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Livestock SA farm biosecurity workshops feedback extended
Are you interested in attending free workshops to create farm biosecurity plans, implement farm biosecurity practices and work with local vets or specialists on local biosecurity or animal health issues? If you are interested and think a few farmers around you might be interested too, please get in touch with Amy Wright, Regional Agricultural Landcare…
Churchill Fellowship applications being sought from ag
The Winston Churchill Trust, which is about to open its application round for 2023, is offering Australians from all walks of life the opportunity to travel overseas, fully funded, to investigate a topic or issue of their choice. The Trust is particularly keen to receive Churchill Fellowship applications from the agricultural sector, and is organising…
Livestock producer survey
Are you a livestock producer in Australia? Help UWA researchers understand more about current control strategies used for pests & parasites of livestock from all regions in Australia. Megan Lewis is a student at UWA and funded through MLA, and she is trying to find out more about pest and parasite control across Australia to…
Seeking sheep producers for research trial – last call
Our team of researchers from the Davies Livestock Research Centre, University of Adelaide aims to improve the reproductive efficiency of the Australian Sheep industry. The focus of our current research is to increase ewe and ram fertility and fecundity, by reducing the impacts of heat stress. To achieve this, we are developing a series of management tools that can be used across producer systems to increase reproductive…
MLA Meat Up Forum coming to EP in 2023
Save the date for a Meat & Livestock Australia MeatUp Forum at Wudinna, 8 March 2023. The program for the MeatUp Forum at Wudinna has been designed with input from local Eyre Peninsula producers and will explore a range of topics including getting the most from mixed farming systems, pastures, grazing management, optimising reproduction, carbon…
Dry saline land project showing results
Patchy crop and pasture growth resulting from the accumulation of salts in soil layers, which is not associated with a saline water table, are common across the lower rainfall areas of Eyre Peninsula. These areas of dry saline land historically referred to as “magnesia patches”, have been the focus of several AIR EP demonstration sites…
Found any locusts on your farm?
Locusts are likely to be seen in the Upper North/Flinders Ranges pastoral areas and the Upper Eyre Peninsula during spring, and possibly in some parts of the Mid North, Riverland and Mallee. All locust sightings must be reported. Landholders and producers in higher risk areas should factor locusts into their pest control planning. …
MLA Meat Up Forum coming to EP in 2023
Save the date for a Meat & Livestock Australia MeatUp Forum at Wudinna, 8 March 2023. The program for the MeatUp Forum at Wudinna has been designed with input from local Eyre Peninsula producers and will explore a range of topics including getting the most from mixed farming systems, pastures, grazing management, optimising reproduction, carbon…
Farmer-led research group appoints new chair
Updated November 30 2022 – 9:40am, first published November 29 2022 – 1:30pm New AIR EP chair Bill Long. Picture supplied. Experienced and well-known farming identity Bill Long will lead AIR EP into its next chapter, bringing a high level of strategic thinking to the farmer-driven organisation. Mr Long was elected as Chair at the recent Annual…
Last small grant available for summer covers
Over the last four years, the EP Landscape Board in partnership with AIR EP have been working with landholders to investigate the roles of both autumn/winter and spring/summer sown multi-species cover crops on Eyre Peninsula. This program, funded by the Australian Government, has helped landholders establish many proof of concept and investigatory plantings across the…