Projects: Break Crops
Building resilience – Break Crop Suitability Across Landscapes (Stage 2)
Upper North Farming Systems and AIR EP have worked to bring this common theme across the 3 farming groups and 4 Node regions together into the one project in 2024. It is proposed to continue the project work and establish several paddock scale demonstration sites, tailoring each to the needs of the group region. The…
Growing lentils on challenging soils on Eyre Peninsula
A new 3-year project has been funded by GRDC to explore growing lentils on ‘challenging’ soils across EP. The project, led by AIR EP will fund 4 trials per year, which will be delivered by the EPAG Research team. The four sites on EP in 2025 are located at Rudall, Wangary, Poochera and Lock. Two…
Building resilience – Break Crop Suitability Across Landscapes 2024
Upper North Farming Systems, Murray Plains Farmers, and AIR EP join forced to bring this common theme across the 3 farming groups and 4 Node regions together into the one project. It is proposed to establish several paddock scale demonstration sites, tailoring each to the needs of the group region. The activities are designed to…
Development and extension to close the economic yield gap and maximise farming systems benefits from grain legume production in South Australia
Delivery of extension activities around 4 pulse sites on Eyre Peninsula. Key objectives Incorporate grain legumes into cropping systems Provide growers with optimized agronomic practices through GRDC-backed research Achieve a target where 45% of growers are adopting or planning to adopt these new techniques Learn more about this project on the MSF (Mallee Sustainable Farming)…
Enterprise choice and sequence strategies that drive sustainable and profitable southern Australian farming systems
Southern Farming Systems Project Edillilie Site – Lower Eyre Peninsula Farm profitability can be improved by identifying the factors that drive profit and adopting management that optimises returns and mitigates risks. Growers are under mounting pressure to maintain profitability due to constraints such as input costs, herbicide resistance, declining soil fertility, increasing soil-borne pathogens and…
Eyre Peninsula internship in applied grains research 2023
Summary This project will annually engage a recent graduate to work as an intern/trainee in applied grains research, development and extension, located on Eyre Peninsula. To improve the capacity of grains research, development and extension in the Eyre Peninsula region. To further develop applied research skills of recent graduates so they will be able to…
AIR EP/SAGIT Lower EP Ag Expo 2022
Lower EP Ag Expo 2022 held on March 8, at Ungarra with 50 people attending. Final report submitted to SAGIT in April 2022.
Southern Pulse Extension – Pulse Check Groups
Establishment of a minimum of 9 ‘Pulse Check Discussion groups’ across the Southern region. Pulse Check groups to focus upon ‘back to basics’ approach to lentil and/or chickpea production using a group learning approach and practical in-field learning.
Warm and cool season mixed cover cropping for sustainable farming systems in south eastern Australia’ project – upper EP
In this project, a consortium of grower groups and the CSIRO will identify and demonstrate suitable cover crops across south eastern Australia. The impacts of cover cropping on soil health, nutrient cycling, organic carbon, and soil moisture will be measured, and the optimum timing and method to terminate the cover crops will be determined. At…
Warm and cool season mixed cover cropping for sustainable farming systems in south eastern Australia – lower EP
Part of a bigger project across south eastern Australia to identify and demonstrate suitable cover crops. The impacts of cover cropping on soil health, nutrient cycling, organic carbon, and soil moisture will be measured, an the optimum timing and method to terminate the cover crops will be determined.