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Join AWI Extension SA for an update on the development of virtual fencing technology for the Australian sheep industry. Wednesday 25 September, 7.30-8.30pm This webinar will cover the principles of virtual fencing, recent research and development activities and current challenges and barriers to this technology in Australia. Hear from SARDI Senior Research Officer Megan Willis…

For years, on the Lower Eyre Peninsula, a common topic raised has been the incorporation of a profitable pulse in the rotation. Here towards the northern end of Marble Range, lentils and beans have been sown into a paddock that prior to amelioration was a deep ironstone sand over heavy clay, very prone to waterlogging…

This will be an interactive and connecting workshop celebrating where farming, passion, and diversification meet. Enjoy a bus trip and visit to Korinya Farm Gate, with likeminded women, where you will explore; Farm diversification Regenerative Agriculture A cheese making workshop, with a shared lunch of your creations Conversation and connection The bus will leave Cowell…

You could not have forecast a better day. The sun was shining, the canola in full flower, and the view overlooking Marble Range was more spectacular than anything seen on The Block in the last 10 years. Yes, yes, I know…it’s not the year to be enjoying sunshine. We only want rainbows, following a few…

There’s no denying it – the mere mention of ‘lentils’ certainly pulls a crowd, which is exactly what happened at the AIR EP / GRDC Pulse Field Day held at Lock on 5 September. With the location planned, catering in the cooler…. even a port-a-loo in tow, over 75 attendees descended on Hundred Line Road…

Don’t forget to register for the GRDC Harvester Set-Up workshops this week! Spaces filling fast. Kimba Wednesday 18 September Wudinna Thursday 19 September Cummins Friday 20 September  

Do you have suspected brome grass herbicide resistance or dormancy? Through the project ‘Effective control of brome grass in the southern and western cropping zones – UOA2303-006RTX’, funded by GRDC and led by the University of Adelaide, we can provide up to 20 samples of brome grass from EP paddocks and send for free herbicide resistance…

You may have heard that the 2024 Soil CRC Landholder Survey is underway on the Eyre Peninsula, which follows up on our 2020 Landholder Survey – view the results here: https://soilcrc.com.au/technical-reports/surveying-farm-practices/. AIR EP used the results of that survey to inform our Strategic Plan 2021-2026, and was used as a springboard to bring other projects…

We continue to collect images from the 2024 season, if you have some images that show something unusual (good, bad or ugly) for 2024, please keep sending them in. They can be anonymous if you prefer. Above: K (potassium) deficiency on sand near Cummins, photo supplied by Bill Long. Above: A closer view of K deficiency…