Future Cropping Systems (Program 2)

The Future Cropping Systems program is introducing profitable perennial components into existing annual plant-based production systems while delivering a substantial profit and natural resource enhancement benefits. The program targets systems in the mixed farming (wheat/sheep belt) zone.

These new cropping systems will have sufficient perennial components to increase resilience to the multiple challenges posed by terms of trade, extended periods of drought, climate variability and salinity. The program will use bio-economic modelling of integrated crop-based systems to focus its investment targets and to then demonstrate the profit advantages of using these new systems.