The government keeps saying to farmers, increase your inputs in order to stay viable, and yet it’s all those inputs that are part of the problem. The answer for a lot of farmers is reduce their inputs as much as they can.
There’s a rapidly growing movement I think of farmers who are becoming more interested in changing their methods, because the old methods cost a lot, and they basically don’t work anymore, for a lot of people.
I don’t know if anyone has heard of Bruce Pascoe, he also lives in East Gippsland where Alan’s from. He wrote a very important book that was published a couple of years ago, Dark Emu. Has anyone heard about this?
We have to insist that our school teachers, those people that we allow to talk with our children are well trained. One of the lowest paid occupations in Australia is kindergarten teacher.
Peter Andrews talks about his property Tarwyn Park with Viv Benton and the benefits of Natural Sequence Farming.
Gerhard is talking about the value of the weeds, & the history of the paddock which has caused the presence of capeweed and plantain..
Gerhard is showing farmers how to use a penetrometer. It is a handy tool to measure compaction.
By knowing what to look for in the soil, you can do your own visual soil assessment and you don’t have to go and get a lab report.
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The cattle will go in prior to planting the corn and after harvest. If the area where the corn residue is wet, they discuss the options where the cattle will go on the farm.
Colin and Fraser have a discussion about not spraying weeds. Then they discuss the possible cover crops in corn.
In this TED talk, mycologist Paul Stamets studies the mycelium and lists 6 ways that this astonishing fungus can help save the world. Like the
Congratulations Colin! Colin Seis is a New South Wales farmer and pioneer of pasture cropping – and now he has added the 2014 Bob Hawke
Wanting to increase soil carbon, decrease chemical and fertiliser inputs, better manage your stock through better grass? The below may be of interest. Good afternoon,As
Savory Institute are continuing to highlight a selection of the speakers presenting at the International Conference, “Putting Grasslands to Work,” on Aug 1st & 2nd in
Unfortunately this event was postponed. Bruce Davison is a cattle and worm farmer who tripled his carrying capacity in 4 years using nothing more than
Listen Audio Here: David Davidson is not just a worm farmer but a microbe farmer and says that the worms are the vehicle to breed
A lot of farmers see the benefit. They know what the benefits are, but there’s also a massive number of people that just don’t know
This talk “Say goodbye to fertiliser costs – worms are the answer!” was filmed at S.A.F.E (Seymour Alternative Field Days) March 2014. Davo Davidson has
These are Sneak Peeks of the 8th Stipa National Native Grasslands Field Trip: First Stop at ‘Pantawalba’, a grazing property establishing introduced C4 grasses.
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