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…
Khaki Weed (alternanthera pungens) is a creeping herb with a perennial woody taproot and annual above-ground growth. Prostrate stems are reddish with soft, silky hairs. Stems grow to 60 cm long and can develop roots where stem nodes touch the soil.Leaves are numerous and grow in opposite pairs of unequal size up to 4 cm…
For some South Australian growers, the risk of head loss in barley outweighs the potential returns of including it in a rotation.Now, a three-year trial supported by SAGIT has investigated the problem and discovered several avenues with the potential to protect yields.Plant scientist Associate Professor Matt Tucker from the University of Adelaide led a team…
After extensive consultation with its members, Grain Producers SA (GPSA) is standing firm on its position to oppose an alarming reduction to the measurement of the cease harvest number in the Grain Harvesting Code of Practice. Following GPSA intervention to delay the roll-out of the new Fire Behaviour Index (FBI) at short notice prior to the…
A decision to continue current adopted practice under the Grain Harvest Code for the coming harvest has been welcomed by growers as a commonsense approach, according to Grain Producers SA (GPSA).The South Australian Country Fire Service (CFS) had put forward a proposal to change the Grain Harvest Code away from current adopted practice, however a…
A pilot project at a grain producer’s farm on lower Eyre Peninsula is paving the way for future connectivity through a collaboration between Grain Producers SA (GPSA) and AgriFutures Australia.Following a successful wireless network extension project, GPSA has been awarded funding through AgriFutures Australia’s ‘Producer Technology Uptake Program’ for a project delivered by tailored agricultural…
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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…
