Sustainable Cropping with nil synthetic N and Australian Soil Planners agronomy

AT A GLANCE Farm Details Owners: Bruce and Sally Werner Location: 85km NE Clermont, QLD Area: 80 000 acres (17 000 cropped) Soils: Alluvial Scrub & Black Clay Loam Rainfall: 590mm   Key Messages Nitrogen below 5% of district average Good Rood Development is Key Risk Mitigation = Profitability Look after soil health and it looks after […]


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Podcast and Case Study of Tolga Farm WA

Head Shepherd Podcast Brendon Savage, TOLGA FARM of Kulin WA, talks about taking the highs and lows out of agriculture and some of the steps he has taken to address soil, crop and livestock fertility issues, improve performance utilising a normally undesirable plant and build sustainability into the family farm. Click to Listen Brendon and [...]
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A Carbon Footprint Model for crops: benefits of sustainable farming

AusIndustry Entrepreneurs’ Program Innovation Connection Backs up Sustainable Farming with Science   Southern Cross Agricultural Exports (SCAE) is a business that grew from a network of cropping farmers sharing best practices. Over time, they noticed their input costs were rising but outputs weren’t. This led a core group of farmers all utilising the services of […]


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