The project will establish four paddock scale barley demonstration sites (Frankland River, Mount Barker, Woogenellup North and Green Range) with a nil control and four in season N strategies reflecting likely grower supply scenarios. SCF will run a fortnightly plant tissue testing program from early tillering to late stem elongation, supported by baseline and follow up soil N testing, two NDVI timings and harvest yield mapping, and will extend results to growers through a simple traffic light alert system via monthly e news updates, interim short videos and at least one field walk. The intended outcome is improved confidence and timeliness of in season N decisions—matched to crop stage, rainfall received and fertiliser already applied—so growers can better protect yield and nitrogen use efficiency under constrained inputs.

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$121,676.00

Full reported contract value · AUD including applicable GST · 2026-05-11 to 2027-02-28

Reporting agency: Grains Research and Development Corporation
Reported supplier: Stirlings to Coast Farmers
Reported ABN: 62 911 881 574. Exemption as supplied: No.
Category: Crop production and management and protection
Procurement method: Limited tender
Original publication: 2026-05-06 15:21:00 (ACT local time as supplied)
Amendment publication: Original notice; no amendment publication supplied
Amendment reason: Not supplied
Agency reference: CN-SCF2605-002SAX
Approach to market / standing offer: ATM not supplied / Standing offer not supplied
Consultancy: No
Confidentiality as reported: Contract: No; outputs: No
Source observation: CN4238134 · Official weekly workbook ending 2026-05-09 · sheet “Contract Notice Export”, row 2168.

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