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RiskWi$e: National Risk Management Initiative – Action Research Groups Eyre Peninsula

RiskWi$e: the National Risk Management Initiative (NRMI) is a GRDC initiative extending over five years that aims to understand and improve risk-reward outcomes for Australian grain growers through participatory action research (PAR). Explicitly the NRMI aims to: 1. Develop an improved understanding of the risk-reward relationships for important on-farm management practices and decisions 2. Inform…

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Enterprise choice and sequence strategies that drive sustainable and profitable southern Australian farming systems

This page was last updated on 30 May 2024. 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,…

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SA Drought Hub Tools for pasture forecasting

This page was last updated on 18 November 2025. Summary A desktop review of all pasture forecasting and pasture measurement tools for primary producers available in Australia. Identify tools that have potential for use in the high rainfall zone of South Australia, but that may not be available or may not be calibrated in these…

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Eyre Peninsula internship in applied grains research 2023

This page was last updated on 31 October 2024. 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…

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Sheep Climate Resilience

This page was last updated on 12 January 2026. 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,…

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SA Drought Hub: Filling feed gaps

This page was last updated on 18 November 2025. 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…

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GRDC Better frost decisions workshops 2021

This page was last updated on 29 October 2024. WHAT BETTER FROST DECISIONS AIMS TO ACHIEVE Better Frost Decisions will provide the mechanism to help growers and their advisers make better decisions that will help to reduce the threat and impact from frost, particularly in relation to pre-season planning, in-season management and responding to frost…

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Unlocking new opportunities and audiences for delivery of MLA products in Southern Australian farming

This page was last updated on 23 May 2023.  Delivery of surveys via meetings to determine priorities for extension of MLA materials on EP.

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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.  

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AIR EP/SAGIT Lower EP Ag Expo 2022

This page was last updated on 31 October 2024.  Lower EP Ag Expo 2022 held on March 8, at Ungarra with 50 people attending. Final report submitted to SAGIT in April 2022.  

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