Research
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…
LEADA Spring Walk 2017
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…
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 Expo 2017
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…
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…
LEADA Spring Walk 2016
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…
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…
LEADA Expo 2016
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…
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…