SAGIT

Sep 09 2024 17 ep. 13 mins 2

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SAGIT invests more than $2 million each year to support research crucial to advancing South Australia’s $4.6 billion grain industry. These projects deliver real improvements in grain growing, farming systems, soil management, harvesting, storage, processing and marketing. SAGIT gives South Australian grain growers a stake and a voice in research projects that deliver relevant local benefits. Now we're giving the researchers a voice too - through the SAGIT podcast! Have a listen to how your levy funds have been invested and how you can use the research to improve your own farm outcomes.

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SAGIT Podcast #17 – Improving efficacy of glufosinate in canola – Rebekah Allen

Sep 09 2024 11 mins

When the moratorium to grow genetically modified canola was lifted in 2020, one of the new opportunities for South Australian growers was access to herbicide-tolerant varieties and a new chemistry mode of action. As herbicide resistance increases, particularly with glyphosate and clethodim, this SAGIT-funded project run by the Hart Field-Site Group looked at maximising the effica

SAGIT Podcast #16 – Optimising flowering period for the Murray Plains – Brendan Kupke

Aug 06 2024 12 mins

Wheat and barley yields depend upon many variables. But understanding the optimal time for flowering to maximise harvest is important, particularly as timeframes vary regionally. SAGIT recently funded a study into the optimal flowering period for the Murray Plains region, led by Brendan Kupke, Senior Research Officer in Agronomy and Crop Sciences with the South Australian Resear

SAGIT Podcast #15 – Managing crown rot – Dr Margaret Evans

Jul 04 2024 13 mins

Crown rot can cause up to 50 per cent yield loss and grain quality downgrades. It’s a disease that all producers want to a solution to. A potential new option to combat it is a fungicide seed treatment called Victrato. While it is not yet registered, it is under evaluation by the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority. In this podcast episode, agricultural sc

SAGIT Podcast #14 – Improving management of early dry sown crops – Amanda Cook

Apr 15 2024 13 mins

With larger farm sizes and variable autumn rainfall, many grain growers are increasingly reliant on early dry sowing of crops in order manage timely seeding across their cropping programs. On the Upper EP, dry spring weather and challenging soil types has increased the need for guidance on dry sowing strategies. In this podcast episode, Amanda Cook from the SARDI Minnipa Ag Cent

SAGIT Podcast #13 – Breeding salt tolerant wheat – Stuart Roy

Feb 29 2024 12 mins

Soil salinity is a billion dollar constraint on wheat production across Australia, and changes to climate, land use and water quality threaten to make the issue worse. Now researchers at the University of Adelaide, with long -term support from SA grain growers through SAGIT, are close to developing new wheat breeds that can deliver benchmark yields on saline soils. In this podca

SAGIT Podcast #12 - Safflower as an alternative oilseed - Rhiannon Schilling

Feb 12 2024 13 mins

Saline and sodic soils are relatively widespread in South Australia, leaving many growers unable to take advantage of canola as a lucrative oilseed rotation. However, new super-high oleic acid (SHO) safflower varieties may offer an alternative crop with suitably high oil yields. In this podcast episode, Associate Professor Rhiannon Schilling from SARDI talks about her SAGIT-supp

SAGIT Podcast #11 - Agriculture education - Sue Pratt

Oct 24 2023 13 mins

With five jobs for every graduate in the agriculture sector, the importance of educating the next generation of agricultural workers about career opportunities is critical. To help meet this demand, SAGIT has invested in the state’s first ever Lead Agriculture Teacher, Sue Pratt. In this podcast episode, AgCommunicators’ Sue Pratt talks about her role supporting existing teac

SAGIT Podcast #10 - Crop root health workshops – Katherine Linsell

Sep 24 2023 12 mins

Soilborne diseases are a significant issue for South Australian farmers. Diseases such as cereal cyst nematode, take-all and rhizoctonia can cause significant yield losses. It is estimated cereal root diseases cost grain growers in excess of $200 million annually in lost production. Much of this can be prevented, but unfortunately often goes undiagnosed and untreated. In this podca

SAGIT Podcast #9 – Crop nutrition – Sean Mason

Jul 31 2023 14 mins

Recent research on Yorke Peninsula has shown significant yield gains for cereals and lentils if you sow within a centimetre of last year’s row. In this podcast episode, Dr Sean Mason from Agronomy Solutions, talks about various projects he has been involved with, including an ongoing project with Sam Holmes on the Yorke Peninsula looking at inter-row cropping. One project with

SAGIT Podcast #8 - Awnless wheat varieties - Bertus Jacobs

Apr 20 2023 8 mins

Awned wheat delivers high quality grain, but the downside is, if it’s damaged by frost, it can’t be cut for feed because the spiky awns can damage animals’ throats. In this podcast episode, Dr Bertus Jacobs from Longreach Plant Breeders, talks about the development of high quality awnless varieties currently undergoing classification for release in 2025. Not only do these n