The “On-Farm Trial Guide” was produced for LandWISE by Peter Stone and Maaike Bendall of Crop&Food Research. Produced as a set of eight booklets it sets out the critical steps to ensure time and effort (and money) invested trials on your farm result in results you can trust.
The “On-Farm Trial Guide” is available for purchase via TradeMe (Search onfarm trial guide). Or email info@landwise.org.nz with Book Orders in the subject line.
The Package
On-Farm Trial Guide Reference Book:
How to run successful on-farm trials
- Getting your aims straight
- Getting the treatments right
- Getting the measurements sorted out
- Getting the design right
- Getting the trial site right
- Getting the trial underway
- Monitoring the trial
- Finishing the trial
- After the trial
- Analysing the trial results
On-Farm Trial Guide Templates
- How to run a Plant Population Trial
- How to run a Fertiliser Rate Trial
- How to run a Fertiliser Application Trial
- How to run a Fungicide Application Trial
- How to run an Alternative Tillage Trial
- How to run a Pasture and Forage Crop Trial
On-Farm Trial Guide Tips for Crops
- How to Measure Crop Performance
Free Downloads
On-Farm Trial Guide – Data Analysis Worksheet (Excel file calculator)
On-Farm Trial Guide – ANOVA Tool (Excel file calculator)
On-Farm Trial Guide – Data Sheet: Before (Word doc)
On-Farm Trial Guide – Data Sheet: During (Word doc)
On-Farm Trial Guide – Data Sheet: End (Word doc)
On-Farm Trial Guide – Data Sheet: After (Word doc)