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…
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 to boost the adoption of containment feeding systems on farms by training and assembling a network of containment adoption advisors, connected to farming systems groups working directly with livestock producers.…
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 fertiliser management practices by farmers across southern Australia Project Duration: 2023 – 2024 Project Lead: Mallee Sustainable Farming Funding Body: Future Drought Fund Extension and Adoption of Drought Resilience Farming…
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 Ex Alliance Funding Body: SA Drought Hub (Future Drought Fund Extension and Adoption of Drought Resilience Farming Practices Grants Program) Objective: To help growers make informed decisions on the strategies…
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 carbon farming method and or practice that has application for the SouthAustralian primary industry sector. Demonstrate how carbon farming activities contribute to revenue and jobs in South Australia. Demonstrate and…
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: 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: 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…
Full Name: Building soil knowledge & capacity to implement change in the farmers of the Upper North Agricultural zone of South Australia, improving soil structure & function to improve plant health, landscape function & farming system resilience Duration: 2020 – 2023 Funding Body: National Landcare Program: Smart Farm Small Grants Delivery Organisations: Upper North Farming…
