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State Resilient Australia Awards
In December 2016 BIGG/Angaston Ag Bureau received a Highly Commended Award for our Eden Valley bushfire recovery and resilience program. The program assisted producers to optimise the re-building of native pasture and livestock in the wake of the fire.
The State Resilient Australia Awards recognise initiatives that improve community safety and resilience, and empower individuals, communities and organisations in the preparation, recovery and response to emergency events.
Demonstrating watercourse rehabilitation with native plant communities
Rehabilitating a watercourse improves water quality, reduces erosion, provides habitat for birds and improves on-farm production. However, which are the best plant communities to do the job?
Measure moisture for better pasture management
Measuring subsoil moisture levels can take the guesswork out of planning future stocking rates, a new study by the Barossa Improved Grazing Group (BIGG) suggests.
Maximising pasture production
Producers will be able to maximise their pasture production in a variable climate following the results of an exciting new project from the Barossa Improved Grazing Group (BIGG).
Revegetation spotlight at AgTastic conference
Farmers from the Barossa and surrounding districts have seen for themselves the benefits of revegetation at the 2016 AgTastic conference.
Flexibility imperative in successful sheep system
THE importance of flexibility in sheep system during varying seasons was underlined by grazing and pastoral consultant Tim Prance during a Barossa Improved Grazing Group workshop at Keyneton last week.
Eden Valley farmers share bushfire learnings two years after fire
Barossa livestock producers are hoping their bushfire experiences can help farmers affected by future fires.
The Barossa Improved Grazing Group (BIGG) have spent the past two years investigating the recovery of pastures after bushfire through grants from Natural Resources Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges and SA Murray Darling Basin.
Demonstrating Watercourse Rehabilitation with Native Plant Communities
Rehabilitating a watercourse is a brilliant way to improve water quality, reduce erosion, provide habitat for birds and to improve on-farm production however, how do you select the most appropriate plant community to do the job?
Better bull selection comes down to herd, market
THERE is no perfect bull, just the right bull, according to cattle breeder and University of Adelaide agricultural lecturer Darren Koopman, Tungkillo.
“There are so many decisions to make, so you need to ask ‘what’s the best bull for your job?’,” he said.
BIGG changes in watercourse rehabilitation thanks to plant communities
Significant changes in ground cover and site recovery have been observed at the halfway mark of the Barossa Improved Grazing Group’s (BIGG) one-year watercourse rehabilitation project.