Producer Kate Tarrant
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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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Mark Tupman posted an update 2 months ago
I’ve been grazing the bottom strip of this vineyard repeatedly and properly over the last few years because it was logistically easy to do so. The older vines in the background didn’t get grazed for a number of reasons.
Look at the difference in the forage.
I wanted to share to illustrate how ruminant animals are a powerful tool for…
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Reply to Which form of foliar calcium to use?
Hey Eric,
Good question.
There are a few good liquid calcium products on the market from companies like cropping solutions and sustainable farming solutions, but they are expensive. Nicole Masters recommends making whitewash with hydrated lime, other farmers are trying micronised products or using strong acids to solubilise the calcium in…
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Stephen Barrow posted an update in the group
6 months agoMake Your Own Biological Inputs 6 months agoI’m cross posting this from the FaceBook Farm-made Biofertz group. It’s an interesting follow-on from Dr James White’s interviews in which he talks about adding endophytes to corn. There is a link to free courses offered by Gowing to Seed (compiled and facilitated by Dr White and colleagues) which I am sure will be worthwhile to many.
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Do Annual Cover Crop Mixes Have a Place in Grazing Programs
We’re at that time of year where many farmers are thinking about seeding pastures.
One of the hot topics lately has been around the use of multi species cover crops in grazing operations.
The issue is that many of the species used in cover crop mixes are not very graze tolerant and they must be allowed to reach the latter stages of maturity if…
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Mark Tupman replied to the discussion Book Favs/Recommendations in the forum General Discussion 9 months ago
Reply to Book Favs/Recommendations
Where do you start 😏
Some good ones on here.
https://johnkempf.com/johns-recommended-reading-list/
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John's Recommended Reading List
“The mind, once stretched by a new idea, never returns to its original dimensions.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson I believe constant learning is an imperative, and should be enjoyable. I find learning something new about life and living processes to … Continue reading
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Hot off the press, James White back for another round on the Regenerative Agriculture Podcast.
Such exciting, valuable and relevant information.
Cheers Steve Slape for the heads up.
https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/regenerative-agriculture-podcast/id1372359995?i=1000641245773
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Show Regenerative Agriculture Podcast, Ep Episode 99: Reshaping How Agriculture Sees Plant Nutrient Uptake With Dr. James White - 10 Jan 2024
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Brett Hazelden posted an update in the group
10 months agoMake Your Own Biological Inputs 10 months agoHappy new year to all
We brought the farm a Xmas present this year being a Tow and Fert 500 litre foliar spray trailer. Has a single spray nozzle that can handle up to 3mm particles with a 8-10m spray width.
It’s probably on the small side for us but will spray out the 500 litres across 2-3ha in about 20 minutes. I managed to get two loads out in…
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Will be interesting to see how the pasture responds. Let us know how it goes.
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Now I’m really jealous.. looks so much better than my sprayer!!
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I recently signed up to the stockman grass farmer mailing list.
They put out some great info for livestock farmers.
The article in this edition by Steve Kenyon gets right into some of the subject matter we’ve been discussing in this group. Well worth a read.
https://www.stockmangrassfarmer.digital/profile
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Brett Hazelden posted an update in the group
11 months agoMake Your Own Biological Inputs 11 months agoA few progress photos on the Johnson Su mix.
Has definitely compressed as it breaks down given it was all the way to the top of the cage when we started it on the 8 October.
It gets a daily 2 minutes of water at 6pm each day using the auto retic sprinklers.
Have added some worms to it a few weeks ago too to help with the process
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