Industry Rep Ivan Pagano
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Reply to Red Legged Earth Mite
Hi Will, We have had some red legs in some of the paddocks we seeded to multi species.. in particular they were hammering the legumes & brassicas. Mark Tupman @mark suggested spraying out Magnesium Suplhate at a rate of 5 to 7kg/ha along with some molasses… our soils are quite deficient in magnesium & I think if my understanding is correct,…
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5 months agoTrees on Farms 5 months agoWe thought this topic needed to be included in the community and to start things off we pulled this webinar out of the archives to get you thinking!
https://lowerblackwood.com.au/agroforestry-growing-trees-for-conservation-profit/
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Agroforestry - Growing Trees For Conservation & Profit - Webinar Recording - Lower Blackwood LCDC
Simply put, agroforestry means combining agriculture and trees. Agroforestry is a land management approach with multiple benefits. Planting trees on farms can
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Lower Blackwood LCDC posted an update 5 months ago
https://lowerblackwood.com.au/farming-in-a-closed-loop-system/
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Closed loop agriculture is a farming practice that recycles all nutrients and organic matter material back to the soil that
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Reply to When to start grazing the green?
Ended up just extending the sacrifice paddock a bit and have bought some Oaten Hay to keep the mob going. Means I can give the rest of the paddocks a bit more time…
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Reply to When to start grazing the green?
And to you also Eric, hope you get a good dousing! We seeded 10ha with multi species and are also keeping it locked up to go to seed this year. Will have plenty of standing feed for summer/autumn next year 😃. Having a year off lambing.. happy days!
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Reply to When to start grazing the green?
Sounds very similar to what’s happening at ours. Got some foliars on some of the paddocks last week but got foiled by the rain so will be pulling out all stops as soon as this front has gone .. with very similar mix to what you are putting on ( except I had to buy the fish hydrosylate & seaweed tonic .. maybe I’ll make my own this spring.
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Reply to When to start grazing the green?
Will be watching but strip size should mean moving on after 2 grazing days.
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When to start grazing the green?
I’ve bitten the bullet and moved the mob out of the sacrifice paddock and onto the green this morning – would have preferred another week but have run out of hay and there’s none to be found anywhere locally it seems. According to Dr Judi Earl we should be aiming for around 3000kg DM/ha in order to ensure we can leave a residual of 2000kg…
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Lower Blackwood LCDC posted a new event. 5 months ago
MYO JOHNSON SU COMPOST BIOREACTORA NO TURN SYSTEM FOR CREATING FUNGALLY RICH & BIOLOGICALLY DIVERSE COMPOST JOIN US FOR THIS ‘HANDS-ON’ HALF DAY WORKSHOP In his research looking at…
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