Publications

Three case studies exploring the adoption of fluid fertilisers in their farming systems have been developed with upper Eyre Peninsula farmers (the Baldocks, Pattersons and Polkinghornes) as part of a Caring for our Country and SAGIT funded project ‘Improving management practices of Rhizoctonia barepatch on upper EP soils’ conducted by the Minnipa Agricultural Centre team….

Held on Friday 15 March 2018 7.30am start Ungarra Sports Club, Ungarra 7.30am Registration and Breakfast 8.15am Bruce Morgan, Chair, LEADA, Welcome 8.20am Hamish Dickson, AgriPartner Consulting – Sheep nutrition & containment feeding 9.05am Dave Davenport, Rural Solutions SA – Inclusion plates & soil acidity 9.35am George Pedler, George Pedler Ag / LEADA Committee member…

Held on Tuesday 13 March 2018 $50 cost for the day, which includes annual membership to LEADA. 7.30am start Kapinnie Clubrooms, Kapinnie 7.30am Registration and Breakfast 8.00am Bruce Morgan, Chair, LEADA, Welcome 8.05am Greg Condon, Grassroots Agronomy – Using innovative agronomy to smash herbicide resistant weeds 9.00am Andrew Ware and Blake Gontar, SARDI – Lower…

Held on 8th September 2017 10.30am Meet at the: Cummins Oval Meet and arrange bus travel 11.10am Andrew Green – Wanilla Liz Farquharson, SARDI Profitable Beans on highly acidic off-type soils.Exploring new acid tolerant inoculants and how they can give us access to profitable legumes on soils down to a pH of 4. 12.30pm LUNCH…

Held on 9th March 2017 7.30 am Registration and Breakfast 8:30 am Welcome Bruce Morgan, Chair, LEADA 8:35 am Andrew Ware (SARDI) – Lower Eyre Peninsula Trial Updates 9.00 am Mark Modra (GRDC) – GRDC Update – directions and changes 9.10 am Keynote Speaker Rick Bieber, (No Till Farmer South Dakota USA) – Improvements to…

Held on 30 August 2016 8.30am Meet at the: Ramblers Football Clubrooms Meet and arrange bus travel 9.30am Andrew Green Andrew Ware, SARDI and George Pedler, LEADA Lupins – Time of Seeding Site 10.15am Andrew Green Liz Farquharson, SARDI New Pea Rhizobia 11.30am Ramblers Football Clubrooms Peter Boutsalis- University of AdelaideHerbicide Resistant Weeds – Survey…

Held on 9th March 2016 7.30 am Registration and Breakfast 8:15 am Welcome John Richardson, Chair, LEADA 8:20 am Nigel Wilhelm (SARDI) – GRDC Copper trial 8.50am Blake Gontar (SARDI) – Stubble management project – managing ryegrass in stubbles 9.20am Therese McBeath (SARDI) /Ed Hunt – Stubble management project – nutrition efficiencies, the economics 9.50am…

Held on 1st September 2015 8.30am Back of Cummins Hotel Meet and arrange bus travel 9.30am Ungarra John Richardson (Chair) Welcome and Opening Blake Gontar Stubble management trialsJamie Phillis Tynes vs Discs – look at machinery and demonstrationAlan McKay Rhizoctonia – what is happening 11.30am Justin Modras Andrew Ware Wheat variety trials AGT New Mace…

Summary The Rhizoctonia decision tool has been developed to enable farmers to evaluate their Rhizoctonia cereal root disease risk level depending on previous crop rotation, management decisions, timing in the cropping season and the environmental conditions. Download the Rhizo Risk Tool below. For further information, please contact Amanda Cook SARDI Minnipa Agricultural Centre: Share this…