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Mentoring opportunity
Up to 180 places are available on a 12-months mentoring and leadership development program for people 18-years and older in rural, regional and remote Australian communities. The National Mentoring Program is part of the Australian Government’s Future Drought Fund Helping Regional Communities Prepare for Drought Initiative. It is delivered by the Australian Rural Leadership Foundation…
Grain marketing information session
Grain marketing information session being held in Poochera on Tuesday 11th April. These seminars are open to everyone. To register, click here
Eyre Peninsula Landscape Board Grassroots Grants 2023-2024
More than $110,000 is available for Eyre Peninsula residents to put towards community-based landscape management and environmental protection projects across the region, under the Eyre Peninsula Landscape Board’s Grassroots Grants. The grant program is open until April 28. There are two streams of funding for the 2023-24 grants: · Small Community Grants for up to…
SA Drought Hub new fact sheet for producers: Using satellite imagery
Satellite technology provides a method of viewing and analysing broadacre crops, giving new insights into variability across and between fields. Despite recent, rapid improvements, growers and agronomists may not be making full use of the practical capabilities of maps and insights generated by satellite imagery. In low-rainfall environments, there is an opportunity for producers to…
New results to mitigate risks for lentils
New results indicate the application of gypsum on crops could be a game-changer for lentil growers on the Lower Eyre Peninsula. Plagued by waterlogging in many of the traditional lentil growing areas last season, advice based on recent research is set to remove some of the risks associated with growing lentils, promoting a more…
Building resilient crops through nutrition with Joel Williams
Joel Williams is an independent consultant plant and soil health educator who has extensive practical experience in Australia, UK and Canada where he is based. Following a year of heavy foliar disease pressure, resulting the breakdown of many fungicide regimes, Joel will share how to help our crops be less reliant on fungicides and insecticides…
Upper EP SARDI farmer meetings summary 2023
During February and March, AIR EP supported the SARDI Minnipa Ag Centre team to deliver a series of eight harvest report farmer meetings across the upper Eyre Peninsula to over 140 farmers and advisors. Discussion around the 2022 season identified priority topics such as crop and pasture weeds including barley grass and ryegrass, fertiliser management,…
Soil testing assistance for EP flood affected areas
AIR EP in conjunction with BFIG, EP Landscape Board and PIRSA has secured funding to assist those that were affected by the January 2022 flood event. If you have areas of paddocks that have lain underwater for a period of time or lost topsoil from water erosion, we are able to provide access to technical…
Bust Buffel grass – early detection is key
We’re doing a good job keeping Buffel grass out of Eyre Peninsula but we need to remain vigilant. The Eyre Peninsula Landscape Board is asking for the community to help with the early identification of any new infestations. Buffel grass is an introduced, summer growing perennial pasture grass (growing 0.2-1.5 m high). It’s highly invasive…