On-Farm
We believe the more local stories we can share, the greater the potential for our agricultural industries to advance and thrive into the future.
We are currently working on uploading more stories from our members, showcasing the changes they have made on-farm and how this has affected their production and profitability.
Inter-cropping sunflowers in sugarcane: Simon Mattssen
In this video, Simon Mattsson describes his early trials in dual cropping with sugar cane and sunflowers, with the aim of improving soil health and encouraging biological diversity.
Mineral balancing the key to legume survival: McLean Family, Kuttabul (2021)
During a field day held at the McLean’s property at Kuttabul, our members were shown how a signal grass pasture responds to mineral balancing.
Multi species cover cropping a banana plantation: contributed by Dave Hunter (2019)
For the first few years we farmed bananas conventionally with a crop cycle of four or five ratoons with a cucurbit break crop of pumpkins or melons. This was followed by a yearlong fallow of legumes and grasses and brassicas.
Have you completed or are undergoing a soil health project on your farm that you’d like share with your peers?
ON-FARM
A project doesn’t need to be complicated or overwhelming. It could simply include new practices such as cover cropping your fallow paddocks, applying biological stimulants, or moving to a time-controlled grazing system. Please contact us if you’d like to explore this further.
