Research
Effective control of brome grass in the southern and western cropping zones
This page was last updated on 3 October 2025. 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 integrated weed management strategies. On the Eyre Peninsula this project will include A 3 year crop…
De-risking the seeding program 2024
This page was last updated on 16 December 2025. Aim of the project Adoption of key management practices for the success of dry early sown crops. On Eyre Peninsula, trials comparing fertiliser placement, use of long coleoptile varieties. will be sown at two locations on northern Eyre Peninsula. These will follow on from trials conducted…
Packaging Soil CRC tools to enhance the extension and adoption of improved soil management practices
This page was last updated on 3 March 2026. 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…
Soil CRC Agricultural Farm Practices Survey 2024
This page was last updated on 8 December 2025. 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…
Matching soil performance indicators to farming systems
This page was last updated on 24 October 2023. 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…
EP Ag Chats – Connecting Generations of Farmers on Eyre Peninsula
This page was last updated on 17 March 2025. 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…
AIR EP Member Days 2023: Nutrition
Over 60 growers, researchers and advisors attended AIR EP Members days on 5 & 6 July. Upper Eyre Peninsula was hosted at Wudinna, with Lower Eyre Peninsula at Cummins. Attendees were treated to presentations from the following speakers on a range of nutrition topics. Prof. Mike McLaughlin, University of Adelaide- Behaviour of fertiliser in soils…
Eyre Peninsula internship in applied grains research 2024
This page was last updated on 18 November 2025. 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…
Retaining soil water in farming systems using strip/disc machinery 2023
This page was last updated on 18 November 2025. 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…