The FarmSMART project commenced in 2016 and was conducted up until December 31st 2017.

Working with new, emerging and existing agricultural industries, FarmSmart Project Officers Julian Carroll and Cindy Lucas co-ordinated and delivered a range of workshops that promoted management practices aimed at improving soil health, sustainable production and native vegetation in farming systems.

Farm Smart provided a resource to support new and emerging industries and has provided numerous workshops, field days and training days throughout the project.

Resources

Farm Smart Guides

Checkout the handy guides we developed during the Farm Smart Program.  See right column ->

Biosecurity

• Develop an on-farm biosecurity plan with this template.

Weather and Climate

• Presentation by Graeme Anderson on managing climate risk
• Fact sheet about irrigation scheduling by Dennis Watson
• Presentation about the TAFCO weather website by Dominic Skinner
• Weather Workshop - Links for rain forecasts

 Soil Testing

• Presentation by Cath Botta on Understanding Soil Testing.

Here's a practical guide to soil sampling. TAFCO has a soil sampling probe available to members. Please contact the store to make a booking.

R&D Archive

Previous Research, Development and Extension activities can be found here.