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You may have heard about the GRDC-SCU research project ‘Regenerative Agriculture: Understanding the intent, practices, benefits and disbenefits’, which is set to be an exciting and timely project. The SCU team is now formally recruiting participants. They are aiming to ensure that not only are the indicators we use in the project useful for understanding…

Greening Australia Carbon Farming and Native Planting workshop. Join us on-site at ‘Glandore’ (directions provided on RSVP) to hear more about carbon farming and native plantings for sustainable farm outcomes. What we’re offering: Hear from experts with 20+ years of experience working with SA landholders on planting projects, and with over a decade of experience…

SPAA is hosting a Precision Ag Expo in McLaren Vale next week on Thursday 11 April and would like to offer up to 5 complimentary tickets to AIR EP members to attend. They will need to email directly to Angelique McAvoy (eo@spaa.com.au) to confirm their booking no later than Friday 5 April. It will be…

More than $110,000 is available for the Eyre Peninsula community to put towards local landscape management projects or events focusing on water, sustainable agriculture, pest plants and animals, biodiversity and community, under our Grassroots Grants program. Eyre Peninsula Landscape Board Chair, Peter Treloar encourages the community to submit grants applications for landscape management and environmental protection…

National climate information tool, My Climate View, now includes the ability to compare past and projected monthly data for rainfall, and maximum and minimum temperatures. The free digital tool has been updated to present the monthly data in a way that will help Australian farmers, their advisers and land managers gain more insight into their…

A proposal has been put to Government to reinstate a rail service on the Eyre Peninsula after it closed in 2019. The Eyre Peninsula is currently serviced by two grain handlers, Viterra and T-Ports. As a grain producer on the Eyre Peninsula, the reinstatement of a rail service may impact you positively, negatively (or not…

• 500 crop farmers nationally wanted for short online survey • 75 crop farmers will be selected for a broader, 3-year farm monitoring project Growing interest in regenerative farming practices has seen many on the land pursue alternative solutions for challenges like soil erosion, soil water-holding capacity, landscape health, rising input costs, changing markets and…

The University of Sydney and AFI are undertaking research on measuring human connectivity to soil – i.e. your relationship with soil and the farming practices which impact this.There is currently no way to measure this key indicator of soil security, and this research aims to address this gap by assessing soil connectivity across the breadth of Australia’s…

Livestock SA are seeking feedback of SA sheep producers on their experiences and views of the current OJD program in South Australia, including SheepMAP. OJD is a chronic, infectious, and incurable wasting disease that commonly occurs in sheep and cattle but can also affect goats, alpacas, and deer. Johne’s disease in sheep is a notifiable…

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