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Check out our latest Farm Focus Video!

Farm Focus-Livestock Containment Video has just been released on the SFS You Tube channel! Check...
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SFS New Graduate Research & Extension Officer

Southern Farming Systems has just employed our fourth Graduate Reasearch and Extension Officer.  "We are...
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Dung Beetles on a Roll

Dung beetles are miracle agricultural engineers, through their actions of tunneling dung into the soil,...
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Animal Production & Feed Budgeting at Chatsworth House

Last Thursday 25th May, 29 women from all over the western district braved the cold...
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With El Niño climate models steady, now is the time to review drought resilience

Putting farm businesses under a ‘drought microscope’ is step one in being prepared. The latest...
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Global grain and oilseed estimates: ‘assuming nothing goes wrong’

This month has seen the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) have its first crack...
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Corangamite & Glenelg Hopkins CMA Soil Testing – What is it telling us??

In the Corangamite region SFS has been delivering the Improving On Farm Soil Project that...
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Fine tuning feed budgeting

The Glenelg Hopkins Rural Women on Farms groups are keen to learn how to create...
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A year of record highs for Victorian farmland – Rabobank report

Median agricultural land prices in Victoria jumped by 28 per cent in 2022 – after...
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Important notice of immediate changes for canola treated with haloxyfop

Australian canola growers and farm advisors are notified that the European Union (EU) has announced...
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Crop sequencing project kicks off

This year will be the first year of a new project managed by by the...
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A glimpse into the new wheat season – a global perspective

With northern hemisphere wheat heading into the important yield-determining month of May, attention is turning...
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How does prilled lime fit into soil acidity management?

Are prilled lime products effective in soil acidity management? Agricultural lime itself is cheap ($20...
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The start of the season is here…

The time between harvest and sowing seems to get shorter every year! Yet again, we...
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Regional Drought Resilience Planning program

The Regional Drought Resilience Planning Program will deliver nine Regional Drought Resilience Plans across Victoria...
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Climate curveballs and pasture production

The 2022 farming season was certainly a challenge with its highs and lows, with rainfall...
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Dung Beetle Survey

The dung beetle survey in the Upper Barwon and Geelong Landcare Network areas is ten...
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SFS Results Morning Wrap up

Last week SFS results morning was held at the Willaura Hall where SFS staff presented...

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