Current Projects

Full Name: Demonstrations of residual summer weed control for the Mid North, South AustraliaFunding Body: GRDCDuration: 2024 – 2026Project Lead: UNFSContact: Beth Humphris, Elders JamestownSite

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

Full Name: SAGIT Frost Mitigation in the Upper NorthFunding Body: SAGITDuration: 2024-2027Project Lead: UNFSContact: Rachel Trengove, UNFSBackground: Frost events have been a significant concern in

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

Full Name: Predator Control and Livestock Productivity NetworkFunding Body: Australian Government, MLA, PIRSA & Livestock SADuration: 2024-2026Project Lead: UNFSContact: Rachel Trengove, UNFS Objective: This three-year

Full Name: Improving climate resilience of the Australian Sheep Industry Project Lead: University of Adelaide Funding Body: SA Drought Hub Objective: The focus of the

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

Full Name: De-risking the seeding program: adoption of key management practices for the success of dry and early sown crops Project Lead: Ag Ex Alliance

Full Name: Growing Carbon Pilot Project Lead: UNFS Funding Body: PIRSA The growing carbon pilot project aims to: • Demonstrate a carbon farming method and

Full Name: National Risk Management Initiative Project Lead: Hart Field Site Group Funding Body: GRDC The National Risk Management Initiative (NRMI) aims to understand and

Full Name: Enterprise Choice and sequencing for profitability and sustainability Project Lead: The University of Adelaide Funding Body: GRDC This project aims to deliver a

Full Name: Canola Profitability in the Upper North Funding Body: SAGIT This trial aims to inform grower decision making by exploring of new technology in

Full Name: Lotsa Lambs: Improving Reproduction Success Funding Body: Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) UNFS is running a Producer Demonstration Site project for three years

Full Name: Improved Pasture Management Systems Funding Body: Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) The aim of this project is to improve the pasture management systems

Full Name: Demonstration and Extension to close the economic yield gap & maximise farming systems benefits from grain legume production in SA Funding Body: GRDC

Full Name: SA Drought Resilience and Innovation Hub Funding Body: Future Drought Fund Drought Resilience Adoption and Innovation Hubs Program Delivered in partnership with University

Funding Body: GRDC delivered in partnership with SARDI Full Name: Epidemiology of Septoria Tritici Blotch in the low and medium rainfall zones of the Southern

Full Name: Building soil knowledge & capacity to implement change in the farmers of the Upper North Agricultural zone of SA, improving soil structure &

Full Name: Soil pathogen identification and management strategies for winter cereals Funding Body: GRDC delivered in partnership with SARDI A steady increase in Crown Rot

Full Name: Regenerating Goyder’s Line – Re-establishing productive and profitable grasslands and scrublands in highly degraded, once cropped landscapes of Goyder’s Line. Funding Body:  National

Implementation of 16 weather stations across the Upper North Farming Region of SA

Funding Body: SAFECOM

Project Duration: 2019 – ongoing.