CONTENTS

DairySA Project Reports

Irrigated Pasture Systems Comparative Project - 3.5Mb pdf file - comparing irrigated dairy systems with beef/sheep and prime lamb operations in the South East of SA, reporting pasture production levels and financial figures for different irrigation systems

Evaluation of pasture growth due to a late summer/autumn-active dung beetle at Flaxley - 738kb pdf file - impacts of dung beetle activity on soil permeability to water, pasture growth and cape weed biomass

Mid North Dairy Shed Effluent Trial - 426 kb pdf file - effluent from an anaerobic treatment pond, effluent from an aerobic storage pond and separated solids were analysed and spread on agricultural cropping land; crop yields and composition were recorded and topsoil and subsoil were analysed for nutrients and minerals and compared with treatments using fertilisers

The Landscape of Dairy Farming Work Stress - 28kb pdf file - causes and impacts of stress on South Australian dairy farmers has been compiled as part of a PhD thesis by a University of South Australia Psychologist student

Stage 1 of the South East Forage Innovation Project - 133kb pdf file - progression towards the goal of producing 40t DM/Ha/year using a 'complementary' forage rotation