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Southern, 10 Jan 2023
Lentil market has plenty of room for Eyre Peninsula growers
Having grown lentils successfully at Ardrossan on the Yorke Peninsula, Bill Long saw an opportunity to scale up on the Eyre Peninsula in areas with similar soil types and rainfall patterns but cheaper land. His property includes some challenging soils not suited to lentils, but the higher rainfall on the southern Eyre Peninsula is well-suited to other pulses.
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Southern, 15 Dec 2022
Peer learning puts growers ahead of financial management curve
A group of Victorian Mallee growers are putting their heads together to boost their financial planning performance and learn from each other’s business approach. The growers, who were encouraged to form a peer learning group by former consultant agronomist and Annuello grower Peter Aikman, collaborate using business management software called P2PAgri, which automates budgeting processes.
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Southern, 14 Dec 2022
Peer learning helps growers plan for profit
Peter contacted five growers he had previously worked with when he was a consulting agronomist. They agreed to collaborate and have since been workshopping their business approach for four years.
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Southern, 24 Oct 2022
Research boosts yields in state’s south-east
Grower-driven research is helping grain growers in one of South Australia’s smallest cropping regions close the gap between actual and potential yields. The results can be seen in the award-winning wheat crop produced by mixed farmer Tom Bell, which won both of the state’s prizes in the second annual GRDC Hyper Yielding Crops initiative, announced in August.
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Southern, 22 Oct 2022
Delight in South Australia as grower sets new wheat yield benchmark
A dryland crop near Millicent took out both of the South Australian awards – for highest yield and highest percentage of yield potential – in the second annual GRDC Hyper Yielding Crops initiative. Tom Bell, who farms with his wife Lucy and father Greg at Emerald Farms, harvested 11.48 tonnes per hectare of RGT Accroc wheat in January.
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Southern, 08 Aug 2022
EP growers look to freeze out ‘Jack’
A new GRDC investment is looking to equip growers on South Australia’s central and lower Eyre Peninsula with greater knowledge and skills to mitigate the effects of frost. Agricultural Innovation and Research Eyre Peninsula is delivering the ‘Tactics to minimise frost damage on the Eyre Peninsula’ investment through GRDC’s National Grower Network over the 2022 and 2023 seasons.
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Southern, 18 Jul 2022
Climate drives cover crop outcomes
A research consortium has shown cover crop performance is climate-driven and highly variable depending on where crops are grown in the southern grains region. The consortium was supported by a network of grower groups that facilitated on-farm trials to study the effects of cover crops in different growing environments spread over South Australia, Victoria and Tasmania.
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Southern, 15 May 2022
Peer-to-peer learning propelled lentil leap
Making the decision to try out a new crop like lentil is never easy, but Mannum grower, Matt Starick, says local knowledge he got from talking with other growers in his Pulse Check discussion group gave him the confidence he needed.
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Southern, 20 Apr 2022
Fire spurs farm business regeneration
The largest fire in the history of Kangaroo Island has led to restoration and renewal in the Stanton family’s farm business off the coast of South Australia.
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Southern, 29 Mar 2022
Research seeks out perfect paddock marriage
Observation of local trials at the Rutherglen Research Institute has prompted north-east Victorian grower Ashley Fraser to rethink the potential for intercropping in his family's farm business at Rutherglen. The district trials tested the productivity and profitability of four companion crops, each combining two crop species.