Fodder Crop trial
Cereal Alternatives to oats for hay production in UNFrost/Heat stress effects Funding Body: BALCO Project Duration: 2019 – 2022
Barley Grass Management Demonstration Trial
Full Name: Barley Grass Management Options Funding Body: Grains Research & Development Corporation (GRDC) Background Site was planted to Spartacus barley in 2018. Site was chosen for the demonstration trial due to the presence of an uncontrolled barley grass missed spray strip from 2017. This strip is one boomspray width wide (36 m) by about…
Warm and Cool Season mixed Cover Cropping trial for sustainable farming systems in SE Australia
Full Name: Warm and cool season mixed cover cropping for sustainable farming systems in South Eastern Australia. Funding Body: National Landcare Program Smart Farming Programs Partnerships Initiative – Round 1, Delivered in Partnership with Ag Excellence Alliance AIM: The outcomes of this project will develop suitable cover crops to: Improve soil fertility across South Eastern…
Pulse Check Group
Southern Pulse Extension Project Funding Body: GRDC Project Duration: 2017 – 2020 Pulse Check Case Study Focus 2021: Frost, Heat, Drought
Production Wise Paddocks in the Upper North
Funding Body: Grain Growers Project Duration: 2016
Post Pasture Cropping Phase Demonstrations
This project will increase no-till practice adoption rates by engaging 60 farmers to visit a demonstration site in their district to inspect and discuss the results of no-till versus conventional post pasture tillage practices on plant establishment in a post pasture phase of a cropping & livestock rotation. The Group is working to reduce cultivating…
Perennial Pasture Management Systems for Soil Carbon stocks in cereal zones, SA
The project aims to trial and demonstrate on farm practices to increase sequestration of carbon in soil by 2015 in the Upper North and Eyre Peninsula of South Australia. Funding Body: DAFF Project Duration: 2012 – 2015
Efficient Grain Production compared with N20 Emissions
To communicate to growers and agribusiness what, when, how and why N2O emissions impact on farming systems: ‐ to increase farmer knowledge about N2O emissions made from fertiliser and legumes; ‐ reveal options available to reduce N20 emissions; to provide information about nutrient use efficiency that maximises productivity. Nitrous Oxide Factsheet UNFS Nitrous Oxide Emissions…
More Effective weed control and reducing pesticide use in broadacre landscapes by using optical sensing devices to detect and “spot spray” weeds
The objectives of this project were, • To evaluate the suitability of “spot spray” technology to control weeds on farming land in the Upper North • To monitor weed control success on “hard to control” summer weeds such as fleabane, onion weed, saltbush type weeds • To record the reduction in pesticide and water use…
Demonstrating Innovative Interrow pastures in Fodder Shrub Systems.
Development and publication of information on integrating fodders shrubs into low rainfall systems. Forage Shrubs in Low Rainfall Farming Systems Factsheet Funding Body: DAFF Project Duration: 2011- 2014