The CBH Group officially marked the end of the 2023/24 harvest in Western Australia on 15 January, with growers across the state delivering 12.5 million tonnes of grain into the network.

The Soil CRC Knowledge Sharing Project extension series of videos and companion podcast episodes is out now.

Seeing agricultural extension in action, Murdoch University Ag Science student Kate Parker reflects on joining the WMG team for work experience.

WMG and the K Extension Project has produced a practical tool to enhance potassium knowledge for West Midlands growers. Transforming complicated data into a clear, farmer-friendly K nutrient infographic, valuable on-farm discussions are continuing to help set the stage for broader nutrient management conversations in 2024.

A tool being developed as part of a WMG led national project has evolved into a writing guide, design template and onboarding suite designed to aid grower groups in producing more farmer-friendly reports.

Using APSIM modelling, collaboration, innovation and participatory action research to investigate the factors that optimise the profitability and risk profile of cropping systems across the West Midlands region and Australia.

Results from the Gillingarra FEED365 site are in, with cattle grazing the over-sown perennial pastures outperforming those on control paddocks and an added boost in soil fertility, species diversity, dry matter production and groundcover.

Into 2024 WMG will continue its focus on soil health, sharing learnings from the Evolving Soil Testing project and providing new material to assist farmers in evolving their soil testing programs.

The West Midlands Group now offers a wider range of extension and communication products and services to the Ag industry after an intensive 18-month organisational development period.

This recently completed project focused on improving knowledge-sharing efforts, facilitated internal capacity building for WMG and fostered connections with other grower groups and extension practitioners.

The next phase in the K Extension Project is to transform complex data into practical knowledge for host farmers with the introduction of the K Management Triangle, covering soil testing, plant nutrition, and potassium budgeting.

Every August and September at WMG there is a big focus for our big marquee events like the Spring Field Day and Student Crop Walk. Now that the events have wrapped up for the year, my focus moves over to final project sampling for 2023. Project site are spread across the region, ranging from Hill River and Badgingarra to Barberton and Gillingarra.

On Saturday 16th of September 42 students from UWA, Curtin University and Murdoch University joined the West Midlands Group for the third annual Student Crop Walk at Velyere Farm. The students were from different backgrounds, studying different degrees, but all had one thing in common: their passion for the Ag Industry.

The West Midlands Group held another successful annual Spring Field Day on Tuesday 19th September at Velyere Farm, attended by over 80 local farmers and industry representatives bringing the local farming community together to experience in-person the latest and most relevant farming practices and industry advice.