ONE PADDOCK CHALLENGE 2020

Timeframe: October 2019 – December 2020

Funding source: Lawson Grains and Viridis Ag

Project Coordinator: Maddy Wylie

SUMMARY

This project is a continuation of the One Paddock Challenge funded by State NRM. The objective of the 2020 program will be to work with up to eight farmers in the Jerramungup Shire to conduct on-farm, paddock-scale trials that have the potential to improve productivity in the region.

The project will:

· provide trial design, monitoring and liaison support, with a view to ensuring that the trials undertaken produce accurate, reliable and actionable data

· support farmers to accurately measure and collect data and interpret results

· work with farmers to collate and document trial outcomes in a manner that enables collaboration between farmers and sharing with the local farming community.

· link farmers and researchers

· seek information about existing trials on other farms that are of particular value to the wider community, and support receptive farmers to gather more data.

Trials will focus on increasing resilience in farming systems in the face of increasing climate variability by:

· trialling and introducing new agronomy practices and to the region

· improving on existing practices

· demonstrating proven research in a local context.

Final report available here