About this episode

The episode discusses insights from the first year of a long-term crop rotation trial focusing on legume integration in the Victorian Mallee.

Mallee Sustainable Farming Research Officer Louise Brok shares insights from the Millewa long-term crop rotation trial established in 2025 in the Victorian Mallee. The trial is evaluating pulse-inclusive farming systems, featuring 50% legumes across five fully phased rotations over four years. The project is investigating profitability, nitrogen fixation and fertiliser requirements, and groundcover retention. Designed for the low-organic-carbon sandy soils of the region, the work aims to test and validate farming systems that improve both productivity and resilience in high-risk environments. Despite an extremely dry 2025 season — with crops dry sown on 5 May and receiving only around 90 mm of growing-season rainfall — the trials still delivered valuable early insights. This episode explores the first-year results from the crop rotation and legume integration trial, along with additional demonstrations including wheat–vetch intercropping with varying vetch termination timings and a MAP fertiliser rate demonstration. 📄 Year 1 Results Fact Sheet:  Millewa Fact Sheet Year 1 📋 Legume based cropping systems project page: Legume Based Cropping Systems - Mallee…

People in this episode

Guest: Louise Brok

Topics covered

• crop rotation
• legume integration
• agriculture
• sustainability
• farming systems

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Mallee Sustainable Farming

Places: Victorian

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