Canola Profitability

Full Name: Canola Profitability in the Upper North Funding Body: SAGIT This trial aims to inform grower decision making by exploring of new technology in Canola which could see it become a more reliable and viable break crop option in the Upper North Agricultural Zone (UN). A key factor of this trial is improving the…

PDS 2 Lotsa Lambs

Full Name: Lotsa Lambs: Improving Reproduction Success Funding Body: Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) UNFS is running a Producer Demonstration Site project for three years in 2022, 2023 and 2024. The first two demonstration sites are sheep producers located near Caltowie and Gladstone. Sheep were pregnancy scanned and split into single and multiple bearing ewes.…

PDS 1 Improved Pasture Management Systems

Full Name: Improved Pasture Management Systems Funding Body: Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) The aim of this project is to improve the pasture management systems implemented in the Upper North of South Australia through demonstrating: Better pasture options that improve the mixed farming enterprise That a better understanding of Food On Offer, including feed budgeting…

Pulse Extension

Full Name: Demonstration and Extension to close the economic yield gap & maximise farming systems benefits from grain legume production in SA Funding Body: GRDC delivered in partnership with SARDI Aims to annually plan and design trial and extension activities and objectives to assist growers in better managing economic opportunities and risks associated with growing…

Frost Extension in the Upper North

Full Name: Frost Extension in the Upper North   Funding Body: GRDC   Aim of the demo site is to provide land managers with confidence in timely decision making around frost impacts. Ability to convert a part-paddock into an alternative hay crop before biomass becomes un-palatable. Tools for working with advisors and with machinery operators…

Drought Hub

Full Name: SA Drought Resilience and Innovation Hub Funding Body: Future Drought Fund Drought Resilience Adoption and Innovation Hubs Program Delivered in partnership with University of Adelaide and SARDI Ag Tech Toolbox Full Name: Utilising satellite imagery in the growing season to inform adaptive management AIM: Development of a workshop and fact sheet that improve…

Agrifutures Producer Technology Uptake

Full Name: Incorporating digital farming for improved productivity in the Upper North of SA   Funding Body: Agrifutures Australia   Currently, key barriers to on farm technology adoption in the Upper North of South Australia are confidence and perceived return on investment. There is a gap in the skills and knowledge to access and interpret…

Building Soil Knowledge

Full Name: Building soil knowledge & capacity to implement change in the farmers of the Upper North Agricultural zone of SA, improving soil structure & function to improve plant health, landscape function & farming system resilience.   Funding Body: National Landcare Program: Smart Farm Small Grants   This project aims to upskill the farmers of…