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The Commercial Impacts of Contaminants in Kerbside Green Organic Compost - the end users perspective. By Ashley Keegan FABAL. Quality Food And Beverage For The World. FABAL Mulching Project 2003. Over 600 hectares of Vineyard mulched 33 000 cubic meters of Composted Green Organics - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
The Commercial Impacts of The Commercial Impacts of Contaminants in Kerbside Contaminants in Kerbside Green Organic CompostGreen Organic Compost
--the end users the end users perspectiveperspective
By By Ashley Keegan Ashley Keegan
FABALFABALQuality Food And Beverage
For The World
FABAL MulchingFABAL Mulching Project 2003 Project 2003 Over 600 hectares of Over 600 hectares of
Vineyard mulchedVineyard mulched 33 000 cubic meters of 33 000 cubic meters of
Composted Green Composted Green OrganicsOrganics
Over 900 semi truck Over 900 semi truck loads of mulchloads of mulch
3 months 3 months Costs in the order of $1 Costs in the order of $1
Million dollarsMillion dollars
What is within an acceptable What is within an acceptable business risk profile?business risk profile?
What is in there that we can’t see?
Example of vineyard variabilityExample of vineyard variability
High vigour Low vigour
Infrared Remote Sensing Imagery Infrared Remote Sensing Imagery
The remote sensing imagery is The remote sensing imagery is produced taking satellite produced taking satellite captured infra red reflections and captured infra red reflections and grading all vines/plants into 5 grading all vines/plants into 5 vigour or biomass classes. vigour or biomass classes.
The The RedRed areas are the most areas are the most vigorous and the vigorous and the blueblue representing the poorest growth.representing the poorest growth.
Examples of what varying Examples of what varying ‘greenness’ indexes look like‘greenness’ indexes look like
Red High vigour Blue Low vigour
2003 Pre-Mulch 2003 Pre-Mulch Pellatised Straw Mulch Composted Green Organic Mulch
2004 Post-Mulch2004 Post-Mulch
Semillon single year turn around in Semillon single year turn around in block block relativerelative vigour vigour
2004 pre-mulch2004 pre-mulch 2005 post-mulch2005 post-mulch
14 months post application of 100 m3/ha of composted mulch
Relatively weak Semillon
Red High vigour Blue Low vigour
Control Composted Mulch 14 months post application
What is the difference between these What is the difference between these vines - 2 rows apart?vines - 2 rows apart?
Commercial outcomesCommercial outcomes
20.9% increase in mean yield of mulched verses control vines
Financial considerations in determining simple payback.Cost of CGOM including application $2,490/haSignificant increase in yield 1.97 t/haAverage price per tonne of grapes $1200/tBoth parcels of fruit achieved the same quality specificationsPotentially a single year return on investment!
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