject: Deep tillage. ; Pastures. ; Surveys. ; Cropping systems. ; Residual effects. ; Ploughs. ; Lupins. ; Cereals. ; Western Australia. ; Yields. ; Farmers' attitudes.
Notes: 13 tables.
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Type: Book
Abstract: (En)
The area ripped and the number of farmers adopting ripping has shown a quite rapid increase since 1982 with a levelling off in the late 1980s. Generally, few of the farmers have dropped ripping as a practice on their farm. Seasonal conditions have a large effect on the level of grain yield responses from deep ripping. Farmers agree that sandy soils produce the most consistent cereal responses to ripping. Deep ripping produced wheat crops yielding an average 390 kg/ha more than those with normal cultiv
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