Ag Excellence News and Updates

Carbon Farming – Getting Started

April 4, 2013

Ben Keogh, of Australian Carbon Traders, provides an overview of carbon farming.

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Cereal Grazing for Improved Grain Yield

April 2, 2013

Jeff Braun from AgriLink Agricultural Consultants discuses trial work that is examining the ability of a range of cereal species and varieties to recover grain yield following continuous cereal…

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Fodder species to fill the feed gap

April 2, 2013

Mick Faulkner from AgriLink Agricultural Consultants discuses feed gaps for livestock that occur throughout the year. He explains how the Mid North High Rainfall Zone group is trialing a…

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Canopy Management in Wheat

April 2, 2013

Jeff Braun from AgriLink Agricultural Consultants discuses trial work with canopy management in wheat. The trial work is examining a number of wheat varieties with a range of maturities…

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Survey of Legume Growers

March 22, 2013

The Nitrogen Fixation Program, through the University of Adelaide & SARDI are conducting a survey of legume growers about inoculation & N fixing.  to provide information for this program,…

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Lower Eyre Peninsula Expo

March 22, 2013

More than 80 people attended the annual Lower Eyre Peninsula Expo held on Thursday the 21st of March.  Farmers made up 75% of the audience. Held at the Ungarra…

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Using Electromagnetic Soil Mapping in Precision Agriculture

March 17, 2013

Peter Treloar talks about electro-magnetic soil mapping in precision agriculture.

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Normalised Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) and Crop Sensors

March 17, 2013

Precision Ag – Leighton Wilksch talks about Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), and Sam Trengove talks about crop sensors.

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Using Site Specific Crop Management for Precision Ag

March 17, 2013

Leighton Wilksch talks about Precision Ag Management, using site specific crop management (SSCM).

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Facts About Native Bees in Australia

March 15, 2013

Katja Hogendoorn, from the University of Adelaide, discuses native bees in Australia and their importance for our natural environment. Native bees have co-evolved with native plants for millions of years…

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