The South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI) leads a diverse portfolio of research projects that tackle real-world challenges across agriculture, aquaculture, and environmental sustainability.
The Eyre Peninsula Farm Water Security project promotes better capture, storage and management of water on Eyre Peninsula (EP) farms.Agriculture uses the largest amount of mains water in the region
In South Australia, Murray cod are the focus of fishery and natural resource management that aims to reverse past declines. This includes the delivery of water for the environment, water
The Australian sheep blowfly (Lucilia cuprina) is an invasive species and a major pest of the wool industry. It is the main cause of flystrike - a painful skin disease
SARDI’s Turretfield Research Centre is contributing to a national program that helps Merino breeders evaluate elite sires and make data-driven breeding decisions. The Merino Sire Evaluation (MSE) program gives ram
The SA Discovery Farms project is one of 6 national trials funded through Round 1 of the Australian Government’s Future Drought Fund, via the Long-term Trials of Drought Resilient Farming
Over the past 25 years, Australia’s meat industry has seen major improvements in infrastructure and process control, driven in part by mandatory hygiene monitoring. National baseline studies of beef and