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De-risking the seeding program 2024
Project Partners Ag Excellence Alliance & SARDI Further Resources Check out this case study demonstrating two different approaches taken by EP farming businesses to overcome the impact of fertiliser toxicity on seed germination and emergence in dry sowing situations. You can explore the practices trialled by other farming systems groups on the project lead AgExcellence…
Packaging Soil CRC tools to enhance the extension and adoption of improved soil management practices
This project will support four grower groups (including AIR EP) to critically evaluate their current extension practices used to engage farmers and to identify which extension tools developed in Program 1 of the Soil CRC can be combined to improve the adoption of innovation. Many significant learnings and outcomes have been developed in Program 1…
Soil CRC Agricultural Farm Practices Survey 2024
This project considers the actual and intended practice of a broad base of farmers across Australian farming systems via a mail-based survey (see results of 2024 survey). The 2024 survey is a modified but largely similar survey to one conducted on Eyre Peninsula in 2020 (see results of 2020 survey). Improved understanding of farmers and…
Matching soil performance indicators to farming systems
The Soil CRC Scoping Study on soil performance indicators (Project 2.1.01) concluded that there was no universal suite of indicators that could measure soil performance, but rather that indicators should be matched to their intended purpose (‘horses-for-courses’). This project will use social research, data analytics and soil indicator domain expertise to determine how commonly used…
EP Ag Chats – Connecting Generations of Farmers on Eyre Peninsula
Production of a podcast series of six episodes connecting the younger generation of Eyre Peninsula farmers with the experienced generation of Eyre Peninsula farmers. This would be series 2 of the successful “EP Ag Chats” podcast produced in 2022 as part of the Young Farmer Networking Project. Listen to the previous podcasts here. …
Eyre Peninsula internship in applied grains research 2024
This project anually engages a recent graduate to work for 12 months as an intern/trainee in applied grains research, development and extension on Eyre Peninsula. During the 12 months the intern gains skills in trial design, trial management, sampling, statistical analysis, general crop agronomy, extension practices including written and oral communication with growers and…
Retaining soil water in farming systems using strip/disc machinery 2023
SA Drought Hub – Minnipa Node: Retaining soil water in farming systems using strip/disc machinery DN1_23_02 AIR EP, Buckleboo Farm Improvement Group and SARDI Minnipa Agricultural Centre Demonstration sites were established in low rainfall farming systems to determine: Can we measure increased stored soil water in strip/disc vs conventional no-till knife point systems? Are there…
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)…
GRDC Seeder Systems Case Studies
Summary Josh Telfer interviewed Mark Modra for a seeding systems publication being produced by BCG, funded by GRDC. Published in GroundCover Online, 30 January 2022. Check out the story here: Read Marks story here This page was last updated on 29 October 2024.
SA Drought Hub: Glyphosate Alternatives
Summary Demo site (small plot replicated trial in reality) at Wangary, alternatives to glyphosate. Above: Ian Richter, SARDI, setting up the herbicide trial at the Wangary site in 2022. Cropping without glyphosate video Play Video Cropping without Glyphosate Fact Sheet SA Drought Hub Project Page This page was last updated on 18 November 2025.