Managing crown rot on upper EP – a joint learning experience

Project Location
Eyre Peninsula
Project Manager
Naomi Scholz
Start Date
July 2022
Finish Date
June 2024
Funding Source
SAGIT
Project Code
AEP-1022-R
Lead Researcher
Margaret Evans

Project activities will build on knowledge gained from prior research on Upper EP using trials and complementary grower-sown demonstrations with the objectives being to:

1. Reduce yield losses due to crown rot, so increasing the amount and consistency of grain quantities available for export.

2. Improve the consistency of cereal grain production and the profitability of cereal enterprises on UEP.

3. Increase adoption of existing (used in conventional and novel ways) and novel options for managing crown rot.

4. Improve the ability of farmers and advisors (and researchers) to understand trials and demonstrations and how to interpret the results for application and implementation in local farming systems.

You Might Also Like

Virtual Fencing for improved climate resilience on South Australian farms

This project will continue the work of initial trials to look at the use of virtual fencing technology in a new field site on the Eyre Peninsula to look at…

Learn More

SA Young Farmer – Facilitated Peer to Peer Learning

To share innovative ways to build drought resilience and build local leadership, networks, and social support In Ceduna and Cleve locations AIR EP will offer four field events for young…

Learn More

SA Eyre Peninsula Coordination FRRR Community Impacts Grants

To strengthen drought preparedness and drive local action in the Eyre Peninsula region through the coordination of Community Impact Program activities and evaluation administration. Bi-monthly meetings between key delivery partners,…

Learn More

Improving the climate resilience of the Australian Sheep Flock

Project activities 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…

Learn More

Building farming systems resilience and future proofing the impacts of drought through accelerating the adoption of proven cost-effective and yield responsive soil and fertiliser management practices by farmers across southern Australia

The project focuses on accelerating adoption of proven soil resource management practices offering significant opportunity to build farming systems drought resilience, reduce yield variability, increase sustainability and profitability. These practices…

Learn More

EP Ag Vision 2050: A shared Vision for farming on the Eyre Peninsula in 2050

Across August and September, a wide range of farming and agricultural research stakeholders were consulted for their views on farming on the EP in 2050. Their perspectives were sought to…

Learn More

Effective control of brome grass in the southern and western cropping zones

By May 2027, the economic impact of brome grass will be reduced by 10% across the low rainfall zones of the Western and Southern Regions through the implementation of specific…

Learn More

De-risking the seeding program

De-risking the seeding program. Adoption of key management practices for the success of dry early sown crops.   Dry  and  early  sowing  of  cereal  crops  is  a  practice  commonly  employed …

Learn More

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…

Learn More

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. The survey will be a modified but largely…

Learn More