Visualising Australasia’s Soils: Extending the soil data federation (VAS Phase 2)

Visualising Australasia’s Soils: Extending the soil data federation (VAS Phase 2) Project Aim The Visualising Australasia’s Soils (VAS) project aims to provide Soil CRC participants with access to considerable volumes of reliable quality soil data. It will be sourced from a federation of soil data custodians who share their data according to the rules they […]

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RiskWi$e Spring Cover Crop

RiskWi$e Spring Cover Crop Use of Spring-Sown Leguminous Cover Crops to Increase Available N Key Messages Investigating if spring-sown cover crops can mitigate on-farm nitrogen decision risks. Seek to better understand the potential benefits of spring cover crops on soil health and the following cereal crop. Confirm if spring cover crops are appropriate crop rotation […]

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Summit Fertilizers 2023 Trials

Summit Fertilizers 2023 Trials SOP Tolerance, P is Key, N Products Project Summary  As part of Summit Fertilizers commitment to trial research and their ongoing support of the Facey Group, they have once again invested in a relevant local trial, located north-east of Wickepin.  The trial site is situated next to the existing NVT trials, […]

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Diamondback Moth Surveillance

The aim is to improve prompt and effective decision support for growers to manage DBM in canola crops, surveillance is being conducted throughout the five WA port zones. We aim to determine the Brassica hosts which may be present during summer and autumn and assess whether these hosts are providing a DBM reservoir bridging between growing seasons.

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Saltbush Carbon Project

Saltbush Carbon Project Assessing the Potential of Saltbush to Sequester Carbon in WA Southwest Key Messages This project will investigate the carbon sequestration potential in existing local saltbush plantings. This project will evaluate of the performance of new saltbush plantings across different species and planting densities This project will track the growth and carbon sequestration […]

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Soil Amelioration and Lupin Nodulation

Soil Amelioration and Lupin Nodulation Key Messages Lupins are a commonly grown nitrogen-fixing crop in the Facey Group region that are suited to a range of our soil types. As soil amelioration techniques are becoming more widespread, a better understanding of its impacts on nodulation of nitrogen-fixing species is required. This trial will investigate if […]

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Long Coleoptile Project

Long Coleoptile Project Improving sowing opportunities for increased farm resilience in a changing climate. Key Messages: Changing climate patterns predict less in-season rain, more frequent summer rainfall events, and a less predictable season break for many areas of the Australian Wheatbelt. Deep sowing adapted cultivars into stored summer moisture may create the opportunity to sow […]

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Impact of Stubble Height on Cropping Systems

Impact of Stubble Height on Cropping Systems Key Messages: This project is evaluating the ‘Stripper and Disc’ seeding and harvest combination (high residue systems) and how it fits within the local landscape compared to the commonly used draper and tyne seeding and harvest system. Growers are looking to understand the benefits for water use efficiency, […]

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Saltbush and Novel Forage Understory Systems

Deep-rooted native shrubs or novel annual legumes offer significant opportunities to increase livestock feed supply and quality, compared to traditional forages under drought conditions. This CSIRO project will utilise both Anameka saltbush and novel understory species to demonstrate a drought-resilient and profitable system using best practices establishment.

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Extension & Adoption of Drought Resilience Farming Practices Grants Webinar

Thinking of applying for the #FutureDroughtFund Extension and Adoption Grants? Got some questions about the program or your application? Register now for the program’s webinar on 22 November from 10-11am (WA time) & find out if your project is the right fit. Click here for more information & to register for the webinar

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SW WA Drought Resilience Adoption & Innovation Hub – Extension & Adoption Bursary Program for Tertiary Students

Extension & Adoption Bursary Program for Tertiary Students A call out to students interested in a bursary of up to $8000 for extension and adoption of your proposed or existing research (up to 15 bursaries to be awarded across Western Australian universities). The bursaries will be funded by the South-West WA Drought Resilience Adoption and […]

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Mt Burdett Foundation Rural & Regional Advancement Foundation – Applications are now open!!

Mt Burdett Foundation Rural & Regional Advancement Foundation … Applications Now Open! Do you want to build your own skills to make a difference in your rural community? Do you have an idea that will build capacity in WA’s rural and regional communities by empowering people who are in early to mid career? The Rural and Regional […]

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Small Grants for Growing Ground Cover Available

Small Grants Available for Growing Ground Cover Do you want to increase ground cover and provide fodder and/or shelterbelts but not sure where to start? Wheatbelt Natural Resource Management have some support available for landholders who have ideas for increasing groundcover and want to try them out. Lack of groundcover can be a major issue […]

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Grain Legume Project

This project aims to demonstrate yield potential of various legumes under two different times of sowing in the Kwinana West Port Zone. The trial component of this project will assess the impact of sowing time on a variety of chickpea, faba, pea and vetch varieties. The seeding times will consist of early sowing (~mid-April) and then a later sowing (~mid-May) and will integrate with the growers seeding program. The farmer demonstration component of this project will assess two different varieties of Faba beans for their yield potential. The two varieties differ in their resistance to fungal pathogens. The performance of the following year’s crops will be recorded for both sites.

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FRRR Funding Opportunity – Strengthening Rural Communities

The Strengthening Rural Communities (SRC) Small & Vital stream gives small remote, rural and regional communities across Australia the opportunity to access funds for a broad range of initiatives that directly and clearly benefit local communities. Grants up to $10,000 are available for a broad range of grassroots, community-led initiatives that directly and clearly benefit […]

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