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  • Home
  • About UNFS
    • Committee
    • Our Region
    • Goals & Outcomes
  • Projects
    • Current Projects
    • Past Projects
  • Events
  • Resources
    • UNFS Publications
    • UNFS Newsletters
    • UNFS Podcasts
    • UNFS Videos
    • Media & Press
    • Weather Station Network
    • Other Resources
    • Industry Codes
  • Sponsorship
  • Membership
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Dry Sowing in the Mid North – Season 2024 and Learnings from the lack of rainfall

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

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March 20, 2025

Khaki Weed – Reducing their impact in the Northern & Yorke Region

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.

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December 7, 2023

X-Ray technology points the way to reducing head loss in barley

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

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September 2, 2023

GPSA Update: Opposes proposed Grain Harvest Code changes

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

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September 1, 2023

GPSA Media Release – Commonsense decision reached on Grain Harvest Code

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,

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September 1, 2023

GPSA MEDIA RELEASE – EYRE PENINSULA CONNECTIVITY PROJECT TO SHOWCASE SOLUTIONS

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

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September 1, 2023

Predator Control and Productivity Network

Please Click here for the Word Document Survey – this will download immediately PIRSA Wild Dog FlyerDownload

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August 31, 2023

Managing Heat Stress in Sheep Project Update

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

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June 2, 2023

Novel feed strategies to improve twin-lamb survival

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

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June 2, 2023
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