Building Resilience and Profitability of High Rainfall Farmers

2020 - 2021

Research organisation
Funding source

Trial details

Researcher(s) Jenny Stanton
Leet Wilksch
Year(s) 2020 - 2021
Contributor Agriculture Kangaroo Island Incorporated
Trial location(s) Gosse,
Stokes Bay Road,
Birchmore Road, SA
Building Resilience and Profitability of High Rainfall Farmers locations
Aims

This was the second year in a three-year project that is focusing on building resilient farm businesses and strengthening farm decision making.

Key messages

Please see attached report.

Lead research organisation N/A
Host research organisation N/A
Trial funding source Australian Government
Related program N/A
Acknowledgments

National Landcare Program (Smart Farming Grants)

Berry Partners

Buck Pastoral A

 T & J Heinrich Ag KI for administering the funding

The project involves a collaboration between Southern Farming Systems, Federation University (Ballarat), Glenelg Hopkins Catchment Management Authority, MacKillop Farm Management Group and Agriculture Kangaroo Island.


Other trial partners Not specified
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Method

Crop type None: No crop specified
Treatment type(s)
  • Technology : Other
Trial type Demonstration
Trial design Unknown

Stokes Bay Road 2021

Sow date Not applicable
Harvest date Not applicable
Plot size Not specified
Plot replication Not specified
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Trial source data and summary not available
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Observed trial site soil information
Trial site soil testing
Not specified
Soil conditions
Trial site Soil texture
Gosse, Not specified
Stokes Bay Road, Not specified
Birchmore Road, SA Not specified
Derived trial site soil information

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.

Gosse

Stokes Bay Road

Birchmore Road

Gosse

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Stokes Bay Road

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Birchmore Road

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Some data on this site is sourced from the Bureau of Meteorology

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.

Trial report and links

2021 trial report



Trial last modified: 12-03-2026 00:00am AEST