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Research Projects

Project title Principal Investigator Funding Source/Collaborators Amount (ex GST) Start/Finish Date
Low rainfall farming systems collaboration Nigel Wilhelm Central West Farming Systems inc $71,772 01/07/06-30/06/09
Developing robust and lower risk farming systems by understanding the impact of soil carbon Amanda Cook SA Grains Industry Trust $245,575 01/07/08-30/06/11

Grain and Graze - Flexible systems responding to Climate Change 

Naomi Scholz Eyre Peninsula Natural Resources $100,000 01/07/08-30/06/09
Increasing profitability and reducing erosion with No-tillage on Eyre Peninsula Michael Bennet Caring for our Country $170,886 01/04/09-30/06/09
Soil compaction in agricultural soils of Eyre Peninsula Cathy Paterson SA Grains Industry Trust $170,727 01/07/06-30/06/09
Eyre Peninsula Farming Systems 3 - Responsive Farming Systems Naomi Scholz Grains Research and Development Corporation $1,302,811 01/07/08-30/06/13

 

Minnipa Agricultural Centre (MAC) Science Focus Areas

General

  • Annual responsive research
  • Climate change
  • Conservation tillage systems
  • Precision agriculture

Soil

  • Understanding plant available water & improving water use efficiency by crops and pastures
  • Abiotic soil constraints
  • Soil biology

Plants

  • Plant protection
  • Crop nutrition
  • Cereals
  • Break crops
  • Pastures

Livestock

  • Nutrition
  • Management