Projects
Developing future leaders for farming communities on the Eyre Peninsula
Summary This project aimed to provide young farmers from across upper Eyre Peninsula (EP) with the confidence and skills to take on leadership roles in their local communities. DAFF project: Over the course of the project a total of 50 young farmers took place in the four project workshops and associated events that occurred as…
Dryland Legume Pasture Systems – Boosting profit and reducing risk in medium and low rainfall areas
Summary Over the past three decades there has been a shift from integrated crop-livestock production to intensive cropping in dry areas which has significantly reduced the resilience of farms. Intensive cropping is prone to herbicide resistant weeds, large nitrogen fertiliser requirements, and major financial shocks due to frost, drought or low grain prices. A pilot…
LEADA Summer Cover Crop Species Demonstration
Summary Trial Management: Sown 14th December 2017 with 60kg/ha 18:20 fertiliser Pasture Genetics disc plot seeder Soil dry in the top 5cm and moist from 5-15cm Soil reasonably friable apart from compacted wheel tracks Rows 8 & 9 were sown over controlled traffic wheel tracks, which were quite compacted and had lower moisture levels….
2017 EP Stubbles Extravaganza
Summary Naomi Scholz, SARDI Livestock and Farming Systems, Minnipa Agricultural Centre hosted the Eyre Peninsula ‘Stubbles Extravaganza’ forum for researchers and advisors on 9 November 2017 in Port Lincoln on behalf of EPARF and LEADA. Speakers Naomi Scholz (GRDC Stubble Initiative) Rick Llewellyn (weeds) CSIRO Greg Baker (snails) SARDI Gupta Vadakattu (nitrogen) CSIRO Jack…
Profitable farming systems with retained stubble on Lower EP
Summary The project ‘Profitable farming systems with retained stubble on Lower Eyre Peninsula’ (South Australia) aims to create a development and extension program through this project that will assist lower Eyre Peninsula growers and advisors to best manage stubble retention within their farming systems. This project will create options to manage the constraints of retaining…
Copper Management for the future
Summary The project ‘Copper management for the future’ aims to explore different management strategies to overcome copper deficiency in cereals. The project will compare the effectiveness of copper sulphate and copper chelate applied either as liquids banded at seeding or as a foliar spray. The project will also evaluate the effect of different timings of…
LEADA Soil Modification on Lower Eyre Peninsula Improving Access to Soil Moisture
Summary There are an estimated 160,000ha of soils on Lower Eyre Peninsula that have known soil constraints that negatively impact on agricultural production that can be addressed through current soil modification techniques. These include soils with poorly structured subsoils and sandy soils with low water holding capacity and poor fertility. In the past 2…
Managing Soil Acidity on Lower Eyre Peninsula through Development and Delivery of Best Practice Management Growing Productivity and Sustainability
Summary The ‘Managing Soil Acidity on Lower Eyre Peninsla through Development and Delivery of Best Practice Management Crowing Productivity and Sustainability project includes the development of an innovative pH mapping program for the Lower Eyre Peninsula and investigating the most effective treatment of low pH soils in this area to improve productivity and sustainability. This…
Woolly Pod Vetch Chemical Tolerance
Summary The project aimed to identify chemicals that take out broad leaf weeds in established Woolly Pod Vetch. There is a growing export demand for Vetch seed. The opportunity to salvage an area was designated for sheep feed and turn it into a seed crop. Nine Chemicals were applied to the Woolly Pod Vetch…
Moisture Probes & Weather Stations
Summary The following moisture probes have been set-up with funding from SAGIT (South Australian Grains Industry Trust) and AgFarm Advantage. The Alpha Group are responsible for setting up and maintenance of the moisture probes and weather stations. They have been placed on the properties of EPARF and LEADA members for the benefit of all farmers…