Projects
View Projects by Category
Select a project category or scroll down to view all projects.
All Projects
De-risking the sowing program on EP in 2025
Project summary: This project will be delivered on Eyre Peninsula in 2025. It support will the SA Drought Hub’s priority themes of farm planning and decision-making to manage climate and operational risk, along with soil and land management strategies, technologies, and innovations. It will establish a demonstration site in a low rainfall farming system with…
Understanding herbicide residue on challenging soil types within the southern region
To develop a better understanding of the nature and scope of herbicide residues issues, paddock surveys will be conducted in soil types of concern in SA. To determine phyto-toxicity thresholds, glasshouse dose-response bioassays will be conducted for these soil types for two herbicides and two crop types relevant to each region.Six demonstrations will be implemented…
Eyre Peninsula internship in applied grains research 2026
Project Aim: To improve the capacity of grains research, development and extension in the Eyre Peninsula region through the employment of an annual intern within local research organisations in 2026. To further develop applied research skills of recent graduates so they will be able to make an improved contribution to the grains R D &…
Sustainable Agriculture: Driving growth through innovation and climate responsive practices.
The Eyre Peninsula Sustainable Agriculture Program brings together Agricultural Innovation & Research Eyre Peninsula (AIR EP), the EP Landscape Board, key researchers, industry specialists, and local organisations to deliver a coordinated, evidence-based approach to improving the productivity and resilience of farming systems across the region. Working in partnership, the program focuses on priority soil and…
Improving crop phosphorus supply on highly calcareous soils using novel sources
This project will develop integrated solutions to improve the delivery of P in challenging calcareous soils with multiple constraints. Those solutions will be developed in a farming systems context so that practical and profitable management options can be provided to farmers and advisers. Specifically, the project will identify the impact of CCM and other comparable…
Carbon Outreach Project
The Eyre Peninsula Landscape Board (EPLB) is one of eight regional Boards collaborating to deliver the overarching project titled SA Carbon Outreach: Trusted advisors empower all SA land managers. The project will deliver training and advice to empower Eyre Peninsula farmers and land managers to be informed on carbon markets and options for incorporating low…
Hyper Yielding and Profitable Cereals
Hyper Yielding and Profitable Cereals – Quantifying the economic impact of management practices for wheat and barley in medium and low rainfall zones of the southern region. Project Aim By September 2027, 30% of wheat and barley growers in the medium and low rainfall zone across South Australia and Victoria have the information to better…
Building resilience – Break Crop Suitability Across Landscapes 2024
Upper North Farming Systems, Murray Plains Farmers, and AIR EP join forces 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…
Retaining soil water in farming systems using strip & disc machinery 2024
This project has enabled one demonstration site to be conducted in 2024 in a low rainfall farming system at Buckleboo to enable extension of past EP demonstration site results and results from other regions, and to further investigate: What are the measurable differences in stripper stubble vs conventional draper stubble sown using a disc seeding…
Further tactics to minimise frost damage on the Eyre Peninsula
Previous frost work on the EP has been well received and has assisted in filling key agronomic knowledge gaps around frost mitigation in crop, however, it has been identified that further gaps in knowledge exist. This project will build on successful work and engagement already conducted on the EP through a number of mechanisms, including:…