Talkin’ Plant Diversity & Animal Nutrition with Fred Provenza
In this Talkin After Hours Episode Jo & Kate chat to Fred Provenza, Professor Emeritus, Dept. Wildland Resources, Utah State University. For the past 30 years,…
Category: Farm Ecosystems
Talkin’ Soil Function & Fertility with Mark Tupman
In this podcast episode, Jo & Kate chat with Mark Tupman from Productive Ecology on a topic that is absolutely fundamental to agriculture – that…
Targeting Plant Nutrition
The application of nutrients, or fertilisers, that plants require is an important component in primary production operations. For numerous reasons, crops or pastures, may not…
Developing Fertile & Functional Biological Systems
A Webinar Recording with Mark Tupman There are many examples of productive, resilient ecosystems, around the globe, growing healthily, on nothing but the inherent sunlight,…
A HEALTHY ECOSYSTEMS APPROACH TO EFFICIENT WEED CONTROL
Webinar Recording with Nicole Masters A weed is commonly defined as a ‘plant growing in the wrong place’ – this leaves a quite a lot…
Driving Plant Health through Nutrition with Grant Sims
In this Talkin’ After Hours Podcast Jo & Kate chat once again to Victorian cropper, seed grower & beef farmer Grant Sims. Grant has driven…
Winter Induced Nitrogen Deficiency
At this time of year crops and pastures are prone to nitrogen deficiency. This happens because the biological activity behind processes such as nitrogen fixation,…
When Is the Best Time to Graze Multi-species Pastures
One question I often hear asked at this time of year is – when can we graze the paddocks that have been sown with a…
Soil Secrets Revealed with Dr Christine Jones
Dr Christine Jones is an internationally renowned and highly respected groundcover and soil ecologist. She has been working with innovative landholders to implement regenerative land…
Regenerative Agriculture in Practice Program 2022 – Farm Case Studies
As part of our Regenerative Agriculture in Practice 2022 project we catalogued the motivations, challenges & experiences of a number of local farmers who are incorporating regenerative…