Menu Meet the farmers Riverina landscapes and soils Building resilience on farm Insights and reflections Coming together for resilient soils and landscapes in the Riverina Part of the Riverina LLS Drought Resilience and Soil Monitoring Series | Published  July 2024 The Riverina Drought Resilient Soils and Landscapes project supported 15 farmers across four regions of the Riverina – Murrumbidgee, Upper and Lower Slopes, and Lachlan – to implement one of three drought-resilience practices (enhanced farm dams, native shelterbelts or stock management areas) and to set up and con ..read more

WEBINAR Webinar: Tracking Soil Health with Nicole Masters Join us for a free coaching session with renowned agroecologist and coach Nicole Masters from Integrity Soils! Nicole will be digging into the soils of three Australian grain growers to look at how they can improve their soil health. We’ll be discussing three soil health indicators (infiltration, rhizosheath score and rooting depth) using the Soilmentor app to understand how their soils are faring. We know that tracking soil health is really important for farmers to understand whether their mana ..read more

FIELD DAY WA Field Day: ‘Starting with the minerals‘ Join us in Lake King, WA to hear from grain grower Rob Hetherington on how he has improved his farm’s plant and soil health. You’ll learn about his approach to monitoring, correcting mineral imbalances and restoring soil function, multispecies and companion cropping, eliminating fungicides and insecticides, and his biological fertility program. Biological agronomist Ken Bailey will also be on board to share his insights on how mineral imbalances are the ‘cause behind the cause’, the role of soil aggregation in n ..read more

Webinar: Getting started with sap analysis and foliars A webinar with Mark Tupman and Tom Robinson Coming up! Join our free webinar with Mark Tupman from Productive Ecology (WA) and farmer Tom Robinson (SA). We’ll be discussing all things sap analysis and foliars. We’ll be covering why you should consider plant sap analysis, when to do it, how to understand your results, and how to address your plant health limitations with foliar nutrient applications. WHEN 20 June 2024, 12pm AEST WHERE Online, register for the link CONTACT Courtney Young courtney.young@soilsforlife.org.au ..read more

Cropping Convos An online, interactive webinar series with regenerative specialists Coming up! Our second round of Cropping Convos – “Ask Me Anything” with regenerative specialists. This is an opportunity to connect with a range of agronomists, agroecologists, and consultants over a casual Zoom call with other grain growers. You can ask your burning questions and discuss your challenges over a range of topics including multispecies, plant nutrition, nitrogen management and the language of plants. These free online sessions will be kicking off from the 11 June.  The Croppin ..read more

Reflections from the Sustainable Agriculture Summit By Eli Court, CEO, Soils for Life | Published  May 2024 Last week I attended Agriculture Minister Murray Watt’s Sustainable Agriculture Summit, with 150 other participants from across the food and agriculture sector. The Summit was organised as part of the development of the Government’s Net Zero Plan for Land and Agriculture, and so had a strong focus on greenhouse gas emissions. It was a great opportunity to spend time with people working in government, research and industry on agricultural sustainability. There’s clearly a lot ..read more

WEBINAR ‘Improving your soil water cycle’ Join us on the 29th May at 1pm AEST to learn about how to manage and measure your soil water cycle. We will be diving deep with David Hardwick into how the soil water cycle works, how to improve your soil water function, and how to tell whether it’s working through soil health monitoring. This free webinar is part of our Soil Health Challenge where we are supporting farmers to monitor their soils using 5 simple paddock tests. Register to join Event details Wed 29th May 2024, 1:00 pm – 2:15 pm AEST ..read more

Menu Farmer Story Farm Facts Highlights Landscape and Soils Practices and Strategies Observed Benefits Looking to the future The Winter-Irvings at Coolwoola Plains A holistic approach to regeneration on the floodplains | Published May 2024 Part of a wider research project investigating the benefits of regenerative agriculture. ‘We wake up excited about going to work and feel much gratitude that our office – the farm – nourishes our lives. Striving to regenerate our planet gives us purpose.’ – Donna Winter-Irving James Winter-Irving’s family managed Coolwoola Plains as part of a la ..read more

Menu Farmer Story Farm Facts Highlights Landscape and Soils Practices and Strategies Observed Benefits Looking to the future Ian Moss at Alaringa Building soil and landscape function for profitable farming and enhanced well being |Published May 2024 Part of a wider research project investigating the benefits of regenerative agriculture. ‘My mate Craig and I have put a business together called FOMO Farming. The concept is that we lease farms from people in the area who aren’t really utilising them because they’re either too small or they’re working in town or something. We will mana ..read more

Menu Farmer Story Farm Facts Highlights Landscape and Soils Practices and Strategies Observed Benefits Looking to the future Paola Crofts at Tall Poppy Farm Integrating farm, animal and human health in Romsey, Victoria| Published May 2024 Part of a wider research project investigating the benefits of regenerative agriculture. ‘Having multispecies anywhere changes the landscape very, very quickly. If you’ve got chickens, that does so much. But if you have chickens and cows and whatever else … having more than one animal I think is a really big piece, and we see that out in the pastu ..read more