Over the past six months, 3 UNFS sheep producers were involved in a project to ‘Manage Heat Stress in Sheep’, run through the University of Adelaide’s Davies Livestock Research Centre. The focus of the research is to increase conception rates and mitigate the impacts of heat stress on ewes and rams. The project administered two…
Seeking producer involvement High twin-lamb mortality rates in Merinos remains a persistent economic and animal welfare issue for the sheep meat and wool industry. Would you like to be involved?Our recent intensive and extensive research farm trials have shown promising results feeding a rumen-protected arginine (RP-ARG) to pregnant ewes to increase twin-lamb survival rates to…
Full Name: Canola profitability as a break crop in the Upper North? Duration: 2022 – 2025 Funding Body: South Australian Grains Industry Trust (SAGIT) Delivery Organisations: Upper North Farming Systems (UNFS) Objective/s: Enable Upper North SA growers to profitably and reliably use canola as a tactical break crop by generating clear, season-aware guidance on the risk-return…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
Full Name: SA Drought Resilience and Innovation Hub Funding Body: Future Drought Fund Drought Resilience Adoption and Innovation Hubs Program Delivered in partnership with: Adelaide University and the South Australian Research and Development Institution (SARDI) Ag Tech Toolbox Full Name: Utilising satellite imagery in the growing season to inform adaptive management Aim: Development of a…
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…
