Mix it Up! Dairy Resilience Field Day
Can pasture diversity be used to extend the growing season, improve soil or animal health outcomes, reduce fertiliser requirements… and help farmers manage environmental risks? Is…
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Workshop Wrap : A Recipe for Better Soil – DIY Fertiliser
This post is a presentation summary with recipes included, of a recent workshop held by the Lower Blackwood LCDC in which presenter Mark Tupman from…
Mixing and Making a Winning Fertiliser Formula
Fertilisers ain’t cheap at the moment so we want to use them wisely. In this 1/2 day workshop with Mark Tupman from Productive Ecology, we’ll…
Podcast Recording: Biological Planting Treatments for Pasture & Livestock Systems
Imagine sharp early seedling development, resilient plants, and richer soils—all sparked by a tiny biological boost right at the seed stage. That’s the promise of…
Demonstrating the Difference Stage 2 – A Project Field Walk
In Stage 1 of the Demonstrating the Difference Project, some commonly used fertility program approaches were applied to strips of a multi-species cover crop mix, under…
RAPP Peer Group Session # 2: Grazing on the Ground
We know that planned grazing management encourages pasture growth and soil health. Planning your grazing allows you to control: Of particular importance is managing livestock…
The Johnson Su Composting System & BEAM
A NO TURN SYSTEM FOR CREATING FUNGALLY RICH & BIOLOGICALLY DIVERSE COMPOST JOIN US FOR THIS ‘HANDS-ON’ HALF DAY WORKSHOP In his research looking at…
Implementing a Nutrition Program for your Pasture
In this Peer Group Session, Program Coach Mark Tupman will explore how an efficient and effective nutritional program for your pastures. This includes: We’ll wind…
The Perennial Question
How to establish perennial pastures in the South West There is a growing realisation that farming systems based solely on annual crops and pastures are…
Understanding Soil Fertility & Plant Nutrition
A 1/2 day workshop presented by Program Coach Mark Tupman. Topics covered will include: Event Logistics When? Thursday March 13th 2025, 1.00pm to 5.00pm Where? Lower Blackwood…