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Winter milestones
Winter can be hard work on a dairy farm, wet, muddy, cold, windy and short days. It’s not all bad though, I love the crisp winter days and I must admit part of me enjoys the cold fronts which … Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture, Dairy Farming, Environment, Pasture, Soil, Weather
Tagged agriculture, dairy, environment, Pasture, weather
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Agriculture and biodiversity cohabitate at Montrose Dairy.
Over the last few weeks we have had a black shouldered kite and a white faced heron feeding out our kitchen window. Productive agriculture and biodiversity cohabitate at Montrose Dairy. Providing habitat for native wildlife is something we really enjoy, … Continue reading
Posted in Dairy Farming, Environment
Tagged agriculture, biodiversity, conservation, dairy, wildlife
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Why we plant trees
We are often asked by visitors and others why we plant trees on our farm. Shade and shelter for our cows, biodiversity and habitat for native species and creating a great place to live and work are the reasons we … Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture, Cows, Dairy Farming, Environment
Tagged conservation, environment, indigenous plants, trees
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Record heatwave matched and more to come
Record heatwave matched and more to come March 10, 2013 from The AgeWe always expect a bit of early autumn hot weather, like usual when the weather turns hot my thoughts turn to cow comfort. Keeping our cows cool is … Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture, Cows, Dairy, Dairy Farming, Environment, Pasture, Weather
Tagged agriculture, environment, Pasture, weather
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Time to get our crap sorted
Our cows like the vast majority of dairy cows in Australia live in pasture 365 days of the year. Living in the pastures means most of the cows’ manure goes directly on the pasture, providing nutrients to grow more grass. … Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture, Dairy, Dairy Farming, Environment, Pasture, Soil
Tagged agriculture, dairy, effluent, Pasture
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Straight into summer
There is often a lot of tractor work to be done on our dairy through spring. Silage to be harvested, pasture renovation work, summer crops to sow and all this tractor work is usually wrapped up with the end of … Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture, Dairy, Dairy Farming, Environment, Pasture, Weather
Tagged agriculture, chicory, conservation, dairy, harvest, hay, Pasture, pasture renovation, silage, summer crops
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A single gram of farming soil will contain more than 10,000 different species of micro-organisms.
Look after the soil physical and chemical properties and the soil biology will look after itself. That was the key message I took from a recent soil biology forum I attended. “The diversity of micro-organisms in soils is far larger … Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture, Dairy Farming, Education, Environment, Pasture, Soil, Uncategorized
Tagged agriculture, dairy, effluent, emissions, environment, Pasture, science, soil biology
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Grazing under the stars.
One of the many fringe benefits of living in the country is the night sky we get to enjoy. For several weeks now the evening sky has been dominated by Jupiter setting in the west. This is tonight’s display for our cows … Continue reading
Getting a grip on Dairy farm GHG emmisions
In 2010 we undertook our first analysis of greenhouse gas emissions from our dairy farm. To do this we used the industry developed tool DGAS. DGAS software is intended to give the user an understanding of the greenhouse gases emitted … Continue reading
Checking up on Soil Carbon
Last year we offered up some soil from one of our paddocks as part of a national research project. Scientists who are part of The Victorian Soil Carbon Project came one rainy day to take the samples. The project’s aim … Continue reading
Posted in Dairy, Dairy Farming, Environment, Pasture, Technology
Tagged emissions, environment, global warming, greenhouse gas, Pasture, soil carbon
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