Break Crop Suitability
Full Name: Building resilience – Break Crop Suitability Across LandscapesFunding Body: SA Drought HubDuration: 2024/25Project Lead: UNFSContact: Rachel Trengove, UNFSDemonstration Paddock Locations: Murray Plains Farming
Containment Feeding
Full Name: Containment Feeding to Boost Business Performance and ResilienceFunding Body: SA Drought HubDuration: 2024Project Lead: University of AdelaideContact: Rachel Trengove, UNFSObjective: This project aims
Drought Resilient Soils
Full Name: Building farming systems resilience and future proofing the impacts of drought through accelerating the adoption of proven cost-effective and yield responsive soil and
De-Risking Dry and Early Seeding
Full Name: De-risking the seeding program: adoption of key management practices for the success of dry and early sown crops Duration: 2024-2025 Project Lead: Ag
Growing Carbon Farming Demonstration Pilot
Full Name: Growing Carbon Pilot Duration: 2023-2024 Project Lead: Upper North Farming Systems (UNFS) Funding Body: PIRSA The growing carbon pilot project aims to: Demonstrate a
Canola Profitability
Full Name: Canola profitability as a break crop in the Upper North? Duration: 2022 – 2025 Funding Body: South Australian Grains Industry Trust (SAGIT) Delivery
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
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
Building Soil Knowledge
Full Name: Building soil knowledge & capacity to implement change in the farmers of the Upper North Agricultural zone of South Australia, improving soil structure
Soil Pathogens
Full Name: Soil pathogen identification and management strategies for winter cereals Funding Body: GRDC delivered in partnership with SARDI A steady increase in Crown Rot
Sheep Technology Group
The Sheep Technology Group aims to: Explore and share experiences and knowledge on ways that precision livestock management technologies can be used in red meat
Maintaining Profitable farming systems with retained stubbles in Upper North SA
Key elements of the project outcomes will include; a.) Reduction in the presowing cultivation (both number of passes and intensity of disturbance) used to establish
Profitable Crop sequencing in the low rainfall areas of South Eastern Australia
The GRDC Low Rainfall Crop Sequencing project investigated how different breakcrop options affect low rainfall farming systems over 4 years. As part of this project
Upper North Time of Sowing and Yield Loss from Frost/Heat Stress
Funding Body: SAGIT Project Duration: 2016
Yield Prophet in the Upper North
The Yield Prophet program allows crop yield prospects to be updated regularly as the season progresses. It utilises initial soil conditions along with up to
Application of Controlled Traffic Farming in the low rainfall zone
This project will evaluate application of controlled traffic farming in the low rainfall zone. Benefits vs cost of adopting practice will be assessed. Funding Body:
Reducing the Over-dependence on Agrochemicals
Identify research outcomes, economic feasibility, and the suitability of implementation of reducing reliance on fertilizer and herbicides at the regional level. Funding Body: GRDC Central
Rural Business Management 101 Upskilling the women of the Upper North in Sustainable and Productive Farming Principles
The upskilling program will involve a women only series of workshops, delivered largely by women, to create a positive learning environment where women can ask
Adoption of Pasture Production Zoning in the Southern Flinders Ranges
The project will encourage the adoption of pasture production zoning as a tool for identifying areas of poor crop production and changing management of these
Vetch on Saline and Sodic soils trial
Vetch agronomy trials on challenging soils in the Broughton region Funding Body: UNFS Project Duration: 2019 – 2020 Vetch pre emergent trial Vetch variety trial
Micronutrients in the Upper North trial
Increasing the knowledge and understanding of micronutrient deficiency in the UN Funding Body: SAGIT Project Duration: 2017 – 2020 Micronutrient Trial – Wheat @ Baroota
Dryland Legume Pasture Systems
]Funding Body: GRDC, supported DAWR, MLA and AWI Project Duration: 2019 – 2022 The Dryland Legume Pasture Species project has been driven by significant
Barley Time of Sowing Trial
Full Name: Upper North Barley Time of Sowing Trial; Frost / Heat Stress Effects Funding Body: SAGIT The aim of this trial is
Fodder Crop trial
Cereal Alternatives to oats for hay production in UNFrost/Heat stress effects Funding Body: BALCO Project Duration: 2019 – 2022
Barley Grass Management Demonstration Trial
Full Name: Barley Grass Management Options Funding Body: Grains Research & Development Corporation (GRDC) Background Site was planted to Spartacus barley in 2018. Site was
Warm and Cool Season mixed Cover Cropping trial for sustainable farming systems in SE Australia
Full Name: Warm and cool season mixed cover cropping for sustainable farming systems in South Eastern Australia. Funding Body: National Landcare Program Smart Farming Programs
Pulse Check Group
Southern Pulse Extension Project Funding Body: GRDC Project Duration: 2017 – 2020 Pulse Check Case Study Focus 2021: Frost, Heat, Drought
Production Wise Paddocks in the Upper North
Funding Body: Grain Growers Project Duration: 2016
Post Pasture Cropping Phase Demonstrations
This project will increase no-till practice adoption rates by engaging 60 farmers to visit a demonstration site in their district to inspect and discuss the
Perennial Pasture Management Systems for Soil Carbon stocks in cereal zones, SA
The project aims to trial and demonstrate on farm practices to increase sequestration of carbon in soil by 2015 in the Upper North and Eyre
Efficient Grain Production compared with N20 Emissions
To communicate to growers and agribusiness what, when, how and why N2O emissions impact on farming systems: ‐ to increase farmer knowledge about N2O emissions
More Effective weed control and reducing pesticide use in broadacre landscapes by using optical sensing devices to detect and “spot spray” weeds
The objectives of this project were, • To evaluate the suitability of “spot spray” technology to control weeds on farming land in the Upper North
Demonstrating Innovative Interrow pastures in Fodder Shrub Systems.
Development and publication of information on integrating fodders shrubs into low rainfall systems. Forage Shrubs in Low Rainfall Farming Systems Factsheet Funding Body: DAFF Project
Profit and Risk Management
To improve participants understanding of their farming business in terms of profitability and risk to enable improved decision making for more resilient farm businesses. Results
Implementation of specific management strategies for onion weed under stubble retention
To identify appropriate management techniques for the control of ‘difficult to kill’ Onion Weeds, such that crop yields are maximised whilst maintaining crop and pasture