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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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Spring skies
Despite carrying my camera around the farm with me quite often, I seem to see the best picture opportunities when my camera is not on hand. Thanks to my trusty mobile all is not lost, here’s a few snaps from … Continue reading
Weather obsessions
It’s easy as a farmer to become obsessed with the weather. At times, I even envy those who have careers which are not so dependent on the weather. I’d love to be able to enjoy a cold, rainy winters day … Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture, Dairy Farming, Pasture, Soil, Weather
Tagged dairy, Pasture, weather
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Making life on the farm a little less shocking
One of my favorite gadgets around the farm is my remote control electric fence tester. We spend a bit of time messing around with electric fences. Most days we put up temporary electric cords to ensure the cows have just the … Continue reading
Posted in Pasture, Technology
Tagged agriculture, dairy, electric fencing, Pasture, Technology
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This soil is alive!
There is little doubt healthy soil is critical to a productive farm. Once you ask the question what constitutes a healthy soil and what is the best way to build soil health the debate begins. Soil health has become a … Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture, Pasture
Tagged agriculture, manure, milk, Pasture, soil health, worms
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Setting up pastures for winter
Heading into winter it is critical we have lots of high quality pasture on hand, pasture growth rates decline as the days shorten and our soils cool down. To manage our pastures we monitor the pasture cover in each paddock … Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture, Cows, Dairy, Milk, Pasture, Technology
Tagged agriculture, cows, dairy, environment, Pasture, science, Technology
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Milk now and mud later??
Recent heavy rains have forced us to evaluate how we approach the next six weeks on our farm. Our herd is due to start calving on the 12th of next month and in order to give the cows a break … 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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Mid summer hay
Hay season is normally done and dusted by Christmas in our region but this is the second year in a row we have cut hay in mid January. Good summer rains have resulted in more pastures than our cattle can … Continue reading
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