Projects
Embracing Precision Agriculture
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
BUILDING THE RESILIENCE AND PROFITABILITY OF CROPPING AND GRAZING FARMERS IN THE HIGH RAINFALL ZONE OF SOUTHERN AUSTRALIA.
BUILDING THE RESILIENCE AND PROFITABILITY OF CROPPING AND GRAZING FARMERS IN THE HIGH RAINFALL ZONE OF SOUTHERN AUSTRALIA.
A consortium of Farming Groups, Landcare, industry bodies, private enterprise, Government agencies and a University from across three States to address soil acidification and build more resilient farm businesses.
- Australian Government's NLP2 & GRDC
- Bret Ryan, Lisa Miller
- Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia (inc. Kangaroo Island)
- Current
VISUALISING AUSTRALASIA’S SOILS
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 PROJECT
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...
- East Gippsland CMA, East Gippsland Landcare Network & Australian Government's NLP2
- Gippsland
- Current
DUNG BEETLE PROJECT
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
CORANGAMITE CMA REGIONAL LAND PARTNERSHIPS
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
MIXED COVER CROPS FOR SUSTAINABLE FARMING
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
HEALTHY SOILS
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
INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO MANAGING SUBSOIL ACIDITY IN THE SOUTHERN GRAIN REGION
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, Tahlia Ferguson
- Rokewood & Stawell
- Current
NITROGEN FIXATION
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