LUCERNE AUSTRALIA FERTILISER TRIAL (YEAR 2) Dryland Fertiliser Trial Treatment List

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1 LUCERNE AUSTRALIA FERTILISER TRIAL (YEAR 2) Dryland Fertiliser Trial Treatment List Trt No. Product Supplier Treatment Rate Rate Unit 1 Untreated Control 2 Application Scrub Mix 100 kg/ha Spring 3 MAP S/SOP 2 & kg/ha Spring 4 Plain Super 50 kg/ha Spring 5 Plain Super 100 kg/ha Spring 6 Plain Super 150 kg/ha Spring 7 Super Potash 2 & 1 50 kg/ha Spring 8 Impact Fertilisers Super Potash 2 & kg/ha Spring 9 Super Potash 2 & kg/ha Spring 10 Sulphate of Potash (SOP) 50 kg/ha Spring 11 Muriate of Potash (MOP) 50 kg/ha Spring 12 Lucerne K 36 B 0.95% Zn 0.19% 105 kg/ha Spring 13 Lucerne K 38 B 0.77% Zn 0.15% 130 kg/ha Spring 14 Lucerne K 31 B 1.25% Zn 0.25% 80 kg/ha Spring Home Brew Lucerne Mix 1 low cost (mix A) 100 l/ha Autumn Lucerne Mix 1 low cost (mix A) 50 l/ha Post Hay Cut Lucerne Mix 2 high co(mix A++) 100 l/ha Autumn Lucerne Mix 2 high co(mix A++) 50 l/ha Post Hay Cut BioGraze 125 kg/ha Spring 18 BioGraze 2 in kg/ha Spring Lawrie Co 19 BioGraze 5 in kg/ha Spring 20 SS/SOP/Humate granules 125 kg/ha Spring 21 Gary Ferguson Pig Manure 2000 kg/ha Autumn Southern Soils Fertiliser NutriCal 10 l/ha Autumn NutirCal 10 l/ha Spring NutriCal 10 l/ha Post Hay Cut BioCoat 100 kg/ha Spring NutriCal 15 l/ha Autumn NutriCal 15 l/ha Post Hay Cut BioCoat 100 kg/ha Spring NutriCal 15 l/ha Autumn NutriCal 15 l/ha Spring Scrub Mix 100 kg/ha Spring 25 Haby's Manure Chicken Manure 2000 kg/ha Autumn 26 Supplies Compost 1000 kg/ha Autumn Stoller Australia Agrichem Foli-Zyme 5 l/ha Post Hay Cut Super Potash 2 & kg/ha Spring Bio-Forge 1.2 l/ha Post Hay Cut Super Potash 2 & kg/ha Spring Booster Zinc Moly 2 l/ha Autumn Supa Trace Advance 2 l/ha Autumn Super Potash 2 & kg/ha Post Hay Cut Balance 3ZBM 2 l/ha Post Hay Cut Foliar Boost 4 l/ha Post Hay Cut Super Potash 2 & kg/ha Spring Page 1

2 LUCERNE AUSTRALIA FERTILISER TRIAL (YEAR 2) Chronology of trial events Date Action 20-Dec-11 Soil and SAP analysis 27-Apr-12 Autumn Fertiliser Applied (application A) 18-Sep-12 Spring Fertiliser Applied (application B) 13-Nov-12 Post Hay Cut Fertiliser Application (application C) 18-Dec-12 Greenseeked and SAP Analysis 18-Feb-13 Trial Harvested season 19-Mar-13 Soil analysis 23-Apr-13 Autumn Fertiliser Applied (application A) 04-Sep-13 Spring Fertiliser Applied (application B) 15-Nov-13 Post Hay Cut Fertiliser Application (application C) 12-Dec-13 Greenseeked and SAP Analysis 26-Feb-14 Trial Harvested season Broad acre management activities of trial site Date Action Product Applied Application Rate Jun-08 Lucerne Established Sep-11 Fertliser Applied Single Super 150 kg/ha Aug-12 Fertliser Applied Single Super 150 kg/ha Sep-12 Trace Element Spray MnZinc 4 l/ha Nov-12 Trace Element Spray MnCu 4 l/ha Dec-12 Trace Element Spray MnCu 4 l/ha Aug-13 Winter Clean Aug-13 Fertiliser Applied Single Super 150 kg/ha Sep-13 Trace Element Spray MnZinc 4 l/ha Oct-13 Hay Cut Nov-13 Trace Element Spray MnCu 4 l/ha Jan-14 Trace Element Spray MnCu 4 l/ha Page 2

3 LUCERNE AUSTRALIA FERTILISER TRIAL (YEAR 2) Dryland Fertiliser Trial Results Treatment No. Treatment NDVI Notes: season season Clean Seed Yield Relative Gross (kg/ha) Margin ($/ha) NDVI 1 Untreated Control a 66 a a 2 Scrub Mix (100kg/ha) a 70 a a 3 MAP S/SOP 2 & 1 (150kg/ha) a 65 a a 4 Plain Super (50kg/ha) a 103 a a 5 Plain Super (100kg/ha) a 89 a a 6 Plain Super (150kg/ha) a 105 a a 7 Super Potash 2 & 1 (50kg/ha) a 58 a a 8 Super Potash 2 & 1 (100kg/ha) a 93 a a 9 Super Potash 2 & 1 (150kg/ha) a 85 a a 10 Sulphate of Potash (SOP) a 77 a a 11 Muriate of Potash (MOP) a 89 a a 12 Lucerne K 36 B 0.95% Zn 0.19% a 101 a a 13 Lucerne K 38 B 0.77% Zn 0.15% a 100 a a 14 Lucerne K 31 B 1.25% Zn 0.25% a 112 a a 15 Lucerne Mix 1 low cost (mix A) a 107 a a 16 Lucerne Mix 2 high cost (mix A++) a 93 a a 17 BioGraze a 67 a a 18 BioGraze 2 in a 75 a a 19 BioGraze 5 in a 75 a a 20 SS/SOP/Humate granules a 81 a a 21 Pig Manure a 74 a a 22 NutriCal X3 + BioCoat a 72 a a 23 NutriCal X2 + BioCoat a 93 a a 24 NutriCal X2 + Scrub Mix a 54 a a 25 Chicken Manure a 84 a a 26 Compost a 72 a a 27 Foli-Zyme a 57 a a 28 Bio-Forge a 81 a a Booster Zinc Moly + Supa Trace 29 Advance a 61 a a 30 Balance 3ZBM + Foliar Boost a 81 a a LSD (P=.05) Standard Deviation CV Letters accompanying data within the table are letters of significance. Although data may appear numerically different, all treatments with the same letter of significance cannot be considered significantly different. Seed yield has been measured and displayed on the basis of 99.9% purity of cleaned seed. Relative Gross Margin is calculated based on a cleaned seed price of $5-00/kg. Plus an application cost of $5-00/ha for granular, $11-00/ha for liquids and $20/ha for composts, but excludes freight. No other cost associated with producing the seed are factored in as these are considered constant across all treatments within the trial Page 3

4 NDVI 0.60 Dryland NDVI 24 Days After Post Hay Cut Application Page 4

5 LUCERNE AUSTRALIA FERTILISER TRIAL (YEAR 2) Irrigated Fertiliser Trial Treatment List Trt No. Product Supplier Treatment Rate Rate Unit Application 1 Untreated Control 2 Scrub Mix 200 kg/ha Spring 3 MAP S/SOP 2 & kg/ha Spring 4 Plain Super 100 kg/ha Spring 5 Plain Super 200 kg/ha Spring 6 Plain Super 300 kg/ha Spring 7 Super Potash 2 & kg/ha Spring Impact 8 Super Potash 2 & kg/ha Spring Fertilisers 9 Super Potash 2 & kg/ha Spring 10 Sulphate of Potash (SOP) 100 kg/ha Spring 11 Muriate of Potash (MOP) 100 kg/ha Spring 12 Lucerne K 36 B 0.95% Zn 0.19% 105 kg/ha Spring 13 Lucerne K 38 B 0.77% Zn 0.15% 130 kg/ha Spring 14 Lucerne K 31 B 1.25% Zn 0.25% 80 kg/ha Spring Lucerne Mix 1 low cost (mix A) 100 l/ha Autumn 15 Lucerne Mix 1 low cost (mix A) 50 l/ha Post Hay Cut Home Brew Lucerne Mix 2 high co(mix A++) 100 l/ha Autumn 16 Lucerne Mix 2 high co(mix A++) 50 l/ha Post Hay Cut 17 BioGraze 250 kg/ha Spring 18 BioGraze 2 in kg/ha Spring Lawrie Co 19 BioGraze 5 in kg/ha Spring 20 SS/SOP/Humate granules 250 kg/ha Spring 21 Gary Ferguson Pig Manure 2000 kg/ha Autumn NutriCal 10 l/ha Autumn 22 NutirCal 10 l/ha Spring NutriCal 10 l/ha Post Hay Cut BioCoat 200 kg/ha Spring Southern Soils NutriCal 15 l/ha Autumn 23 Fertiliser NutriCal 15 l/ha Post Hay Cut BioCoat 200 kg/ha Spring NutriCal 15 l/ha Autumn 24 NutriCal 15 l/ha Spring Scrub Mix 200 kg/ha Spring 25 Haby's Manure Chicken Manure 2000 kg/ha Autumn 26 Supplies Compost 1000 kg/ha Autumn Foli-Zyme 5 l/ha Post Hay Cut 27 Super Potash 2 & kg/ha Spring Stoller Australia Bio-Forge 1.2 l/ha Post Hay Cut 28 Super Potash 2 & kg/ha Spring Booster Zinc Moly 2.5 l/ha Autumn 29 Maxi Mang 0.3 l/ha Autumn Agrichem Super Potash 2 & kg/ha Post Hay Cut Balance 3ZBM 2.5 l/ha Post Hay Cut 30 Maxi Fruit 5 l/ha Post Hay Cut Super Potash 2 & kg/ha Spring Page 5

6 LUCERNE AUSTRALIA FERTILISER TRIAL (YEAR 2) Chronology of trial events Date Action 20-Dec-11 Soil and SAP analysis 27-Apr-12 Autumn Fertiliser Applied (application A) 18-Sep-12 Spring Fertiliser Applied (application B) 18-Dec-12 Post Hay Cut Fertiliser Application (application C) 14-Jan-13 Greenseeked and SAP Analysis 19-Mar-13 Trial Harvested season 19-Mar-13 Soil analysis 23-Apr-13 Autumn Fertiliser Applied (application A) 04-Sep-13 Spring Fertiliser Applied (application B) 12-Dec-13 Post Hay Cut Fertiliser Application (application C) 21-Jan-14 Greenseeked and SAP Analysis Broad acre management activities of trial site Date Action Product Applied Application Rate Jun-11 Lucerne Established Sep-11 Fertliser Applied Single Super 200 kg/ha Sep-12 Fertliser Applied Single Super 200 kg/ha Sep-12 Trace Element Spray MnZinc 4 l/ha Jan-13 Trace Element Spray MnCu 4 l/ha Feb-13 Trace Element Spray MnCu 4 l/ha Aug-13 Winter Clean Aug-13 Fertiliser Applied Single Super 200 kg/ha Sep-13 Grass Select Sep-13 Trace Element Spray MnZinc 4 l/ha Nov-13 Hay Cut 11-Dec-13 Irrigation Dec-13 Trace Element Spray MnCu 4 l/ha 12-Jan-14 Irrigation Jan-14 Trace Element Spray MnCu 4 l/ha 27-Jan-14 Irrigation Feb-14 Trace Element Spray MnCu 4 l/ha Page 6

7 LUCERNE AUSTRALIA FERTILISER TRIAL (YEAR 2) Irrigated Fertiliser Trial Results 2012/13 Treatment No. Note: season season Treatment NDVI Yield Relative gross NDVI margin ($/ha) 1 Untreated Control a 966 a a 2 Scrub Mix (200kg/ha) a 984 a a 3 MAP S/SOP 2 & 1 (200kg/ha) a 985 a a 4 Plain Super (100kg/ha) a 1010 a a 5 Plain Super (200kg/ha) a 1009 a a 6 Plain Super (300kg/ha) a 1000 a a 7 Super Potash 2 & 1 (100kg/ha) a 918 a a 8 Super Potash 2 & 1 (200kg/ha) a 972 a a 9 Super Potash 2 & 1 (300kg/ha) a 994 a a 10 Sulphate of Potash (SOP) a 941 a a 11 Muriate of Potash (MOP) a 960 a a 12 Lucerne K 36 B 0.95% Zn 0.19% a 987 a a 13 Lucerne K 38 B 0.77% Zn 0.15% a 1012 a a 14 Lucerne K 31 B 1.25% Zn 0.25% a 1049 a a 15 Lucerne Mix 1 low cost(mix A) a 1058 a a 16 Lucerne Mix 2 high cost (mix A++) a 1045 a a 17 BioGraze a 966 a a 18 BioGraze 2 in a 968 a a 19 BioGraze 5 in a 995 a a 20 SS/SOP/Humate granules a 984 a a 21 Pig Manure a 1048 a a 22 NutriCal X3 + BioCoat a 1049 a a 23 NutriCal X2 + BioCoat a 1024 a a 24 NutriCal X2 + Scrub Mix a 971 a a 25 Chicken Manure a 973 a a 26 Compost a 984 a a 27 Foli-Zyme a 945 a a 28 Bio-Forge a 1025 a a 29 Booster Zinc Moly + Maxi Mang 0.68 a 986 a a 30 Balance 3ZBM + Maxi Friut a 1043 a a LSD (P=0.5) Standard Deviation CV Letters accompanying data within the table are letters of significance. Although data may appear numerically different, all treatments with the same letter of significance cannot be considered significantly different. Seed yield has been measured and displayed on the basis of 99.9% purity of cleaned seed. Relative Gross Margin is calculated based on a cleaned seed price of $5-00/kg. Plus an application cost of $5-00/ha for granular, $11-00/ha for liquids and $20/ha for composts, but excludes freight. No other cost associated with producing the seed are factored in as these are considered constant across all treatments within the trial. Page 7

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