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Plan to Profit Course – have you registered?
Gain more confidence in the financial performance of your farm. Ensuring the farm passes to the next generation takes good planning, not just hope. Plan to Profit provides an easy-to-use business system to monitor and plan your farm for success. You will become proficient with P2PAgri software and speak more effectively with your farming team,…
2026 Crop Establishment – A vast contrast to 2025
By Brett Masters, EPAG Research A timely break to the season has given 2026 crops one of the best starts on record, with opening rains allowing seeding to begin across most parts of the Eyre Peninsula as early as April. It’s a far cry from the previous 2 years where much of crop was either…
New RiskWi$e podcast has landed!
We’ve added another podcast to the Riskwi$e catalogue. Jake Giles, EPAG Research is back in the field interviewing farmers across the EP to get their take on the season so far. In this episode, Jake speaks to Pinkawillinie farmer Paul Schaefer about the strong start to 2026. Paul unpacks how he approached sowing, fertiliser decisions,…
Forecast or Fiction? Making Sense of Weather Models on the Eyre Peninsula
The third Friday Climate Forum webinar for the EP Sustainable Agriculture Program was held on 12 June, and focused on understanding weather forecasts and tools. Guest presenter Dale Grey, Seasonal Risk Agronomist with Agriculture Victoria, explained that weather and climate models are built on grid squares, meaning forecasts are limited by model resolution. A forecast…
RAMping Up Repro July workshops | Register your Interest
Are you getting the best performance from your rams? Want to understand how you can improve your flock fertility? Developed in 2019 by Australian Wool Innovation (AWI) and Zoetis Australia, AIR EP have the opportunity to bring the RAMping Up Repro (RUR) workshops to Eyre Peninsula livestock producers for the first time. Program Purpose: To provide woolgrowers with…
What was behind poor pulse growth on Lower Eyre Peninsula in 2025?
Paddock investigations from the 2025 season By Brett Masters and Andrew Ware, EPAG Research In some Lower Eyre Peninsula pulse paddocks in 2025, the difference between the good and poor areas was dramatic. In the lentil paddocks investigated, the better parts of the paddock produced more than 7.5 times the spring biomass of the poor…
EP Frost tactics | Crop choice & timing take the sting out of cold nights
Frost remains one of the toughest seasonal risks for Eyre Peninsula growers, particularly in high-risk paddock zones, where a few cold nights can make a big difference to grain yield and quality. Throughout 2025, the GRDC funded ‘Further tactics to minimise frost damage on the Eyre Peninsula‘ project focused three key components – cereal phenology,…
Event Reminder | Pastures ‘Walk n Talk’ Friday 19 June
Join AIR EP for a practical pastures walk covering pasture establishment, feed on offer, stocking rates, livestock nutrition & herbicide strategies to help build a stronger pasture base & lift livestock production. Hosted by local livestock producer and pastures enthusiast David Low, this informal session will include open discussions with independent livestock coordinator, Hannah Gordon…
Plan to Profit workshop series: Upskilling farm business management
Gain more confidence in the financial performance of your farm. Ensuring the farm passes to the next generation takes good planning, not just hope. Plan to Profit provides an easy-to-use business system to monitor and plan your farm for success. You will become proficient with P2PAgri software and speak more effectively with your farming team,…
New clay calculator takes the guesswork out of tackling water repellent soils
By Brett Masters, EPAG Research A question that is often asked by farmers and landholders when planning to undertake clay spreading to address water repellence is, “What rate of clay do I need, to ensure that the job is done properly?”. To help answer this question, an easy online calculator has recently been launched by…