In late 2024, Weddin Landcare received funding for their project titled (in short) ‘Over the Fence’. The project will run over two years 2025 and 2026. 

The project extends on the concept that great ideas and practice change often result from the conversations that occur between farmers ‘over the fence’ and when farmers get the opportunity to look beyond their farm gate. The project will utilise Weddin Landcare’s extensive network to connect farmers with leading or early adopting farmers and experts to gain the practical advice and guidance they need to adopt climate-smart agricultural production systems. 

Six field days will be held to demonstrate the viability of various best practice methods in a local context. Experts will be engaged for these events to help facilitate conversation and provide technical knowledge and advice.

Two bus trips will be run to encourage farmers to think more broadly and expose them to other, proven ideas that could be adapted locally.

Six visual stories featuring local farmers, properties and projects will be created to cater for the increasing number of farmers who gain their information online. The visual stories will give insight into the challenges, motivations, triumphs and goals of some of our local farmers in the Weddin district and will be produced by Grenfell boy, Stuart Walmsley – one of Australia’s most multi-faceted content producers who has a passion for sustainable agriculture and stories from rural and remote areas. Work on the visual stories has commenced, with Stu working with our chosen local farmers over the next 15 months to create some great videos!

In April 2025, we held our first field day as part of this project on ‘Strip and Disc Cropping Systems’. Read more about the day here.

Other events have also been planned – check out the list below of upcoming events and keep an eye on our facebook page for updates or sign up to our e-newsletter to get notifications direct to your inbox.  

This project, is supported by the Australian Government through funding from the Climate-Smart Agriculture Program under the Natural Heritage Trust. 

Join in on this project by coming along to one of our upcoming events!

Riverina Grazing and Cropping Farm Tour – Monday 4th to Tuesday 5th August 2025. A two-day bus tour for farmers visiting seven progressive farms near Wagga Wagga NSW.

Microbe Friendly Farming Field Day – Friday 26th September. Join Weddin Landcare and Vic No-till for a field day at Jake Chandler and Gemma Wilkinson’s property “Tumbleton” to dive into the underground world and discover the potential of the livestock beneath our feet – soil microbes. With special guests CarbonLink and microbiologist Dr. Ernie Harbott.

Planning for more field days and another bus trip in 2026 is currently underway. If you know of a particular expert in the sustainable farming realm that you would like us to bring to our district, please let us know by contacting us or completing this survey.

For any enquiries about this project, please get in touch with Melanie on 0417 963 475 or weddinlandcare@outlook.com