SAVE THE DATE!
Weddin Landcare are working on a field day with Jake Chandler, Gemma Wilkinson, soil microbiologist Dr Ernie Harbott, Vic No-Till and CarbonLink to learn about soil microbiology in cropping and grazing systems that enhance soil health and benefit production. Plus practical ways they can be incorporated into your farming enterprise.
More details to come.
Jake and Gemma, together with their parents Bruce and Tracey, run Tumbleton as a flexible and low input mixed enterprise farm. Cropping is all mixed species and minimal chemical approach such as wheat/vetch/canola. They also run sheep and cattle breeding enterprises supplemented with seasonal trading if grass budget allows. Tumbleton also has a registered soil carbon project.Â
Key topics
- What is soil microbiology?
- Cropping and grazing systems that promote healthy, living soils.
- The connection between soil microbes and nutrient, carbon and water cycles.
- Benefits for production.
- Microbes under the microscope – learn about some of the critters conditioning your soil.
- Practical and reliable methods of measuring soil biology.
- Paddock inspections, including a trial site with seed treatment from Omnia called ‘Bacstim’ compared to compost tea in a wheat/vetch/canola crop.
Date Friday 26 September
Time 9:00 am – 3:00 pm
Venue ‘Tumbleton’, 402 Bibaringa Road, Wombat
This field day is supported by the Australian Government through funding from the Climate-Smart Agriculture Program under the Natural Heritage Trust.
