Our next WPCLN Sustainable Farming discussion group is with regenerative dairy farmers Owen Billing & Andrea Benson via Zoom. Owen & Andrea are dairyfarmers who manage approx 240ha near Korumburra and have been on a regenerative farming journey for about 15 years. Owen will talk about the reason why he transitioned to regenerative agriculture, along with […]
All farmers are invited to our next WPCLN Sustainable Farming discussion group with Jade Killoran. Jade is the founder of ‘Healthy Farming Systems’ and is an independent cover crop advisor and researcher, helping farmers trial, adopt, and manage multispecies cover crops on-farm. Jade completed a Bachelor of Agricultural Science in 2013 focusing her Honours year […]
All farmers welcome to attend our next organic growers discussion group on Thurs 30th Sep. Maurie & Maria Cafra set up a demonstration last summer to trial minimal till practices on their organic vegetable farm at Koo Wee Rup. The purpose of the demonstration was to grow several green manure crop mixes, terminate (kill) the […]
All farmers are invited to our next WPCLN Sustainable Farming discussion group. Due to COVID restrictions, we will meet online again - but hopefully we will be back on-farms soon! As we haven't been able to have good chats on-farm, a few of you have suggested that it would be good to share about what […]
The next Morn Pen Farmer Discussion Group will focus on the benefits of Dung Beetles and will be hosted by Dr Russ Barrow from Charles Sturt University, a researcher with the ‘Dung Beetles Ecosystem Engineers’ project, monitoring the distribution, abundance and diversity of dung beetles across various climatic zones. Russ monitors over 100 intensive surveillance […]
Whilst agriculture is a key source of greenhouse gas emissions, farms also have significant potential to capture and store carbon from the atmosphere in carbon sinks such as trees and soils. This one day conference will explore the benefits of zero-emission farming, showcasing the latest research and technology information, and industry progress towards CN2050. Keynote […]
All landholders are welcome to attend this webinar on 'Trees and Timber - for Conservation and Profit'. Are you interested in joining a wonderful discussion on local enterprise with trees and timber in South Gippsland? If you’re thinking of integrating trees into your farming landscape, if you’d like to be part of a reinvigorated local […]
Bob and Robyn have been at Torwood for 45 years and over that time have planted more than 100,000 trees, transforming the landscape. Whilst many members have been there before, the forestry blocks are at an interesting stage - second round of thinning (at 10 yrs) which raises a number of management questions. We have […]
All farmers welcome to attend our next organic growers discussion group. Our focus will be on 'Farming in tune with the Lunar Cycle’. As COVID restrictions continue to prevent us from meeting physically on farm, we will meet 'on-line' for this discussion! Richard Nankin and Rosemary Cousin run Grand Ridge Organics in the Strzelecki Ranges. […]
You are invited to the next WPCLN Sustainable Farming discussion group with Damien Adcock at Lardner Park. Damien will be our host and will update us on the pasture trials at Lardner Park. We will view a diverse range of multi-species including herbs, fescues, brassicas and of course ryes and clovers. Damien will also talk about […]