Producer
mrob3
Producer
@Mrob3
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Joined Jul 2024 •
Active 3 months ago
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 |