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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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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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Nuffield Scholarships offer a chance of a life time.
Nuffield Australia scholarships applications are now open for 2013. I was lucky enough to be awarded a scholarship in 2010. It was an incredible year of learning and I made many life long friendships. Any Australian primary producer should consider … Continue reading
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Tagged agriculture, awards, cows, dairy, education, Nuffield Scholarships, research, science
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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