Wheat farm discipline simulator

Set a yield target, score 10 farm practices for your season, and see which practices are lowering your yield. Yield depends on doing every task on time: sowing date, seed and plant population, fertiliser at the right stage, irrigation on schedule, and control of weeds, pests and disease. Crop nutrition is 1 of these tasks. A task missed at its time can cost yield that extra work later may not recover. The farm discipline simulator shows how each task, and its timing, changes the yield. For example, a crop that needs water every week and misses 2 waterings early in the season does not get that yield back from extra waterings later, even if the season’s total is the same.

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Wheat · default yield target

What yield are you aiming for?

The default target is 60 maunds per acre: VAN’s assumed yield for a good progressive wheat farmer. If you expect a higher or lower yield, type your own number. Then score your season below. The simulator estimates the yield that your scores would give, and shows which practices would add the most yield towards your target.

maunds/acre

Estimated yield from your scores below, which all start at OK (model estimate)

maunds/acre

30 maunds per acre below your target

Where the most yield could be gained (model estimates, not trial results)

Macronutrient nutrition (N-P-K) is scored OK. Raising it to Best could add up to 4.5 maunds per acre.

Irrigation management is scored OK. Raising it to Best could add up to 4.5 maunds per acre.

Genetics and seed quality is scored OK. Raising it to Best could add up to 3.9 maunds per acre.

Target 60Estimated 3030 below target

Macronutrient Nutrition (N-P-K)

Lowest of N%, P%, or K% delivered is 60-90% of recommended dose

Irrigation Management

CRI and post-anthesis both covered, but tillering or jointing irrigation missed or delayed

Seed Rate / Plant Population

Achieved stand 70-90% or 110-130% of target

Weed Management

Weed control applied but delayed or incomplete relative to the ~60-75 day critical weed-free period

Disease Management (rust and other foliar disease)

Moderately susceptible variety, or fungicide applied late, only after visible spread

Genetics & Seed Quality

Good-quality farmer-saved seed of a recommended variety, cleaned or graded, but not certified or treated

Sowing Time

Sown within ~2 weeks before or after the optimal window

Micronutrient Nutrition & Soil Fertility Baseline

Partial or inconsistent micronutrient application, or none applied where soil status is unconfirmed

Insect-Pest Management (mainly aphids)

Reactive control after visible infestation, incomplete coverage

Lodging & Harvest Risk

Minor or partial lodging in small patches, or slight harvest delay, with limited impact

This is a pilot model built from VAN’s own agronomy work. It has not yet been checked against a full season’s field results, so use the yield figure as a rough guide to which practices matter most, not as a forecast for your field.

A plan for your own field

VAN’s agronomy team can score your own field

Send your soil analysis, your district and the work you have done so far this season.

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