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…
Full Name: SAGIT Frost Mitigation in the Upper North Duration: 2024 – 2027 Funding Body: South Australian Grains Industry Trust (SAGIT) Project Lead: Upper North Farming Systems (UNFS) Trial Site Location: Between Jamestown and Appila Background: Frost events have been a significant concern in the Upper North region, resulting in substantial crop losses and economic…
Full Name: National Risk Management Initiative Duration: 2023 – 2028 Project Lead: Hart Field-Site Group Funding Body: Grains Research & Development Corporation (GRDC) Objective/s:The National Risk Management Initiative (NRMI) aims to understand and improve risk-reward outcomes for Australian grain growers through participatory action research (PAR). The NRMI involves grower groups across South Australia including Hart…
Full Name: Enterprise Choice and sequencing for profitability and sustainability Project Duration: 2023 – June 2027 Project Lead: Adelaide University Project Delivery Organisations: Upper North Farming Systems (UNFS) and AgXtra Funding Body: Grains Research & Development Corporation (GRDC) via Adelaide University Objective: This project aims to deliver a better understanding of the water-limited potential of…
