Media Releases

APPLICATIONS are now open for the South Australian Grain Industry Trust’s 2020 round of funding for research projects to further improve the SA grain industry.

Grain growers, researchers and agronomists have the opportunity to influence the grain research landscape in South Australia by providing feedback in the South Australian Grain Industry Trust (SAGIT) survey.

THE South Australian Grain Industry Trust (SAGIT) has awarded almost $2 million towards 18 research projects in its 2019 funding program. The successful projects – which were chosen from a pool of more than 35 applicants – include diverse topics ranging from improving on-farm grain storage to a wheat production competition for high school students.

The South Australian Grain Industry Trust is welcoming a new Chairman and trustee to its board, bolstering its wealth of expertise leading the South Australian grains research sector.

SOUTH Australian growers will have access to a huge range of research and farm management information on soils as the South Australian Grain Industry Trust and leading SA farming systems groups form part of a new Co-operative Research Centre (CRC).

The Hart Field-Site Group has been running a SAGIT-funded trial looking at the efficacy of herbicides in different stubble heights and at different volumes. As part of this, it recently hosted spray guru Bill Gordon to lead a grower workshop. SAGIT captured this short video explaining the trial and how growers can use simple tools as a cost-effective trial before spraying.

THE number of applications for funding from the South Australian Grain Industry Trust (SAGIT) continues to grow, with a record 49 applications for research projects in 2017.

SOUTH Australian growers will have access to a huge range of research and farm management information on soils as the South Australian Grain Industry Trust and leading SA farming systems groups form part of a new Co-operative Research Centre (CRC).