Soil health and adaptive grazing for productive farms

Maintaining groundcover, understanding soil condition, and adopting adaptive grazing practices can improve soil function, pasture growth, and long-term farm profitability.

Event details:

Join North West Local Land Services for a practical, hands-on field demonstration covering adaptive grazing, soil basics, and simple on-farm soil monitoring techniques.

Learn the fundamentals of adaptive pasture management and soil salinity and explore easy soil testing methods to improve farm productivity in variable seasons and support sustainable land use.

Hear from:

• Adaptive grazing and pasture management by Alice Jorgensen, Landholder and Nuffield Scholar

• Fundamentals of soil health on farm, by Cameron Leckie (SQNNSW Innovation Hub)

• Understanding soil salinity, by George Truman, LLS

• Showcase from recent soil testing of perennial pasture sites across North West by Bill Manning, LLS

On-farm demonstration:

• Simple on-farm soil-testing techniques

Additional details:

• Morning tea and lunch provided.

• Please bring a hat and chair.

Contact: Razzaq Sarker, Land Services Officer via email: razzaq.sarker@lls.nsw.gov.au or 0448 095 429

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

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