Growing flock at Tolga Farm bucks WA sheep trend

Home / Blogs Blogs Growing flock at Tolga Farm bucks WA sheep trend MIXED farmers Brendon and Gabrielle Savage have increased their sheep numbers by 50 percent to buck the Western Australian flock trend exacerbated by concerns Australia’s live export market will close. To support the lift, the Savages have expanded subclover-based pastures to account…

Springfield

Home / Blogs Blogs Innovation and adaptation Jamie Wright is a cropper on a mission to reduce his farm’s reliance on chemical inputs and improve his soil. Jamie runs Springfield, a mixed farming operation on 5,000 acres near Greenethorpe NSW. They currently run sheep and a cropping enterprise, with a eucalyptus plantation that supplies to…

Tolga Farm

Home / Blogs Blogs Climate resilient farming Key messages • Financial and climate risks minimised with low input farming system• Synthetic N inputs down to 20% of district average• Carbon footprint an increasingly important consideration• Critical need for a WA-relevant carbon emissions calculator• Soil carbon benchmarking needed across wheatbelt to identify most sustainable farming systems…

Vincenza Station

Home / Blogs Blogs Sustainable cropping with nil synthetic N Key Messages • Nitrogen below 5% of district average• Good Rood Development is Key• Risk Mitigation = Profitability• Look after soil health and it looks after production• Resilience in drought = Peace of mind Vincenza Station details Owners: Bruce and Sally Werner Location: Clermont, QLD…

High performance of a low input, mixedwestern Australian farming system: publicpolicy implications from the case of Tolgafarm

Home / Blogs Blogs High performance of a low input, mixed western Australian farming system: public policy implications from the case of Tolga farm Bradley Plunkett , Daniel Roberts, Sudarshan Kharel, Kevin Foster, Tim Overheu and Brendon Savage Introduction: Rationale and Methodology Rationale This case study evolved from an economic investigation into a mixed (cropping…

Agronomy and relation to Other Sciences

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Bringing Food Production Back To Cities

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