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2020-2021 Projects
PROJECTS
Barley Grass Project
Diving into deep ripping
NLP Deep Ripping
Area Wide Weed Management
Riverland & Mallee Mesonet
Legumes on Sands
N Fixation Extension
Identifying frost susceptibility in Clearfield varieties
Soil Preservation Project
PROJECT PURPOSE FUNDING SOURCE
This three-year project led by the University of Adelaide will implement a three-year trial investigating the best rotations and management strategies to reduce barley grass in low rainfall regions.
This three-year project works with growers to establish deep ripping demos to learn more about best practice deep ripping strategies and machinery set up. The project will also develop two innovative extension products that will be available on Immersive Ag and a guide to deep ripping.
This three-year project will be trialling the effectiveness of region wide weed management, working across industries – broadacre and horticulture in the Sunraysia region to control weeds of common importance. Rural R&D for Profit
GRDC
SAGIT
SMART FARMS
National Landcare Program
A network of 30 BOM compliant weather stations will be established in the Riverland and Mallee to provide farmers with accurate weather indicators to assess spray inversion conditions. The weather stations will also take a number of other measures including temperature, wind speed and grass fire danger index.
PIRSA Regional Growth Fund / Ag Ex Alliance
This project supports trial work to improve the establishment and growth of legumes on sands. The aim of this four-year project is to find nutrition packages to improve legume growth on poorer soils to improve ground cover and prevent erosion.
This extension and communication project will add value to previous and current GRDC projects improving N fixation of winter pulse crops and promoting their wider adaptation and adoption.
This project will work to uncover if Clearfield varieties are more susceptible to frost with or without the application of Clearfield herbicides.
Practical tactics to improve ground cover and ensure soil preservation following successive low rainfall seasons. This project will case study how 8 farmers have managed to reestablish eroded soils following successive years of drought. SA Murray Darling Basin Natural Resources Management Board
GRDC
SAGIT
GRDC
Frost Extension Project
AWI Feed Nutrition Project
Red Meat & Wool Growth Program
Mallee Seeps
Dryland Legume Pasture Systems
Mixed Cover Crops
Mallee CMA partnership
LLS Partnership
Sandy soils / sands impact
The purpose of this investment is to extend and apply the outcomes of previous R&D investments relating to frost to build knowledge that will inform grower and advisor decisions to pre-season planning, in-season management and post-frost event responses. GRDC
This is a three-year project that will assess the feed nutrition of low rainfall pastures and grazing crops so that farmers have benchmarks for the digestibility, energy value and mineral content of a range of feed types to make informed animal nutrition decisions.
A Producer Technology Group has been established in the Mallee to give participants improved awareness, knowledge, and practical application of precision livestock management technologies for improved decision-making biosecurity and business planning.
This project aims to manage seeps through early detection, prevention of seep formation by improving water use on poor performing sands and remediating existing seeps.
This project will investigate new pasture species and innovative management practices to improve the potential for pastures as part of the cropping rotation. Rural R&D for Profit
Australian Wool Innovation Limited
PIRSA
SMART FARMS
National Landcare Program
This partnership project supports SA based extension of MSF work in the region by supporting the delivery of one Mallee Research Update and two Field Days.
Murrayland & Riverland Landscapes Board.
This project will involve the demonstration of cover cropping in the farming system. A number of extension activities are planned to complement the paddock demonstration. National Landcare Program / Ag Ex Alliance
This partnership project delivers Mallee Research Updates, Field Days and innovative extension applications to the Vic Mallee.
This partnership project aims to work with different NSW farmers groups in the Western LLS region to establish a trial of interest each year, with the main aim to reduce wind erosion, and conduct one field day to communicate results.
The sandy soils research and sands impact demonstration projects will investigate sandy soil amelioration and mitigation practices across a range of sandy soils to develop best practice guidelines for improving sandy soils. GRDC/ CSIRO
Mallee Catchment Management Authority
Western Local Land Services
Soilborne pathogen Project
High impact digital extension of R&D in the Mallee
Grain Legume Production
Regen Ag Project
This small two-year project we will establish a demonstration paddock to investigate management options for root diseases of concern at the chosen. The site has high levels of crown rot therefore the new crown rot seed treatment has been trialled.
The purpose of this project is to support land manager practice change that will deliver more sustainable, productive, and profitable food, fibre and forestry business while protecting Australia’s biodiversity; protecting and improving the condition of natural resources; and assisting Australia meet its international obligations Farmlink
Commonwealth Community Grants/ Natural Heritage Trust
Development and extension to close the economic yield gap and maximise farming systems benefits from grain legume production in South Australia
This Grant will see Mallee Sustainable Farming deliver outputs and outcomes as part of the ‘Regenerative opportunities for increasing resilience in low rainfall farming systems. The project will assist growers to understand what it is to be regenerative, highlighting cropping and grazing practices that are known to increase biomass, maximize soil cover, improve soil health, and build soil carbon specifically in low rainfall environments SARDI
Murrayland & Riverland Landscapes Board
