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              Applications for the 2027 Nuffield Scholarships are closing soon! Nuffield Scholarships provide Australian primary producers with the opportunity to gain global perspective, expand their networks and bring practical insights home to strengthen their businesses and industries. Designed for farmers who are ready to think beyond their own gate,…

SARDI PestFacts SA is a free, GRDC supported service providing farmers and advisors timely information on broadacre crop and pasture invertebrate pests in South Australia and western Victoria. The electronic newsletter is issued on an as-needed basis, offering solutions, warnings and reminders including: Seasonal updates Free insect identification service Reporting map PestNotes for management You…

SA growers invited to join online mouse activity & bait permit update South Australian grain producers are being encouraged to join an online session this Friday, May 1 as mouse activity continues to build across the state. Grain Producers Australia (GPA) will host the session at 7pm (SA time), bringing together leading research and on-ground…

As part of our Sustainable Agriculture Program, we are starting a new lunchtime webinar series to focus on weather and climate. The first session will be held on Friday 1 May from 12.30 to 1.15pm SA time. Hosted by AIR EP, the first session features Seasonal Risk Agronomist with Agriculture Victoria, Dale Grey. Dale will…

Three new project updates are providing fresh insights into what matters most when growing lentils on challenging soils across the Eyre Peninsula. Results from trials at Wangary, Poochera and Rudall show lentils can perform well, but the main constraint changes depending on soil type, paddock history and landscape position. At Wangary, lentils on ameliorated duplex…

Australia’s agricultural sector is facing the growing challenge of a changing climate, with research partially attributing the decline in annual profit between 2001 and 2020 to seasonal variances. Growers now regularly face heat stress in livestock, disruptions to crop yield and quality, as well as limited feed and water availability, in addition to increased requirements…

This is part 1 of a 3 part series prepared by Andrew Ware for the EP RiskWi$e project.   There’s a fair bit going on across the Eyre Peninsula heading into seeding this year. After a run of tight seasons, most businesses are carrying a bit of fatigue. Margins have been thin, or negative in…

This is part 2 of a 3 part series prepared by Andrew Ware for the EP RiskWi$e project. Nitrogen is shaping up as one of the more important—and more difficult—decisions this season. Urea prices are high, supply is tight, and there’s still some uncertainty around what will be available and when. Under normal circumstances, that…

This is part 3 of a three part series prepared for the RiskWi$e project by Andrew Ware, EPAG Research. An early sowing opportunity, but not without trade-offs One of the defining features of this season so far has been the opportunity to sow earlier than we’ve been able to in recent years. With moisture sitting…

AIR EP has been successful in securing GRDC funding, in collaboration with Upper North Farming Systems, the Northern and Yorke Landscape Board, SARDI Minnipa Agricultural Centre and Mallee Sustainable Farming, to deliver a project focused on improving the management of dry saline land across key regions of South Australia. As part of this project, demonstration…