Farms of the future

South Australian Murray Darling Basin NRM Board Ranges to River NRM - Community Science Forum Farming Sustainability & Technologies

Farms of the future Rick Llewellyn CSIRO

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What can the past tell us ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Stump jump plough, phosphate All about wheat Sthn Mallee DC

The result in 2011? ,[object Object],Wheat and barley account for 90 per cent of grain crops produced in the Mallee agro-ecological zone (SA-Vic) $562M p.a. ABARE 2011

Proportion of Mallee farm area sown to crop ABARE, 2011 Nitrogen fertiliser Herbicides Disease resistant cereal varieties No-tillage

Future: Greater cropping intensity ABARE, 2010 The future? More cropping intensity than now in Mallee SA Mallee SA Mallee 57% land cropped; Vic Mallee 72% (CSIRO)

Future: Bigger farms on average and less farmers ABARE, 2011 Are many farms approaching the optimal size for a typical family farm management unit?

Greater land use intensity in the Mallee ABARE, 2011

New technologies; more intensity; new constraints ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],MANAGEMENT CAPACITY AS THE GROWING CONSTRAINT

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Overcoming labour constraints New in-cab PA systems – Access Managers with operator lock-out Sheep without shearing Autosteer and beyond?

Zonal grazing without fencing ??

Increasing recognition of the value of convenience and embodied technologies

Increasing use of new farm business structures ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Introducing specialist skills and practices Overcoming capital constraints Economies of scale for applying new technology Facilitating on-farm specialization

The future of Mixed-Farming Agriculture A livestock management service for time pressured farmers

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