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5 months agoSheep Farmers 5 months agoCall out to all sheep farmers – watch out for worms, its still warm enough and now there is moisture too. To help you find out if you actually need to drench check out this great resource from our archives.
https://lowerblackwood.com.au/in-the-poo-an-introduction-to-faecal-worm-egg-counts-for-sheep/
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Worms (internal parasites) are currently estimated to cost the Australian sheep and wool industry more than $260 million per year and the Australian goat
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6 months agoGrazing Management 6 months agoHey Grazing Group, I don’t know how many of you noticed a new addition to our Knowledge Bank last month but its pretty pertinent right now that the season has broken and there is a green fuzz everywhere.
Contents include:
- Ecosystem Services Performed by Grazing Animals
- Environmental Risks Associated with Grazing Animals
- What’s Best for the…
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Managing Grazing For Pasture, Soil And Animal Health - Lower Blackwood LCDC
Herbivores co-evolved with mixed grassland and forb ecosystems to build some of the most fertile landscapes on our planet. While grazing animals are an
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7 months agoMake Your Own Biological Inputs 7 months agoThis is the perfect time of year for making your own Johnson Su compost -making it now will mean that next autumn you will have you own ready made high quality seed coating & foliar nutrition base resource.
We’ve pulled this post from the archives for those of you that don’t know how to go about it, or want to understand its benefits better.…
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MYO JOHNSON SU COMPOST BIOREACTOR - Lower Blackwood LCDC
As ecosystems increase in their productivity from bare soil to forests, the balance changes from a bacterial-dominant to a fungal-dominant system, as well as
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8 months agoMake Your Own Biological Inputs 8 months agoAttention MYO Biological Inputs Group members – check out our latest content hub in the Knowledge Bank. The article, written by Mark Tupman from Productive Ecology, and produced by Talkin’ After Hours, delves into what biostimulants actually are, and when & why you would use them. Also included is information on commercially available…
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Biostimulants In Agriculture - Lower Blackwood LCDC
There are an increasing range of inputs, being used in primary production to improve plant growth outcomes, that do not fall into the established categories
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8 months agoPlant Nutrition 8 months agoThose of you that made it to our workshop last week with Joel were treated to a deep dive into how and why foliars are a very effective tool to assist plants with nutrient uptake, and also what the key considerations are to ensure a the best outcome when using foliars. Lots of great information also on how nitrogen ‘works’ in the system and …
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Reply to Supplementary Feeding Sheep in the Summer
We put this in our latest eNews but thought it also worth posting here:
Feeding & Managing Sheep in Dry Times
Summer and autumn are critical for sheep because both the amount and quality of dry feed deteriorates over time. Pasture quantity can naturally decline over summer and autumn by up to 50 per cent. Digestibility is an indicator of how…
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Are you talking about transferring the whole drum or just what you need? Either way it does pour fairly easy when warm (ie on a warm day) but there will be a bit of residue left inside the drum. If you leave it upside down to drain into something most of it should come out.
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9 months agoPlant Nutrition 9 months agoA reminder that there is an excellent workshop coming up March 8 with Joel Williams on plant nutrition with foliars. Unfortunately we were not able to offer this workshop free of charge but it will be well worth the ticket price as Joel is an absolute font of really practical knowledge on this topic. Click through for more info and to get…
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Managing Pastures With Foliar Nutrition - Lower Blackwood LCDC
While much of our focus is taken up with trying to rectify soil deficiencies with soil amendments, there is increasing awareness that foliar nutrition can be
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9 months agoPlant Nutrition 9 months agoFor those of you that didn’t make it to our recent workshop with Mark Tupman on Optimising Plant Nutrition, here is a copy of his presentation. You may also be interested in reading this article written by Mark and published recently in our Knowledge Bank. The article covers everything in Mark’s workshop presentation &…
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Targeting Plant Nutrition - Lower Blackwood LCDC
The application of nutrients, or fertilisers, that plants require is an important component in primary production operations. For numerous reasons, crops or
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