Details

First Name

Michael

Last Name

Robinson

Nickname

Mrob3

Profile Type

Producer

Sub Catchment / Suburb

St Leonards

Postcode

3223

State

Victoria

Country

Australia

Agricultural Land Manager

Yes

Land Managed Property Size

Medium (20 to 39ha)

Land Managed Primary Usage

Tree Plantation, Broadacre Cropping

Your Primary Crops

Broadacre Crops, Cover Crops

Primary Livestock You Manage

Chickens

Your Age

61 to 70

Areas of interest

Biological Inputs, Carbon Farming, Farm Case Studies, Multi species Pastures and Cropping, Soil Health

Your Story

Downsized from suburbia 5 years ago to a 30ha lifestyle block without any farming experience.

Revegetating (native grassland woodland ecosystem) on ~7ha that abuts a large eroded waterway of ~1ha.

Cropping paddocks of 14 ha in very poor condition.

Fruit salad orchard with ~50 apple trees.

Grazing options limited blue to lack of fencing.

Interested in soil health across the whole property.

Investigaing agroforestry for ~2ha.

Challenges I can best help others solve are:

Systems thinker

Key challenges I would like to solve are:

Accelerating improvements to ecosystem health