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The South Australian Grain Industry Trust Fund (SAGIT) invests in local research to benefit the SA grain industry.
Adelaide, South Australia
Joined October 2015
SAGIT is supporting the @UniofAdelaide to build capacity for managing exotic snails in SA grain crops. Find out more 👉 https://t.co/3NtNQnupt9
#SAGIT #UniversityofAdelaide #snails #SAag
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SAGIT is supporting @TrengoveSam to assess the role of grain protein maps in improving N fertiliser response across variable environments & crop rotations 🌾 Find out more 👉 https://t.co/6nI2gm0WCN
#SAGIT #TrengoveConsulting #proteinmaps #nitrogen #fertiliser #SAag
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SAGIT’s 2026 funding round is now OPEN! Do you have a project idea to benefit SA grain growers? Get all the details + apply online before 30 Jan 2026: https://t.co/lwWz0IC8Wc
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A few centimetres made all the difference. Grower Dylan Schulz noticed crops thriving only where the seeder drifted onto last year’s row 🌾 Trials with @sam_hfc, @SAGrainTrust & GRDC have shown lower on-row salinity driving big yield + margin gains for barley, lentils & wheat.
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Harvesting the 2nd year’s crop as part of the @SAGrainTrust “Growing Lentils in Transient Saline Soils” project. Some treatments quite obvious. The most obvious 2 things early on: 1) Ryegrass in the non-chemical fallows 2) the 2016 Lentil header rows (last photo) 🧐🧐
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SAGIT is supporting Elders to explore practical ways to help crops access more phosphorus from the soil in SA's Lower South East🌾 Find out more about this project 👉 https://t.co/NJvmfGIGWT
@Sheldon_Hancock
#SAGIT #Elders #phosphorus #SAag
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Today is National Ag Day & we're celebrating the people driving & supporting ag research 🌾 We invest $2M each year towards research to advance SA’s $4.6B grain industry. We Stand with the Land, today & every day. @NationalFarmers
#GrowYouGoodThing #agdayau
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We're funding a new project, led by Brougham Ag Consulting @agromick82 , to find solutions to capeweed and other common broadleaf weeds in lentil production systems 🌱 Learn more 👉 https://t.co/E1lwEOWPrY
#SAGIT #BroughamAgConsulting #lentils #capeweed #broadleafweeds #SAag
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We're funding a new project, led by Frontier Farming Systems @JasonBrand , to evaluate the new metribuzin tolerance trait in lentils in the Mallee and Eyre Peninsula. Learn more 👉 https://t.co/dWV6nK9AiY
#SAGIT #FrontierFarmingSystems #lentils #herbicide #SAag
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We're funding a new project, led by @durumgrowers, which aims to develop crown rot resistant durum varieties, to provide growers with greater reliability of achieving durum premiums 🌾 Learn more👉 https://t.co/wp4aIR43fK
#SAGIT #SADurumGrowers #durum #SAag
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📢New project funded by SAGIT! @AgXtra is investigating the efficacy of existing and emerging wheat powdery mildew control options across a range of wheat varieties 🌾 Learn more👉 https://t.co/VKiASn4L1N
#SAGIT #AgXtra #wheat #powderymildew #SAag
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SAGIT is supporting @AgSolutionsOz to critically evaluate the products claimed to improve the efficacy of phosphorus fertilisers on moderate to highly calcareous soils. Find out more👉 https://t.co/0LPGudZ1m8
#SAGIT #AgronomySolutions #phosphorus #fertiliser #SAag
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We're funding a new 2025 project to help lentil growers tackle hard-seeded vetch! 🌱 Led by Ag Consulting & Research @StefanSchmitt91, it explores herbicide strategies to boost yields + profitability. Learn more👉 https://t.co/80JmDCmh13
#SAGIT #SAag #southaustralia #lentils
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Harvest weed seed mills can be effective for weed control, but they are a big investment for growers🌾 Consultant @TrengoveSam joins the SAGIT podcast to share findings from new research comparing their performance. Listen here 👉 https://t.co/aBGuQYGPEX or on Spotify
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NEW EPISODE🎙️Pulses are thriving in SA 🌱but hidden root diseases are holding back yields. #SARDI’s Blake Gontar joins the SAGIT podcast to share the latest research & what it means for growers. Listen here 👉 https://t.co/aBGuQYHnuv or on Spotify. @SA_PIRSA
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The SAGIT team is on site visits across SA this month, today checking out trials on weed control in lentils, insects in canola & barley breeding. Check out https://t.co/4ARujDdh0G for details on the research projects SAGIT funds.
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Thanks to everyone who attended the GPSA AGM in Adelaide on Friday. It was an excelllent opportunity to reflect on the efforts of our organisation in 2024-25. We heard from our Chair @johngladigau , CEO @BPerry0410 and Audit, Finance and Risk Committee Chair Chelly Litster, as
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The 2025 SAGIT Annual Update for researchers is underway at Waite. @theGRDC Gordon Cumming opening the day talking chemical use in research projects. We have a jam-packed agenda of research presentations, panel discussions, and SAGIT updates.
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A SAGIT & @theGRDC project is testing SA hard wheat with Asian millers to break into high-value noodle markets. Hear from @AEGIC's Dr Siem Siah in SAGIT’s latest podcast: https://t.co/aBGuQYHnuv
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