Ag Excellence News and Updates

Lambex – White Suffolks Young Guns Competition

March 24, 2014

A NEW, national competition highlighting the huge depth of talent and knowledge in the youth of the Australian lamb industry will be a feature of LambEx 2014. The new…

Overcoming production constraints through clay spreading and delving

March 10, 2014

Brett Master, Land Management consultant with Rural Solutions SA, discusses the opportunities and risks associated with modifying sandy soils on the Eyre Peninsula of South Australia. Jack Bourke, a…

Sold on Sulla

March 7, 2014

Farm consultant Bill Long and Yorke Peninsula farmer Trevor Polkinghorne discuss the benefits of Sulla as a legume forage option in Trevor’s farming system. Sulla is a comparatively new…

Responding to change – Consultants/Farm groups leading and learning

February 28, 2014

The Australian Ag Institute (AIA) has developed an outstanding program for their upcoming workshop, which aims to explore areas of common interest and concern to consultants and farm system…

LambEx 2014 reveals cracker program that tackles tough industry issues

February 27, 2014

LAMBEX 2014 has today released a cutting edge program featuring a star line-up of new speakers, some familiar faces and – in its trademark style – an array of…

Water Wise Leak Detection Systems

January 6, 2014

The Tailem Bend to Keith pipeline was constructed in the 1960’s to supply water to 500,000 hectares of grazing land in the Upper South East of South Australia. The…

Merry Christmas

December 22, 2013

From the committee & staff of Ag Excellence Alliance Inc, we wish you a safe and happy Christmas, and a wonderful 2014.

Alert – Spray Drift Warning

December 17, 2013

Recent rainfall earlier in December is expected to trigger the germination of summer weeds in many agricultural areas resulting in producers needing to apply herbicides. We ask that users…

Wild Radish Song

December 13, 2013

A parody of the Gotye hit “Somebody I used to know” by agronomic consultant Bill Long, who farms on the Yorke Peninsula of South Australia as well as consults…

Quantifying quality under elevated CO2

December 11, 2013

The impact of rising atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) levels on Australia’s grains industry is being closely examined by scientists involved in the Australian Grain Free Air CO2 Enrichment (AGFACE)…