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Preparing your livestock enterprise for dry times (8 June Wudinna)
Join the SA Drought Hub and AIR EP for a valuable morning of networking and knowledge at the Wudinna Community Club, followed by lunch on us. Dr Hannah Griffiths is bringing together a team of experts to discuss the hub’s projects on Filling Feed Gaps, Improving the climate resilience of the Australian sheep industry, and PODS…
GRDC Machinery Workshop at Kimba
GRDC is holding a series of outreach soil amelioration and crop seeding machinery innovation workshops, with one in Kimba on 7 June 2023. The workshop will explore gaps and opportunities in machinery innovation for soil amelioration and crop establishment. Discussion topics will cover Effective and efficient soil tillage technologies Improved seeder functions and crop establishment…
UNFS Regional Soils Conference (21 June 2023)
UNFS (Upper North Farming Systems) Regional Soils Conference – Jamestown (21 June 2023) The inaugural UNFS Regional soils conference is confirmed for the 21 June 2023 at Jamestown. This is an event open for researchers, farmers and advisors, created as part of the project “Building Soils Knowledge”. This full day event with experts and local…
Water repellence mitigation results at Wharminda 2022
This research is part of the “Increasing production on sandy soils in low and medium rainfall areas of the Southern Region” project, 2019-2023. This project looked at why there is unused soil water at harvest in cropping systems on sandy soils, and the mitigation and amelioration options to improve this situation. The project investigated physical,…
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National Mentoring Program – Helping Regional Communities Prepare for Drought Initiative
National Mentoring Program – Helping Regional Communities Prepare for Drought Initiative run by the ARLF and NFF with support from the Department of Agriculture. Mentoring connects someone with knowledge and experience in a certain area with someone with less experience. The purpose of the National Mentoring Program is to bring rural Australians with different experiences…
University of Adelaide Research Position Available (Modelling)
Modelling- Farming Systems south project (University of Adelaide) Fixed term, full-time position until June 2027 (4 years). Applications close 11:55pm, 16 June 2023 We are seeking a highly motivated postdoctoral researcher specialising in agricultural systems modelling to join a dynamic multidisciplinary team that is working towards identifying the next frontier in dryland farming systems in…
University of Adelaide Research Position Available (Agronomy)
Agronomy- Farming Systems south project (University of Adelaide) Fixed term, full-time position until June 2027 (4 years). Applications close 11:55pm, 16 June 2023. The University of Adelaide is seeking a highly motivated postdoctoral researcher specialising in agronomy to join a dynamic multidisciplinary team that is working towards identifying the next frontier in dryland farming systems…
Deep ripping demonstration puts amelioration methods to the test
Six different deep tillage machines were put to the test in front of 50 farmers at Kielpa recently to address production constraints caused by sandy soil conditions. With sandy soils making up between 40-50 per cent of cleared farming land on the Eyre Peninsula, it continues to be one of AIR EP’s key focus areas….
Seeking grower input: Climate services for Agriculture
The Climate Services for Agriculture team – made up of personnel from CSIRO and the Bureau of Meteorology – is looking to speak to a small number of South Australian growers about their approach to seasonal climate risks and how they manage them. Climate Services for Agriculture is a national project funded by the Future…