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Native Budworm populations were a hot topic of conversation at the Low and Medium Rainfall RD&E Committee Meetings last week, and during the Sticky Beak Days held in various locations between September and October. Farmers and agronomists in all major growing areas detected populations in cereals, canola and legumes, with many conducting sweeps to determine…

Open for consultation: draft of Eyre Peninsula’s revised water allocation plan A draft of the water allocation plan for Eyre Peninsula’s groundwater resources is now available for stakeholder feedback until 16 December, 2025. With latest data from the Department for Environment and Water clearly showing that water extraction at current rates is not sustainable in…

The Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) is conducting a national survey to understand how farmers across Australia manage their land—and how they’re adopting more sustainable practices. Owners and managers of agricultural properties are being invited to provide vital information that cannot be collected by other means. The data will help…

Following this morning’s Annual General Meeting, AIR EP would like to recognise and thank our retiring Board Members for their dedication, leadership, and invaluable contributions to agricultural research, development and extension across the Eyre Peninsula. We sincerely thank Ken Webber and Matthew Cook for their service, insight and dedication over several years. Their guidance has…

Do you have suspected herbicide resistant or dormant Brome grass or Barley grass? Under the GRDC funded project Effective control of brome grass in the southern and western cropping zones, Eyre Peninsula farmers can send samples for free herbicide resistance and seed dormancy assessment at the University of Adelaide. There is a limit to the…

The Livestock Sustainable Solutions Demonstration Sites Expression of Interest is now live on the PIRSA website: 👉 Livestock sustainable solutions demonstration sites – Department of Primary Industries and Regions South Australia – PIRSA These sites will be established from early 2026 through to June 2028 and will provide a platform to showcase how different management…

The new Bureau of Meteorology website will launch on 22 October 2025! To discover the Bureau’s new look website before it’s launched, simply visit https://beta.bom.gov.au/ What’s New? Search – Use the search function to find what you need. Search results will help you find content on both the new and legacy website. Some links will…

The 2025 Bendigo Bank Agribusiness Australian Farmland Values mid-year update is now available and ready for you to download. Of particular note in this mid-year update is that for the first time since 2013 the national median price growth for farmland has stalled, recording a 3.1% year-on-year decline to $9,885/ha. That record is arguably outdone…

The MLA Ambassadors for the Red Meat Industry workshop is coming back to Adelaide! The program is ideal for anyone in the red meat supply chain who is passionate about community engagement and outreach, and are keen to build their skills in all apsects of communication, building trust and engagement. Dates are currently scheduled for…

Federation University Australia is conducting research for a PhD project titled “Transforming agribusiness with digital twins”. Digital twins are used in agriculture for remote monitoring, resource optimisation and predictive analysis, creating virtual replicas of farms or individual crops to improve efficiency, productivity, and sustainability. They integrate real-time data from sensors, weather systems, and satellites to help…