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Soil Moisture Snap Shot 29 June 2026
Dale Grey, Agriculture Victoria, Bendigo The BoM Australian Water Outlook (AWO) modelled soil moisture decile for perennial pastures predicts wetter than average values across the Eyre Peninsula. Most of the regions are ranked much wetter at decile 10, where the tip and east coast are ranked above average at decile 8 to 9. The BoM…
The Very Fast Break: late June 2026
Seasonal Risk Agronomist Dale Grey from the Victorian Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action, provides rainfall, temperature and soil water updates, along with climate indicators and modelled forecasts in the latest video that runs for 11 minutes. Check out the Late June 2026 Seasonal Climate Update here.
Ramping Up Repro | ‘Register Your Interest’ closing 1 July
🐏 Ramping Up Repro workshops REGISTER YOUR INTEREST Closing Wednesday 1 July 🐏 Developed in 2019 by Australian Wool Innovation (AWI) and Zoetis Australia, AIR EP have the opportunity to bring the ‘RAMping Up Repro’ workshops to Eyre Peninsula livestock producers for the first time. ➡️ Program Purpose: To provide woolgrowers with hands-on skills…
Lifetime Ewe Management Course for Lower EP
There is potential for the highly regarded Lifetime Ewe Management program to be run on the Lower EP in August 2026. For more information, please contact Mary Rowe on 0476 634 653.
Plan to Profit: registrations close 7 July
Gain more confidence in the financial performance of your farm. Ensuring the farm passes to the next generation takes good planning, not just hope. Plan to Profit provides an easy-to-use business system to monitor and plan your farm for success. You will become proficient with P2PAgri software and speak more effectively with your farming team,…
De-risking the seeding program 2025 – Grass Weeds, Dry Starts and Herbicide Choices
Written by Zhaohan (Elijah) Luo1,2 and Amanda Cook1,2,3 1SARDI; 2Adelaide University; 3Flinders University Dry sowing can be a useful strategy for getting large seeding programs underway on time, but it also brings some risk – particularly where grass weed seed banks are high and the season break is delayed. In 2025, a demonstration site…
RiskWi$e: Latest Yield Prophet reports available
Check out the latest Yield Prophet reports generated on 22 June, based on paddocks across EP, demonstrating possible yield outcomes for 2026 at this point in the season. RiskWi$e: National Risk Management Initiative – Action Research Groups Eyre Peninsula
2026 Crop Establishment – A vast contrast to 2025
By Brett Masters, EPAG Research A timely break to the season has given 2026 crops one of the best starts on record, with opening rains allowing seeding to begin across most parts of the Eyre Peninsula as early as April. It’s a far cry from the previous 2 years where much of crop was either…
Online Resource | ‘Spade n Sow’ Case Study
New case study: A practical ‘spade and sow’ approach to sandy soil amelioration AIR EP have launched a new case study detailing how the Polkinghorne family of Kingara Farms, near Lock, are tackling sandy soil constraints using a practical ‘spade and sow’ approach. Developed through the Sustainable Agriculture EP project, the case study provides a…
Lentils the focus for 2026 Derisking the Sowing Program demonstration
After two successful seasons of work through the Derisking the Sowing Program on EP project, the work is continuing in 2026 with a new lentil demonstration site established at the Minnipa Ag Centre. The project is focused on supporting Eyre Peninsula growers to make more confident decisions around dry and early sowing. In 2024, the…