Many hands make light work

October is generally a busy month in the CRC and this one was no exception. Thank you to everyone involved in preparing the Annual Report for the Commonwealth. While requiring a significant amount of effort from many people, the annual reporting process does provide an opportunity to take stock of where we have been in the previous year and what has been achieved. I think all involved in the CRC can be proud of the achievements of the past year. It's a particularly interesting time as we move forward from Foundation Projects to Delivery Projects. The Industry Use Plans have been completed and promise to herald a new era in the way we move from agricultural research to adoption and practice change. Expect to hear much more about them in coming months and years.

Peter Zurzolo CEO

Shrub belts improve lamb survival Shrub belts can be established to form a ‘maternity ward’ which can improve survival rates of twin lambs, according to EverGraze research recently published by CSIRO. Dr Bindi King, Project Leader and a co-author of the research paper, said previous research has shown that around 20% of lambs die in the perinatal period and that this could be considerably higher for twin lambs.

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EverGraze delivery off and running EverGraze is now off and running with the delivery phase of the project and the mood at the recent EverGraze National Advisory Committee (NAC) meeting in Albany, Western Australia was very positive.
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Root growth pressure may affect plant survival How well the roots of woody perennials can penetrate uncultivated soils may have a large bearing on seed germination and seedling survival rates of woody perennials. But how much growth pressure that roots of woody perennials are able to generate had not been measured until postgraduate student Gausal Azam began his work at the University of Adelaide.

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Classifying biochar takes Anna places A biochar classification technique developed by PhD candidate Anna McBeath is already being used by other researchers in the National Biochar Project. Anna’s research has focused on the structure and degradation of black carbon in terrestrial environments.
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New boss on the block Peter Zurzolo has stepped up as the new Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director of Future Farm Industries CRC following Kevin Goss’ retirement at the end of September. Peter is familiar to most involved with FFI CRC; he started working for the CRC in March 2009 when he took on the role of commercial manager. His appointment as the incoming CEO was announced early this year and for the past five months he has worked as Deputy CEO.

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