Projects

Sub Soil Demo Streatham 18-4-23

Sub soil amelioration extension program in Victoria’s medium and high rainfall zones

To extend the information about sub soil amelioration research.
  • National Landcare Program, GRDC, Agriculture Victoria
  • Audrey Gripper, Michelle McClure
  • Streatham (SFS), Goroke (BCG)
  • Current
Top Soils Omission trial plots

Strategies for waterlogged crops in the High Rainfall Zone of the Southern Region

Can Nutrition aid recovery of waterlogged crops? And what are the legacy effects for the next season? When waterlogging has destroyed the autumn sown crop, what are the options for spring sowing? What drainage options have growers adopted in the HRZ? What resources and research has been done?
  • GRDC
  • Greta Duff, Ashley Amourgis
  • Hamilton, Streatham, Vite Vite North, Cressy (TAS)
  • Current
W Read Earlston 2017-18

Embracing Precision Agriculture

Australian farmers are among the most inventive and forward thinking in the world.  Living and working as we do across a broad continent that covers a huge range of environments, with highly variable weather patterns and an unpredictable changing climate, it’s something we tend to take for granted. Precision agriculture...
  • GRDC & SPAA
  • Michelle McClure
  • Inverleigh
  • Current
VAS news pic

VISUALISING AUSTRALASIA’S SOILS

The Visualising Australasia’s Soils interoperable spatial knowledge system provides the Soil CRC participants, and the broader agricultural industry in general, access to data, information, and knowledge on Australasian soils.
  • Federation University & CRC for High Performance Soils
  • Lisa Miller
  • Current
Top Soils Omission trial plots

TOP SOILS PROJECT

The objective of TopSoils is to improve the productive potential of agricultural land and protect the condition of our soil resource, principally by improving soil health and the persistence and quality of ground cover; ultimately improving the Soil Carbon resource. TopSoils is a multi-partner East Gippsland region project that targets...
  • This project is supported by the East Gippsland CMA through funding from the Australian Government's National Landcare Program and the East Gippsland Landcare Networks.
  • Natalie Jenkins
  • Gippsland
  • Current
dung beetles Hunting for Dung Beetles in Swifts Creek 3.12.2019 (1)

DUNG BEETLE PROJECT

To understand which dung beetle species are common or rarely encountered in different regions of Australia by monitoring 120 sites across Australia,  Meat & Livestock Australia is supporting a new project to enhance dung beetle benefits to farmers through funding from the Australian Government’s Rural Research & Development for Profit...
  • Charles Sturt University & MLA
  • Natalie Jenkins, , Grace Evans
  • South West Victoria, Gippsland & Tasmania
  • Current
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CORANGAMITE CMA REGIONAL LAND PARTNERSHIPS

This Corangamite CMA RLP project is supported through the Australian Governments National Landcare Program phase two. SFS will work with farmers, community groups and agriculture industry groups to enhance soil health on farms. This project will focus on supporting farmers to make informed decisions to enhance soil condition under changing...
  • Corangamite CMA & Australian Governments NLP2
  • Lisa Miller
  • Corangamite NRM region
  • Current
Cover Crop walk

MIXED COVER CROPS FOR SUSTAINABLE FARMING

A project is currently underway, focusing on ‘Mixed Cover Crops for Sustainable Farming’, with funding through the National Landcare Program Phase 2 (NLP2). Ag Excellence Alliance is leading the work and Southern Farming Systems have been subcontracted to undertake the work in south-west Victoria, Gippsland and Tasmania.
  • Australian Governments NLP2 & GRDC
  • Ashley Amourgis, Brett Davey, Natalie Jenkins
  • South West Victoria, Gippsland & Tasmania
  • Current
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HEALTHY SOILS

Healthy soils are the foundation of a productive and profitable grazing system. The “Healthy Soils” project helps producers develop skills in diagnosis of soil constraints and selection of appropriate management options to build the soil condition they want.
  • MLA
  • Lisa Miller,
  • Southern Feed Base
  • Current
Discing in lime at Stawell 20190301 084757

INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO MANAGING SUBSOIL ACIDITY IN THE SOUTHERN GRAIN REGION

The project is led by NSW Department of Primary Industries supported by funding from Grains Research and Development Corporation. SFS is one of four producer groups responsible for establishment and maintenance of large scale trials. Project funding 2015 to 2019 (site maintenance continues for 2020 & 2021)
  • GRDC & NSW DPI
  • Lisa Miller,
  • Rokewood & Stawell
  • Current
Faba Bean Nodulation

NITROGEN FIXATION

Pulses are estimated to fix about 120kg N/ha, or more than 220,000 tonnes N across Australia, worth about $220 million each year. However, not all pulses are well nodulated and fix N to their potential, especially on acidic soils. It was recently estimated (by the GRDC) that N fixation could...
  • GRDC & MSF
  • , Greta Duff, Grace Evans
  • South West Victoria
  • Current

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