Media Release

Six different deep tillage machines were put to the test in front of 50 farmers at Kielpa recently to address production constraints caused by sandy soil conditions. With sandy soils making up between 40-50 per cent of cleared farming land on the Eyre Peninsula, it continues to be one of AIR EP’s key focus areas….

  New results indicate the application of gypsum on crops could be a game-changer for lentil growers on the Lower Eyre Peninsula. Plagued by waterlogging in many of the traditional lentil growing areas last season, advice based on recent research is set to remove some of the risks associated with growing lentils, promoting a more…

PHOTO: A/Prof Kate Gunn (centre) at the Mount Cooper family farm with Angus, Lucy, Jess and Evie Gunn.   Many farming families across the Eyre Peninsula are dealing with higher-than-average stress and exhaustion following an unusually late harvest. With many still reaping well into New Year period, the usual downtime and family leave has been…

Updated November 30 2022 – 9:40am, first published November 29 2022 – 1:30pm New AIR EP chair Bill Long. Picture supplied. Experienced and well-known farming identity Bill Long will lead AIR EP into its next chapter, bringing a high level of strategic thinking to the farmer-driven organisation. Mr Long was elected as Chair at the recent Annual…

PHOTO: Tristan Baldock, with children Nate and McKenzie, of Buckleboo, chats about his journey from uni graduate to agronomist and now farmer on AIR EP’s new podcast, EP Ag Chats.   Eyre Peninsula farmers are encouraged to tune-in this harvest as AIR EP’s new podcast, EP Ag Chats, covers ‘the good bits, the bad bits,…

Early trial results indicate soil amelioration as a possible strategy to minimise frost damage to crops on the Eyre Peninsula. Delivered by AIR EP and EPAG Research, the ‘Tactics to minimise frost damage on the Eyre Peninsula’ project has yielded early valuable data to assist farmers with combating the seasonal burden of frost. Two field…

Resilient EP tour: Farming systems scientist Roger Lawes and agronomist Quenten Knight inspecting Bruce Heddle’s crop at Minnipa. Resilient EP tour 3: Roger Lawes, Naomi Scholz, Jake Hull, Jeremy Whish, Rick Llewellyn, Tom Bishop, Bruce Heddle, and Andy Bates discussing challenges for EP farmers at Bruce Heddle’s Minnipa property. Resilient EP tour 2: Jeremy Whish,…