Improving Farming Systems efficiency in SNSW

Grains Research & Development Corporation (GRDC)
Written By Cristy Houghton

Project Funder: Grains Research & Development Corporation (GRDC)

Project Lead Organisation/Researcher: CSIRO, NSW DPI

Project Durations: 2021-2028

Project Locations: Southern NSW – Condobolin, Greenethorpe, Wagga Wagga, Urana

Description and background

This project aims to improve whole farm profitability by identifying the agronomic factors that drive profit, and adopting management practices that optimise returns. By employing a farming systems approach, the implications of strategic options (crop choice, time of sowing, fertiliser requirements) and tactical decisions (grazing, N topdressing) that a grower might make on-farm will be evaluated across the crop sequence.

CWFS has been engaged to facilitate the grower communications for the GRDC Farming Systems project in the NSW Central West region to ensure growers are aware of project activities and key outcomes.

Key findings

Visit the project webpage

Read the 2024 GRDC update paper  Farming systems profit and risk over time: exploring the N legacy impacts on profit in different farming systems

See latest results from the Condobolin site

Find out about the related Improved Drought Resilience demonstration project

Read the GHG emissions analysis – Improving Farming Systems in Southern NSW

 
Cristy Houghton

Cristy's unique career has taken her from country NSW to the city lights of Clarendon Street South Melbourne and back again. With an early career in radio as a copywriter and creative strategist, she is now a Jill of all trades as a graphic designer, website builder, blog writer, video editor, social media manager, marketing strategist and more. 

In fact, give her any task and this chick will figure out how to do it! Go on, we dare you!

No, really, we DARE you!!

Cristy has won two Australian Commercial Radio Awards (ACRAs) for Best Ad and Best Sales Promotion, and even has an 'Employee of the Year' certificate with her name on it.

Cristy and her husband James have traveled extensively through Russia, China and South East Asia, and have two fur-babies, Sooty (cat) and Panda (puppy). Cristy loves drinking coffee, meeting people to drink coffee, coffee tasting and coffee flavoured cocktails. She also enjoys road trips, TED Talks and watching cat videos on youtube.

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