Full Name: FRRR Junior Education Day: Building Youth Capability and Community Resilience Through Livestock Skills Training Funding Body: Foundation for Rural Regional Renewal (FRRR) Duration: 2026 – 2028 Project Lead: UNFS Background: Junior Education Day (JED) is a hands-on livestock education event that provides students across regional South Australia with practical training in sheep and…
Full Name: GRDC Managing and Mitigating Dry Saline Soils (Magnesia Patches) in South Australia Funding Body: Grains Research & Development Corporation (GRDC) Duration: 2026 – 2028 Project Lead: AIR EP Background: Dry saline soils, often referred to locally as magnesia patches, are a challenging and growing issue for cropping farmers across South Australia. These bare…
Full Name: GRDC NGN Taking advantage of late summer rainfall for lentil and canola production in the Upper North Funding Body: Grains Research & Development Corporation (GRDC) Duration: 2026 – 2027 Project Lead: UNFS Background: The exceptional rainfall received across the Upper North in late February and early March 2026 presented a rare opportunity for…
Full Name: GRDC NGN GA Precision Ag Soils Focus Group Funding Body: Grains Research & Development Corporation (GRDC) Duration: 2026 – 2027 Project Lead: UNFS Background: Breezy Hill Precision Ag Services has partnered with Upper North Farming Systems (UNFS) to deliver the NGN GA Precision Ag Soils Focus Group in the Redhill and Crystal Brook…
Full Name: GRDC Innovative management solutions to enhance crop productivity in heavy soils in the Southern Region Funding Body: Grains Research & Development Corporation (GRDC) Duration: 2026 – 2030 Project Lead: CSIRO Background: Heavy soils make up a large proportion of cropping country across the Upper North. While they have the potential to produce excellent…
Full Name: FDF Stress Testing Regenerative Agricultural Practices (STRAP) (Drought resilience in novel emerging dryland farming practices – A scientific and economic basis) Funding Body: Future Drought Fund (FDF) Duration: 2025 – 2030 Project Lead: CSIRO Background: The STRAP Project aims to rigorously study regenerative cropping and pasture management to boost drought resilience in dryland…
Full Name: FDF Drought and climate resilient sheep farming systems Funding Body: Future Drought Fund (FDF) Duration: 2025 – 2030 Project Lead: Adelaide University Background: UNFS is partnering with the University of Adelaide on a project investigating practical approaches to building drought and climate resilience in sheep farming systems across South Australia’s low-rainfall regions. The…
The 2024 season challenged farmers due to the lack of rainfall and the consequences that typically follow low or no-rainfall cropping years. Effective soil management is key to maximising crop performance. A deeper understanding of the soil-plant continuum has shaped the development of dry sowing techniques, including their risks, challenges, and potential benefits. Every farmer…
Full Name: Demonstrations of residual summer weed control for the Mid North, South AustraliaFunding Body: GRDCDuration: 2024 – 2026Project Lead: UNFSSite Locations: Booleroo, Pt Germain, Balaklava AIM: To identify different residual summer weed control options, in order to reduce the number of summer spray passes required in the Mid North, South Australia. Background: “NGN forums…
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 (MFP) -PunthariAg Innovation & Research Eyre Peninsula (AIREP) – Ungarra & LockUNFS – Booleroo Centre & Jamestown Background: Managing break crops across the landscape can be a balancing act. With…
