Grazing Practice Guide Launch Field Day
Description
Join us for a field day to launch our Regenerative Grazing Practice Guide. Hosted by farmers Nick and Deanna Austin, with guest speaker and renowned educator Brian Wehlburg.
In partnership with five experienced graziers from around Australia, and some of Australia’s most respected grazing educators and training institutions, we’ve produced a resource that distils the most common principles and practices used by graziers to regenerate soil health and landscape function. This will be the first of five nationwide events hosted by the five graziers featured in the guide.
Come along to hear about how livestock can be used as a tool to improve soil, landscape and farm business health, and how Nick Austin changed his grazing management to create a more flexible and resilient business.
Brian will explain the principles of regenerative grazing and guide us through how to apply these in the field.
The focus is on practical, paddock-based learning, farmer observations and decision-making tools that can be applied on farm.
What will be covered on the day
Introduction to the Grazing Practice Guide
Nick Austin will talk about his journey implementing regenerative grazing management practices
Brian Wehlburg will share practical grazing management principles
Practical skills session in the field
Open discussion, networking, questions and peer-to-peer learning throughout the day
Catering and what to bring
Lunch will be provided. Please advise any dietary requirements when registering. Don't forget to bring a water bottle and appropriate footwear and clothing for paddock conditions.
Tickets
$30 for up to 3 attendees from the same business (multiple tickets for farm businesses only), $15 for subsequent registrants. Numbers are limited.
Contact
Phone service may be limited on site. For questions or more information, please contact Soils for Life at (02) 6273 6647 or kim.deans@soilsforlife.org.au
Many thanks to Twynam Investments for supporting the production of this guide, to the Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal and Hand Heart Pocket for supporting this event, to Judi Earl (Agricultural Information and Monitoring Services), Helen Lewis (Australian Holistic Management Cooperative), David McLean (RCS), Grahame Rees (KLR Marketing) and Brian Wehlburg (Inside Outside Management) for input and guidance, and to Ben Simpson, David and Ruth Read, David Curtis, Nick Austin and Rod and Katrina Butler for generously sharing their stories, knowledge, experience and data.
Lineup
Brian Wehlburg
Brian is a highly regarded Holistic Management educator with many years of experience delivering workshops across Australia. Brian enjoys sharing his passion for environmental improvement and grazing management and is motivated by seeing the positive change that Holistic Management can bring to people's lives and livelihoods.
Nick Austin
Nick and Deanna Austin run cattle on their property, Mundarlo, located on the Murrumbidgee river in New South Wales. Attending a Holistic Management course in 2001 ‘shifted a lot of paradigms’ and introduced Nick to a whole new way of thinking and viewing the world. This learning was a foundation for the changes that Nick began to implement in 2010 after getting through the Millennium drought. For Nick and Deanna, using their Holistic Context to guide their decision making has led to the creation of a flexible enterprise that creates the quality of life they are seeking and generates true profit that is not at the expense of the environment or other people. The grazing enterprise has shifted over time from a breeding focus to a trading operation, to currently being a blend of breeding cattle and trading livestock. This captures the benefits of trading and the consistency of a breeding herd. The breeding herd can also utilise feed that the trading herd may not be suitable for.
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