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Bruce Heddle – Winner Ag Excellence Award
Local Minnipa farmer, Bruce Heddle was awarded the Inaugural Ag Excellence Perpetual Award for outstanding service to agriculture within South Australia at the recent 12th Ag Excellence Alliance Annual Forum held in Adelaide. Nominated by the Eyre Peninsula Agricultural Research Foundation (EPARF), this Inaugural Award gave an opportunity to recognise an individual…
EPARF Member Day 2016
Over 140 attended the Sandy Soils workshop held at Minnipa Ag Centre, with guest speakers Dr Stephen Davies (DAFWA), Dr Rick Llewellyn (CSIRO), Chris McDonough (Insight Extension for Ag), David Davenport and Brett Masters (Rural Solutions SA) and local EP farmers Ben Pope and Hayden Whitwell. EPARF Chairperson Simon Guerin opened the…
Drone/UAV workshop
This workshop held at Minnipa Ag Centre was delivered by Leighton Pearce, Growing Solutions. Information presented was types of UAV’s available, laws governing their use and their application in agriculture. The event finished with a demonstration and participants having a go at flying a UAV! Very informative day, enjoyed by all attending….
2015 Member Day Publication
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EPARF Member Day 2015
The annual member day focused on Innovation and Technology, providing EPARF members with new practical tools and management opportunities available for their farming business. The program consisted of whole group presentations on engineering, weed sensing, mapping, climate forecasting, protein sensors and unmanned aerial vehicles. Small group sessions were presented on water leak…
E-newsletter July 2015
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EPARF Member Days
EPARF hosts an annual member day which is normally held at the Minnipa Agricultural Centre. Each year a core subject is selected to improve grower and industry understanding of a component of their agricultural system. This event provides the forum for important research messages from leading researchers direct to the grower. Past…
14th Annual South Australian Regional Awards
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EPARF Member Day 2014
The ‘Putting the Lid on Herbicide Resistance’ day held at Minnipa Agricultural Centre was attended by over 150 participants. Guest speakers addressed current and potential problems with the development of resistance to many of the key herbicides and presented ideas on diverse weed control tools, stressing that herbicides are not the answer…