The Minnipa Agricultural Centre (MAC) has been funded by Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) to run a research and extension program (Eyre Peninsula Farming Systems 3 – Responsive Farming Systems) to improve water use efficiency on farms by 10% on upper Eyre Peninsula (EP). This is seen as one of the main ways to improve profit and manage risk for farm businesses.
Key messages
A survey was conducted in early 2010 to determine the current management practices of farmers and the average water use efficiency of farms on upper Eyre Peninsula.
The survey will be repeated in 2013 to see if there are changes in the management practices and water use efficiency.
Lead research organisation
SARDI Minnipa Agricultural Centre
Host research organisation
N/A
Trial funding source
GRDC UA00107
Related program
Eyre Peninsula Farming Systems
Acknowledgments
Thanks very much to the farmers that took the time to fill in the survey, your efforts are vital to the success of this project. Thanks to Nigel Wilhelm, Chris Dyson, Anthony Whitbread and Geoff Thomas and Michael Moodie for survey design and analysis. The Low Rainfall Collaboration project, GRDC and EP Farming Systems 3 (UA00107) have provided support for this evaluation.
Trial source data and summary not available Check the trial
report PDF for trial results.
Climate
Derived climate information
No observed climate data available for this trial. Derived climate data is
determined from trial site location and national weather sources.
Minnipa SA
SILO weather estimates sourced from https://www.longpaddock.qld.gov.au/silo/
Jeffrey, S.J., Carter, J.O., Moodie, K.B. and Beswick, A.R. (2001). Using spatial interpolation to
construct a comprehensive archive of Australian climate data , Environmental Modelling and Software, Vol
16/4, pp 309-330. DOI: 10.1016/S1364-8152(01)00008-1.
