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Faba Beans Galore!
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Faba Beans Galore!
The bean team at SFS has been working hard the last few weeks collecting, weighing,...
Opportunities in the Wet
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Opportunities in the Wet
Excessive rain is testing the nerves of many croppers and graziers. These wet conditions are...
AGRIFOCUS 2022
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AGRIFOCUS 2022
What an event! Through rain and floods, to sunshine on the day, Southern Farming Systems...
Storing items under powerlines doesn’t stack up
Storing items under powerlines doesn’t stack up
Arcing can happen without touching the powerlines – don’t store, load or unload items near...
SFS Casual Summer Position Tasmania
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SFS Casual Summer Position Tasmania
SFS Tasmania are looking for casual staff, to start immediately. Casuals are needed to help...
Preparing workers for harvest
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Preparing workers for harvest
We know finding agricultural workers is getting harder and harder. Now more than ever, training...
GRDC Harvester Forums
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GRDC Harvester Forums
To support growers to reduce harvest losses and improve operations at harvest, BCG & SFS...
New pasture trials for SFS Tasmania
New pasture trials for SFS Tasmania
SFS Tasmania are proud to inform our growers and members that we will now be...
Have your say about the future of farming in Tasmania
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Have your say about the future of farming in Tasmania
Check your mailbox! That’s the message to more than 2000 landholders across Tasmania who’ve been...
APPLY NOW! Graduate Research and Extension Officer – Tasmania
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APPLY NOW! Graduate Research and Extension Officer – Tasmania
Work with a leading agricultural research and extension organisation Learn agronomy from experienced colleagues and...
Second Edition of SFS 2021 Trials Results Book Available Now!
Second Edition of SFS 2021 Trials Results Book Available Now!
Members, Partners and Supporters can access the updated Second edition of the SFS 2021 Trials...
My Farm Dashboard – informing farm decisions
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My Farm Dashboard – informing farm decisions
Farm business decisions are becoming increasingly complicated as our farming systems intensify and diversify. Farms...
Protecting yourself against Foot and Mouth Disease and Lumpy Skin Disease. Have you acted on precautionary biosecurity plan?
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Protecting yourself against Foot and Mouth Disease and Lumpy Skin Disease. Have you acted on precautionary biosecurity plan?
By Tahlia Ferguson, Research and Extension, Soils, Pasture & Livestock Team Walking through the Australian...
Hyper yielding, Hyper Nitrogen Costs?
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Hyper yielding, Hyper Nitrogen Costs?
Making nitrogen applications pay this season was a hot topic at the Campbelltown GRDC Update....
Pulse Development and Extension Update
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Pulse Development and Extension Update
In some very exciting news, I have taken over the Pulse Development & Extension (D&E)...
Welcome New Graduate in Research and Extension
Welcome New Graduate in Research and Extension
Jessie Wettenhall joins the team in SW Victoria. Jessie grew up on a prime lamb...
Soils seminar proves success
Soils seminar proves success
More than 60 farmers flocked to Winchelsea to learn more about sustainable farm practices at...
Russia, biofuel demand and government intervention to shift grain market fundamentals
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Russia, biofuel demand and government intervention to shift grain market fundamentals
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has ‘rattled and shaken’ global grains markets in the here and...