Projects
Sheep Climate Resilience
Summary Activities reported on for this project include: – Demonstration of practical strategies which improve the fertility of sheep joined during summer – Collation and communication of results from management trials – Demonstration of the benefits of using dietary betaine to improve sheep fertility during summer, and establish the impacts on their thermoregulation
SA Drought Hub: Filling feed gaps
Summary The project aims to improve primary producer decision making around the cost effective and sustainable production of hay and silage, and preparing for drought through best practice feed conservation and storage. The project will be conducted in the Limestone Coast (LC), Fleurieu Peninsula (FP), Kangaroo Island (KI) and Eyre Peninsula (EP) regions. A fact…
GRDC Better frost decisions workshops 2021
Summary On EP, two “Better Frost Decisions” workshops held 16 March 2021 at Lock (18 attended) and 17 March 2021 at Cummins (10 attended). Presenters: Mick Faulkner and Peter Hayman.
Unlocking new opportunities and audiences for delivery of MLA products in Southern Australian farming
Delivery of surveys via meetings to determine priorities for extension of MLA materials on EP.
Development and extension to close the economic yield gap and maximise farming systems benefits from grain legume production in South Australia mise farming systems
Otherwise known as the GRDC Legume Extension Project. 1 research hub trial site (Tooligie Hill) and 3 spoke sites annually (Kimba, Yeelanna, Mt Hill). Research delivered y SARDI and EPAG Research. Annual pulse field day at hub site. Sticky Beak events at spoke sites annually.
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.
GRDC Hands-on Precision Agriculture Training (HOPAT) project
Summary Assist Pinion Advisory to deliver 2 Precision Ag workshops. Initial PA workshop held at Cleve on 16 Feb 2021, 18 attended. Sent follow-up survey to participants to inform next workshop content. Final workshop held in Cleve 7 September 2021. 4 farmers attended. Dan Adams from Cockaleechie presented on his experiences with PA.
GRDC Frost Extension project
Summary Small plot frost trial at Tim Zacher’s Tooligie. Extension materials distributed via newsletter and podcasts. A trial site consisting of eight cereal varieties (Barley, Denison, Rockstar, Scepter, wheat mixture, Mace, LR Dual, Vixen) was sown near Tooligie in 2021. This site aimed to demonstrate how cereal varieties with different flowering times and maturities are…
Building drought resilience by scaling out farming practices that will enhance the productive capacity of sandy soil landscapes
Summary This project will enhance the drought resilience of farmers who manage 3 million hectares of sandy soils in the low-medium rainfall landscape of southeast Australia. This will be achieved through the adoption of practices that enhance the productive capacity of sandy soils by overcoming constraints including water repellence & compacted layers that prevent root growth &…