Struan Research Centre

SARDI scientists at the Struan Research Centre study:

  • crop agronomy
  • revegetation
  • cattle and sheep genetics
  • grazing management
  • meat production and quality
  • animal wellbeing and behaviour
  • livestock nutrition.

Facilities and capabilities

Facilities available to the Struan Research Centre include:

  • variable paddock sizes facilitating small plots through to large animal field trials
  • feedlot capacity of up to 200 cattle for nutrition studies
  • a small sheep feedlot facility located at Kybybolite
  • 2 centre pivots for irrigation, supporting pasture, parasite and other livestock trials
  • a TechnoGrazing system under irrigation and dry land conditions to increase pasture use
  • Bool Lagoon Share Farm, providing a well-drained and reliable cropping site.

Learn more about the Struan and Kybybolite Best Practice Demonstration Farm which supplements our research and supports AgTech development.

Collaborations

The Struan Research Centre has collaborative contracts with:

  • The University of Adelaide
  • Sheep Co-operative Research Centre
  • Grains Research and Development Corporation
  • MacKillop Farm Management Group
  • veterinary organisations
  • livestock groups
  • seed companies
  • interstate agricultural research organisations.

Staff also conduct livestock and crop agronomy trials throughout the Southeast and Murray Mallee regions, complementing research elsewhere in South Australia and interstate.

Contact

John Cooper – Farm Manager
Struan Research Centre
Phone: (08) 7085 1702
Email: john.cooper@sa.gov.au

Page last reviewed: 21 Jun 2023

 


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