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SUMMARY:Diversity Pastures
DESCRIPTION:\nA 5 part Online Course to learn why and how to increase pasture diversity on your farm. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPresented by David Hardwick and the team from Soil Land Food, this course will explore the benefits of increasing plant diversity using multispecies cropping and pastures. You will also learn some tactics on how to increase plant diversity on your place successfully through the development of a Diversity Pastures Action Plan for your place.\n\n\n\nThe course consists of five by 90 minute Zoom Webinars, run once a week over 5 weeks. The course is limited to a maximum of 15 to allow for personalised attention to the participants from the course trainers. Recorded sessions will be accessible for catching up via Talkin’ After Hours, the Lower Blackwood LCDC’s Online Community.\n\n\n\nTopics Covered Include:\n\n\n\n\nPlant diversity: why it is important and the benefits\n\n\n\nHow plant diversity helps your soil and grazing business\n\n\n\nMulti-species: the different diversity tactics for pastures and cropping\n\n\n\nSpecies and Varieties: the options available in south-west WA\n\n\n\nIdentifying windows of opportunity in South-West WA\n\n\n\nSteps to diversity success\n\n\n\nSetting Goals: identify your issues and set some paddock goals\n\n\n\nPlan your strategy\n\n\n\nChoose your seed mix\n\n\n\nPrepare your soil and paddock \n\n\n\nSowing: timing, equipment, depth etc.\n\n\n\nManaging your crop/pasture\n\n\n\nStages of change towards your long term paddock goal\n\n\n\nGrazing as a tool to improve diversity\n\n\n\n\nCourse Logistics:\n\n\n\nCourse Dates: \n\n\n\n\nSession 1: Friday April 5th, 4.00pm to 5.30pm\n\n\n\nSession 2: Friday April 12th, 4.00pm to 5.30pm\n\n\n\nSession 3: Friday April 19th, 4.00pm to 5.30pm\n\n\n\nSession 4: Friday April 26th, 4.00pm to 5.30pm\n\n\n\nSession 5: Friday May 3rd, 4.00pm to 5.30pm\n\n\n\n\nWhere? Once registered & paid you’ll be sent a link to the zoom sessions prior to each session.\n\n\n\nCost? $250 + GST. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBook Your Ticket Here ( https://www.trybooking.com/COXTJ )\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis course forms part of the Lower Blackwood LCDC’s Regenerative Agriculture in Practice Program (RAPP) 2024 which is supported though funding from the Shire of Augusta Margaret River Environmental Management Fund.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis course is also supported through funding from Perth NRM/RegenWA and Lotterywest.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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