Details

First Name	Geoff
Last Name	Constantine
Nickname	Consty
Profile Type	Producer
Sub Catchment / Suburb	Cowaramup
Postcode	6284
State	Western Australia
Country	Australia
Agricultural Land Manager	Yes
Land Managed Property Size	Large (40ha +)
Land Managed Primary Usage	Grazing, Horticulture, Viticulture
Your Primary Crops	Livestock Pasture / Forages, Cover Crops, Vegetables, Fruit and Nuts, Wine Grapes
Primary Livestock You Manage	Sheep, Chickens
Your Age	70+
Areas of interest	Biological Inputs, Farm Planning, Ferals and Ferals Management, Grazing and Grazing Management, Livestock Health and Nutrition, Multi species Pastures and Cropping, Soil Health, Weeds and Weeds Management
Your Story	Hello, I have lived, surfed, dived, built houses and had a family in this region over the past 40 years and I have always enjoyed having some land and trying to manage it in an environmentally friendly manner with a view to regenerative mixed farming of crops/ cover crops/ stock/ flowering plants/ windbreaks/ fruit and vegetable production.In this endeavour my aim is to use minimal tillage, minimal herbicides and pesticides and employ a sustainable rotation of crops and livestock while maintaining and actually improving soil quality. I am passionate about attracting and protecting bees and native flora and fauna – to the detriment of cats, rabbits, foxes and other introduced flora species totally unsuitable for our local environment – including Sydney Golden wattle, Flinders Ranges wattle, Melanoxylon, Arum lily and Kikuyu grass. I am also trying to maintain my primary producer status as a mixed farming venture.
Key challenges I would like to solve are:	I would like to gain more information on crop/ stock rotation, microbial additives for soil improvement and access to help to regenerate areas of the farm which are not very productive.

Geoff Constantine