Optimising Tyne Setup – Rethinking Ripping for Better Returns

Optimising your tyne setup can significantly improve soil health and productivity. Join us as we rethink ripping strategies to unlock better yields and sustainable farming outcomes.

Precision Matters
Fine-tune your tyne setup for improved soil structure, better moisture retention, and optimal seed placement.
Rethinking Ripping Strategies
Discover innovative approaches that maximise soil health while reducing unnecessary disturbance and compaction
Boost Your Productivity
Unlock higher yields and sustainability by implementing targeted ripping practices tailored to your farm’s unique needs.

Project Overview

Optimising Tyne Setup to boost soil health, yields, and profitability.

In this special two-part episode recorded for the GRDC NGN project, Tanja Morgan and Chris Saunders from Uni SA’s Agricultural Machinery Research and Design Center discuss optimising soil amelioration in typical mallee soils.

Initially recorded in late 2024 at a trial site in Copeville SA, they explore how different ripping configurations impact fuel efficiency and soil loosening. Six months later, they review the harvest results, focusing on yield responses, gross margins, and the return on investment of various setups.

The episode concludes with advice for growers on machine setup and the benefits of ripping in dry seasons.

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Strategies like ground cover and amelioration to enhance soil structure and fertility.

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Why is soil health a major focus for MSF?
Healthy soils are vital for sustainable farming. MSF promotes practices like soil amelioration, cover crops, and carbon farming to improve soil structure, fertility, and resilience against erosion and salinity.
What is a Mallee Seep?
A Mallee Seep occurs when a perched water table brings saline water to the soil surface, creating patches of unproductive land known as saline scalds. These can significantly reduce crop and pasture yields.
How does MSF help farmers manage Mallee Seeps?
MSF offers tools like the Mallee Seeps Decision Tree, research insights, and practical guidance to help farmers identify, assess, and rehabilitate areas affected by Mallee Seeps.
What does MSF do?
MSF conducts innovative on-farm research, hosts educational events, and provides resources to address key challenges like soil health, drought resilience, and sustainable farming practices in low-rainfall regions.
Who is Mallee Sustainable Farming (MSF)?
MSF is a farmer-driven organisation dedicated to improving the productivity, profitability, and sustainability of low-rainfall farming systems in the Mallee region through research, education, and collaboration.

Optimising Tyne Setup – Rethinking Ripping for Better Returns

Precision Matters

Rethinking Ripping Strategies

Boost Your Productivity

Project Overview

Optimising Tyne Setup to boost soil health, yields, and profitability.

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Building Soil Function

Soil and Carbon

Soil for Drought Resilience

Soils and Cropping

Soils and Livestock

Frequently asked questions

Why is soil health a major focus for MSF?

What is a Mallee Seep?

How does MSF help farmers manage Mallee Seeps?

What does MSF do?

Who is Mallee Sustainable Farming (MSF)?

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