Project Overview
Western Murray Land Improvement Group is seeking expression of interest (EOI) applications from landholders interested in sowing safflower seed.
About the Project
Western Murray Land Improvement Group are discussing the opportunity to sow a cropping alternative Safflower. Western Murray Land Improvement Group has identified that Safflower could be a feasible opportunity for the region as it is a very adaptable crop.
Some of the benefits of Safflower as a rotation crop include:
Some of the benefits of Safflower as a rotation crop include:
- Crop suited to both dryland and irrigated pastures
- low input and maintenance
- widely adaptable to various soil types
- crop inputs similar to wheat production
Information Session
On Tuesday, 16th of August Western Murray Land Improvement Group will be hosting an online information session on:
- Opportunities for growing safflower for the 2022 season
- Benefits as a break crop
- Markets
- Planting window