Early to Mid-Career Farmer Drought Resilience Workshop series 

Project title: Early to Mid-Career Farmer Drought Resilience Workshop series project.

Project manager: Dr Melissa Fraser, Soil Function Consulting

Project duration: October 2025 to December 2026

About the Project

This project will support early to mid-career farmers in building resilience and improving decision-making in response to drought and seasonal variability. Through a series of peer-to-peer learning events delivered during the 2025–2026 financial year, the project will address the following SA Drought Hub priority themes: 

• Farm planning and decision-making to manage climate and operational risk 

• Soil and land management strategies, technologies, and innovations 

• Crop and pasture management strategies, technologies, and innovations 

Small peer discussion groups (10–15 participants) will provide a space for farmers to connect, share experiences, and explore tactical, timely, and informed decision-making approaches.  

These discussions will focus on key management strategies to optimise productivity and profitability during drought conditions—or recovery from drought—depending on seasonal conditions impacting the 2025 growing season, post-harvest period, or 2026 pre-seeding.  

The project aims for producers to identify key drought resilience strategies and measures for their enterprise and to develop a plan for implementation of these before future droughts. 

Jan 2026 - if you're interested in joining the group please contact Dr Melissa Fraser on 0407 773 369.

 

This project is funded by:

This program received funding from the Australian Government's Future Drought Fund through the South Australian Drought Resilience Adoption and Innovation Hub (SA Drought Hub).