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Local field days & Crop walks dominate busy Ag calender

A full spring ag calendar across the Eyre Peninsula has had farmers busy attending field days, workshops and crop walks. The Pulse Field Day was particularly popular, with about 75 people attending the South Australian Research and Development Institute’s trial site at Neil Cummins’ Lock property on September 5. The program was dominated by lentils,…

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2024 AIR EP Lower EP Crop Walk – Finding the farming system “sweet spot”

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…

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2024 AIR EP/GRDC Pulse Field Day: “Lentils: The sexy legume”

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…

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Harvester workshops – last chance to register

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  

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FREE Brome grass seed testing

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…

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Landholder survey for EP farmers open now!!!

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…

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The 2024 season in pictures part 2

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…

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From our sponsors: A special deep dive into Agri exports for 2023-2024

The past financial year saw the value of Australian agricultural exports drop from a record high due to a large fall in cropping exports, however, export performance was mixed across other commodity sectors and major markets. Read more here: Trade publications Rural Bank

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The 2024 season in pictures

Thanks to those that have sent in images of 2024, 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: Uneven germination in wheat at Kapinnie 24 June (suspect uneven wetting up of soil), supplied by Denis Pedler….

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AIR EP Rural Landholder Survey 2024

Keep your eyes peeled for a postcard in the mail. If you want to opt out of participating in the survey, or prefer to do it electronically rather than hard copy, follow the instructions via the QR code. The AIR EP team encourage as many farmers as possible to complete the survey as it helps…

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