Completed Projects
CONNECT & PREPARE FIELD DAYS
A schedule of farmer focused learning events to build the agricultural networks in East Gippsland.
FARMER ADVISORY GROUP: GRAINS & FODDER
PARTNERS: AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT’S FOUNDATION FOR RURAL & REGIONAL RENEWAL
Networks to build drought resilience
A schedule of activities to build organisational capacity and a network of farmers in East Gippsland.
FARMER ADVISORY GROUP: GRAINS & FODDER
PARTNERS: AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT’S FOUNDATION FOR RURAL & REGIONAL RENEWAL
Sowing the Gap
A multi-partner region wide project centred on learning from the past to prepare for the future. To better prepare the region’s beef and sheep farmers with knowledge, understanding and experience required to fill winter and summer feed gaps.
FARMER ADVISORY GROUP: GRAINS & FODDER
PARTNERS: East Gippsland Catchment Management Authority, Australian Governments Future Drought Fund, East Gippsland Shire, Wellington Shire, Agriculture Victoria, Top Soils, National Landcare Program
Relay Cropping
Investigate the viability of Relay Cropping in Gippsland through 5 on farm demonstration sites.
FARMER ADVISORY GROUP: GRAINS & FODDER
PARTNERS: Australian Government’s Future Drought Fund
Winter & Summer Fodder Variety Trials
Evaluate new and existing winter and summer fodder variety performance to determine best varieties for Gippsland’s conditions.
FARMER ADVISORY GROUP: GRAINS & FODDER
PARTNERS: AGF Seeds, Valley Seeds, S&W Seeds, Seed Force, Barenbrug, DLF Seeds
Ryegrass Variety Trial
A program based on the collection and collation of data over a three year period (2013-2015) from a series of independent trials established and managed with and data generated from various seed company trials which are registered with the Pasture Variety Trial Network program.
FARMER ADVISORY GROUP: PASTURES
PARTNERS: AGF Seeds, Meat & Livestock Australia
Gippsland Agricultural Centre
This center will be the hub of a thriving agricultural precinct. It will not only serve as a research and education facility for students, farmers, government, and industry; we foresee a multipurpose, practical, and modern space with advanced ITC and AV infrastructure and technologies suitable for a variety of community, agency, and commercial uses where research, development, extension, education, and adaption can genuinely meet.
FARMER ADVISORY GROUP: Livestock
Dung Beetles: Ecosystem Engineers
An Australia wide project to understand which dung beetle species are commonly or rarely encountered in different regions in Australia.
FARMER ADVISORY GROUP: Soils
PARTNERS:Meat & Livestock Australia, Southern Farming Systems, Charles Sturt University
Soil Amelioration Pilot
A pilot carried out to focus on improvements in soil carbon, water and nutrient holding capacity with the use of soil ameliorants.
FARMER ADVISORY GROUP: Soils
PARTNERS:Department of Environment, Land, Water & Planning, Southern Farming Systems and Top Soils
Top Soils – Macro Nutrient Omission Trial
Assess farm nutrient constraints through a subtraction or omission fertiliser experiment. Each treatment area receives all key nutrient except one, to identify what is constraining productivity. Treatments include Nitrogen, Potassium, Sulphur, Phosphorous and lime.
SUBCOMMITTEE: Soils
PARTNERS: Australian Government’s National Landcare Program, East Gippsland Catchment Management Authority, Southern Farming Systems
Top Soils – Micro Nutrient Omission Trial
Assess farm nutrient constraints through a subtraction or omission fertiliser experiment. Each treatment area receives all key nutrient except one, to identify what is constraining productivity. Treatments include Copper, Zinc and Manganese.
SUBCOMMITTEE: Soils
PARTNERS: Australian Government’s National Landcare Program, East Gippsland Catchment Management Authority, Southern Farming Systems
Fertiliser Demo
Given the current cost of granular fertiliser costs, and a growing interest in combining the use of foliar fertilisers in the traditional granular farming system fertiliser program, the project is aiming to demonstrate to local farmers the value of using foliar fertiliser through winter to boost pasture growth in a slow growth period.
FARMER ADVISORY GROUP: PASTURES
PARTNERS: Browns Fertilisers
Forage Brassica Trial
Compare an unreleased trial variety against five established varieties of forage brassica, growing in Gippsland’s 2022-2023 season.
FARMER ADVISORY GROUP: GRAINS & FODDER
PARTNERS: Seed Force, Southern Farming Systems
Digging Deeper
A project that will utilise a specialised piece of equipment to collect soil core samples from farms, and work with farmers to analyse the cores to devise a plan on how to better understand current soil conditions and options for improvement /work with the soil profile they have on their properties.
FARMER ADVISORY GROUP: Soils
PARTNERS: Food and Fibre Gippsland
Kikuyu Over-sowing
Demonstration different options available to Gippsland’s farmers for the over sowing of kikuyu dominant pastures to ensure year-round ground cover and subsequently stock fodder.
FARMER ADVISORY GROUP: PASTURES
PARTNERS: Top Soils, Southern Farming Systems, East Gippsland Landcare Network, East Gippsland Catchment Management Authority, National Landcare Program
Which rye? Pasture renovation
Install a high performing perennial pasture by demonstrating the process of renovating the paddock over 2-3 years using annual crops as a tool.