A Healthy Soils Workshop: Cropping and grazing in one land management system.
An all day workshops will be presented by Colin Seis in 2009. Colin is one of the pioneers of pasture cropping and has been using these methods on his Gulgong farm for over 15 years. The benefits have been dramatic. They include improvements in soil health, improved water use efficiency, general improvement in ecosystem function and large increases in plant biomass which dramatically increases soil carbon levels.
For generations traditional farming methods have eradicated all weeds and grasses because they were thought to compete with crops for nutrients and moisture. Pasture cropping is a zero tilling technique of sowing annual cereal crops into living perennial pastures that has changed this notion of crop competition.
The benefits of native grasses are both ENVIRONMENTAL AND FINANCIAL.
An independent study found that pasture cropping is
‘22% more profitable than conventional agriculture.’
Topics Covered:
| > Native Grasslands |
> Seeding Equipment |
| > Grassland Function |
> Fertiliser |
| > Pasture Cropping |
> Cropping Organically |
| > Grazing Managment |
> Gross Margins |
| > Soil Health |
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Come along and learn more at this oneday introductory course:
28th MAY 2009
Murrumbidgee Irrigation Conference Centre
Research Station Road, Griffith.
Cost is $200 per person or $150pp for more than one from the same enterprise. Murrumbidgee Irrigation customer costs are fully covered by the MIA EnviroWise Education Incentive.
| 8.30am: |
Registration |
| 9.00am to 1.00pm: |
Indoor Presentation |
| Break |
Lunch provided |
| 1.30pm to 4.30pm |
Outdoor field study |
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Bring your outdoor clothing, hat, sunscreen etc. |
Registration is essential - phone Murrumbidgee Irrigation 02-6962 0200
or fill out and fax the registration on the information brochure click here.
A successful workshop was held on 2nd of March with over 30 participants.
Read feedback from some of the participants.
MIA EnviroWise program has been made possible thanks to funding from the
Australian and NSW Government's National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality.
