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Lower Blackwood LCDC posted a new event. 2 days ago
Annual General MeetingJoin the Lower Blackwood Land Conservation District Committee team for our Annual General Meeting. Another year has flashed by.. and we’d really love to share…
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Lower Blackwood LCDC posted an update in the group
a week agoGrazing Management a week agoFor grazing land managers in the Augusta Margaret River Shire – we have extended the application deadline for our Regenerative Agriculture in Practice Program (RAPP) 2025 to Wednesday December 18th.
The program is aimed at land managers interested in learning the fundamentals of an ecologically based approach to agriculture. Click through for…
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Regenerative Agriculture In Practice Program (RAPP) 2025 - Lower Blackwood LCDC
Regenerative agriculture is not a ‘one size fits all’ approach to farming or land management. There’s also no strict rule book, but the holistic principles
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Hey Folks,
On the topic of “Grazing in Spring in a Mediterranean Environment”, I’ve taken a couple of pics from my green season grazing paddocks to illustrate what adequate recovery of ryegrass, prior to seed set, looks like.
One pic shows some ryegrass going to seed in spring, before it has reached 3 leaf stage. In this case we would…
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Lower Blackwood LCDC posted an update 3 weeks ago
Hi there Talkin’ After Hours Community, we are delighted to announce out latest opportunity for grazing land managers in the Augusta Margaret River Shire. Applications are now open for our Regenerative Agriculture in Practice Program (RAPP) 2025.
Designed to cater for those who are just starting to ‘dip their toe’ AND for those who are…
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Regenerative Agriculture In Practice Project (RAPP) 2025 - Lower Blackwood LCDC
Regenerative agriculture is not a ‘one size fits all’ approach to farming or land management. There’s also no strict rule book, but the holistic principles
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Lower Blackwood LCDC posted an update in the group
3 weeks agoGrazing Management 3 weeks agoIn case you aren’t a subscriber to our podcast channel, check out our latest podcast on Spring & Summer Grazing with Mark Tupman and south west cattle farmer Eric Dobbe – its a cracker!
https://lowerblackwood.com.au/spring-summer-grazing-in-a-mediterranean-climate/
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Spring Summer Grazing In A Mediterranean Climate - Lower Blackwood LCDC
In this episode we chat to agroecologist Mark Tupman and cattle farmer & Department of Primary Industries & Regional Development Technical Officer
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Lower Blackwood LCDC posted a new post. 3 weeks ago
Spring Summer Grazing in a Mediterranean ClimateIn this episode we chat to agroecologist Mark Tupman and cattle farmer & Department of Primary Industries & Regional Development Technical Officer Eric Dobbe. Our…
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Reply to Grazing Through Spring in a Mediterranean Environment
Cheers Mark, I will probably move them onto the stockpile feed when they finish in this current paddock at the end of the week .. in the meantime will try for a higher density stocking rate in the cells.
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Reply to Grazing Through Spring in a Mediterranean Environment
My take is that you cant push sheep much harder at this stage Kate. It sounds like your dung scores and condition are good. The fact they are not eating as much of the forage and leaving stem material is less of an issue with annuals as there won’t be much leaf recovery from now on and the residue will provide you with some good soil cover over…
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Reply to Grazing Through Spring in a Mediterranean Environment
Admittedly I have destocked to the point that mob grazing is challenging .. but this is the best I could get in terms of utilisation after a 2 day graze with our sheep – they are not very interested in eating much beyond the top third of the grass with more trampled than eaten. So should I force them by keeping them in the cell for longer or do…
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Reply to Grazing Through Spring in a Mediterranean Environment
Thanks for your input Eric,
I think having well rested pastures up your sleeve ready to go at this time of year is key.
Re the utilisation, do you think the cattle do better than the sheep on high fibre forage?
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