drought resilience

Stronger Through the Struggle Finding Resilience in Tough Times

By |2024-10-11T17:35:40+10:3011 October 2024|MSF Blog|

At Mallee Sustainable Farming (MSF), our field days are designed to bring the latest research and practical insights directly to the farming community. A key focus of these events has been the demonstration of different soil amelioration practices and their potential to improve crop emergence and yield on challenging sandy soils, typical of the Mallee region.

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Reviewing the rhythms of Innovation – A Recap of Mallee Sustainable Farming’s Big Ag Day Out Extravaganza

By |2024-05-14T07:32:26+09:3014 May 2024|MSF Blog|

Rolling into town like a caravan of knowledge, Mallee Sustainable Farming (MSF) hosted a roadshow across the plains of the SA, Vic, and NSW Mallee region, bringing a festival of projects to the towns of Loxton/Browns Well to Waikerie/Lowbank, Coomandook to Bowhill, and Wentworth to the Millewa. Farmers and researchers alike flocked to community halls and country pubs for a laid-back exploration of the latest R and D results from 2023 trial sites.

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Celebrating Excellence – The first group recipient of the David Roget Award goes to Lowbank Bureau

By |2024-02-29T03:16:50+10:3029 February 2024|MSF Blog|

In a groundbreaking decision, the 2024 David Roget Award is proudly presented to the Lowbank Ag Bureau, a collective force in the farming community. Known for their proactive approach and mutual support, this group stands out for its dedication to enhancing farm sustainability through research and extension activities.

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Building resilience to drought with landscape scale remediation of saline land

By |2023-04-25T06:50:57+09:3025 April 2023|Projects|

This project will demonstrate farmer ready management practices that break the cycle of saline land degradation exacerbated by very dry or drought conditions. Two key drivers of soil salinity will be addressed - dry saline land and Mallee seeps that cause lost production in low rainfall broadacre mixed farming landscapes.

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