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Farm-level adaptation options: south-eastern South Australia

Communicating Climate Change - Module 16

As Australia’s producers continue to be challenged by increased climate variability and climate change, seeking out region-specific adaptation options is important to ensure regional productivity. Understanding which adaptation options to pursue in response to climate change remains a challenge, due to uncertainty regarding the full extent of future climate change, the response of different crops, and future commodity prices and input costs. Combining expert farmer knowledge with both (more)...

Wheat and sheep production in a changing climate: South Australia

Communicating Climate Change - Module 4

Australia’s wheat - sheep production zone covers 35 million hectares in southern and eastern Australia. Its 15,700 wool-producing farms contain 55% of the nation’s sheep. Annual rainfall in the zone is 300-600 mm. Climate change threatens the productivity of Australia’s wheat and sheep industries. It reduces the value of historical climate knowledge and increases uncertainty about the bounds of future climates, making farm decisions more complex. While (more)...

Improved Saltland Pastures Lifts SA Woolgrowers Profits

_This project is now complete. For further information go to the [Sustainable Grazing on Saline Lands](http://landwaterwool.gov.au/index.php?q=subprogram/6) section_. A new woolgrower-led project is underway in the Kingston region of the Upper South-East aimed at boosting productivity from saltland pastures. Run by the Kingston Salinity Group, the (more)...