Sarah Day

🌱 Make a difference in your region! Mallee Sustainable Farming is seeking expressions of interest from locally connected people to help establish and support a Farmer Innovation Group in their area. If you understand local farming systems, enjoy working with growers and want to connect research with practical on-farm outcomes, we’d love to hear from you. Flexible Regional Facilitator roles are available across the Mallee regions of South Australia, north-west Victoria and far-west NSW. Interested? Email Tim at tim@msfp.org.au to express your interest or to find out more. EOIs close 20 November 2026. Your region. Your growers. Your opportunity to make a difference. 🌾 #MalleeFarming #FarmerInnovationGroup #RegionalFacilitator

🌾 Shaping the future of Mallee farming, together! Following MSF’s AGM in Mildura last Friday, we released our 2025–26 Annual Report, celebrating the achievements, partnerships and progress made in supporting Mallee growers over the past year. Building on this work, we partnered with @PinionAdvisory to bring key regional stakeholders together to explore the future of research, development and extension (RD&E) across the Mallee. 🤝 With strong connections, shared ideas and a collaborative approach, we’re looking ahead to new opportunities to strengthen RD&E and deliver lasting benefits for Mallee growers. Exciting times ahead! A big thank you to @SA_PIRSA @VicGovAg @MalleeCMA @AgXtra @UniofAdelaide @latrobe @MRLandscapeSA and @LLSWestern for being part of the conversation. #MalleeFarming #Collaboration

🌾 Harvest is approaching 🚜 A key message from our GRDC Harvester Workshops with Peter Broley @PrimarySales & Ben White @1800weevil : You can’t manage what you don’t measure. Before harvest: 🔧 Check your machine 📏 Measure grain losses 🔥 Plan for fire prevention Read our Blog for pre-harvest checklist + GRDC resources 👉 msfp.org.au/are-you-ready-fo… #MalleeFarming #Harvest2026 #Harvest @theGRDC

🌾 Three events. Three different challenges. One busy week! Join MSF next week: 🌱 8 Sept – Loxton: Gazania & soil stabilisation 🚜 9 Sept – Moorlands: Harvester set-up, harvest loss, HWSC & fire prevention 💰 11 Sept – Lameroo: Machinery replacement & better decision-making Register: bit.ly/3CnxEJ7 @GRDCSouth @latrobe @CSIRO @MRLandscapeSA @ausgov

🌱 What has this season taught us and what comes next? Next week MSF head to Merrinee, VIC & Balranald, NSW, get into the paddock to explore: 🌾 Crop rotations 🌱 Legumes & soil health 🌿 Vetch varieties 👀 Long-term trial results See the results. Challenge your thinking. Plan for next season. RSVP 👉 bit.ly/3CnxEJ7 @harry_simpson11 @PennyRo25927708 @Ag_Excellence @CSIRO @SA_PIRSA @MalleeCMA #MalleeFarming #CropRotations #Vetch #Legumes

🚜 Before you change your soil, change your thinking. What worked? What didn't? What would they change? What they learned? Hear practical experiences from Mallee farmers and gain the confidence to make better soil amelioration decisions.🌾 Every soil constraint has a different solution. Join us: 📍 The Precinct, Loxton 📅 Friday 26 June 2026 ⏰ 9.00am–4.00pm Register now via the 🔗 bit.ly/3CnxEJ7 @SoilCRC @ausgov @GrainGrowersLtd @GrainProducerSA @SADroughtHub @MRLandscapeSA @jock_mcneil @WNickolls

🚜 The research is important. The grower experience is invaluable. While research helps us understand what's possible, grower experience often provides the insights needed to make confident management decisions.🌾 🎤Join Dr Amanda Schapel as she facilitates a farmer panel exploring how Mallee growers decide where and when to ameliorate, what they've learned and the challenges they've faced. 🌱At our Making Soil Amelioration Pay in the Mallee workshop. Join us for the discussion! 📍 The Precinct, Loxton 📅 Friday 26th June 2026 ⏰ 9.30am – 4.00pm Register now via the 🔗 bit.ly/3CnxEJ7 @SoilCRC @ausgov @GrainGrowersLtd @GrainProducerSA @SADroughtHub @MRLandscapeSA

🌱 Thinking about deep ripping, spading or clay spreading—but wondering if it will actually pay? Join Emeritus Professor Richard Bell, one of Australia's leading experts in sandy soils, at MSF's Making Soil Amelioration Pay in the Mallee forum. Along with other leading researchers and growers who have firsthand experience implementing soil amelioration in Mallee farming systems. Through practical presentations and real farmer case studies, you'll gain valuable insights into what has worked, what challenges were encountered and how to maximise your return on investment. 📍 The Precinct, Loxton 📅 Friday 26 June 2026 ⏰ 9.30am – 4.00pm 🔗 bit.ly/3CnxEJ7 Discover what decades of research have taught us about: ✔ Sandy soil constraints that limit productivity ✔ Soil amendments and crop responses ✔ The role of soil water in driving returns ✔ Where soil amelioration is most likely to deliver long-term benefits Don't miss this opportunity to gain practical knowledge and real-world experience that could help you make smarter soil investment decisions. @DAFFgov @SoilCRC @CSIRO @SA_PIRSA #SoilAmelioration #Agronomy #MalleeFarming #SoilHealth #SandySoils

🌱 The best soil investment starts with the right diagnosis. 🤔Thinking about or currently undertaking deep ripping, spading, clay spreading or other soil improvement strategies? Join MSF, researchers and experienced growers at 'Making Soil Amelioration Pay in the Mallee' and learn how to identify constraints, match treatments and maximise returns. 📍 The Precinct, Loxton 📅 Friday 26th June, 2026 ⏰ 9.30am – 4.00pm (followed by refreshments) Whether you're considering soil amelioration for the first time or refining your approach, this event will provide valuable research findings and practical insights to support informed decision-making. @jock_mcneil @WNickolls @kentonp_ag @DAFFgov @SoilCRC @CSIRO @SA_PIRSA #MalleeFarming #SoilAmelioration #SandySoils

🚜 Mallee farmers, what matters most to you? This year's MSF Mallee Research Updates highlighted a clear message: growers want local trials, practical tools and real-world solutions that support better paddock decisions. Your feedback helps shape the research and events we deliver. 💬 What's one topic you'd like to see more research on? #MSFEvents #MalleeFarming #LocalTrials #FarmerDrivenResearch

🌾 Launch your career where research meets real-world farming. Join MSF's Regional Internship in Farming Systems and Applied Grains Research & Extension. Work alongside growers, researchers and industry leaders tackling challenges in low rainfall farming systems across the SA, VIC and NSW Mallee. 🚜 Field trials & applied research 📊 Data collection & analysis 🌱 Grower engagement 🎤 Field days & industry events 🌾 Regional Internship | Tailem Bend, SA 📅 Applications close 30 June 👉 msfp.org.au/operations-hub/ Build your skills. Grow your network. Help shape the future of Australian agriculture. #AgCareers #GraduateProgram #GrainsResearch #AgriculturalResearch #BroadacreFarming #MalleeFarming

🌾 We're Hiring! 🌾 Mallee Sustainable Farming is looking for a Senior Technical Officer to join our growing Research Program. This role offers the opportunity to work across the SA, VIC and NSW Mallee, helping deliver practical, regionally focused research that supports productive, resilient and profitable farming systems. 📍 Loxton, SA (or surrounds) 🌱 Field trials | Grower engagement | Applied research 📅 Applications close 19 June, 5pm ACST More info👉 msfp.org.au/operations-hub/ #AgCareers #AgricultureJobs #ResearchJobs #MalleeFarming

🚜 Yield isn't the only measure of success. At this year's MSF Mallee Research Updates, growers ranked profit and business resilience above yield alone, with timing and input efficiency also key factors. 🎯 Good farming = profitable, resilient decisions that stand up in tough seasons. #MSFEvents #FarmBusiness #Resilience #Agronomy #MalleeFarming

🚜 Is VRT worth the long-term effort? Local growers Luke & Robert share what they’ve learned from years of using Variable Rate Technology: 🌱 Understanding paddock variability 📊 Improving input decisions 💡 Building confidence with data over time 🎥 Hear directly from growers putting VRT into practice: Luke 👉 loom.ly/5jIRFhk Robert 👉 loom.ly/YmielWk @MRLandscapeSA @SADroughtHub #PrecisionAg #MSFProjects #MalleeFarmers #VRT #ClimateSmartAgriculture

MSF’s Mallee Research Updates and workshops are delivering positive impact across the region! Across 9 workshops in February and March 2026, 165 survey respondents took part, and the total cropped area represented by respondents was estimated at 178,000 ha. These workshop outcomes are reaching the people making real paddock and business decisions across the Mallee. #MSF #MalleeResearchUpdate #Mallee #WorkshopImpact

🌾 Nominations are now open for the David Roget Award. Recognising leaders who continue David Roget’s legacy of sustainable agriculture, collaboration and taking research from the lab into the paddock. Do you know someone keeping the dream alive? 📩 Nominate now: msfp.org.au/david-roget-awar… #Agriculture #SustainableFarming #Leadership