Pasture Cropping Workshop
Pasture Cropping Workshop Wed 25 March 2015 @ Nareen with Colin Seis Combining cropping and grazing into a profitable and ecological land management system What is pasture cropping? Who is Colin Seis? ‘Pasture cropping’ is an innovative land management technique that enables annual crops to be sown directly into perennial pastures whose competitive capacity has been repressed by grazing and/or selective herbicides. ‘Pasture cropping’ thereby maintains living plant cover on the soil that: enhances soil biological health, increases nutrient cycling, improves soil structure and water use efficiency reduces soil erosion. Colin is a pioneer and champion of ‘pasture cropping’ in Australia. He owns ‘Winona’ a 840 Ha property near Gulgong in NSW where he runs fine wool Merinos and 200 ha of oats, wheat and cereal rye. Paddocks can be grazed until the crop is sown, strategically during winter, and following grain harvest. Although the yield from a grain crop may be lower than traditionally sown crops, the real gains from ‘pasture cropping’ are greater profitability and reduced risk as the input and labour costs are very low. http://www.pasturecropping.com/pasture-cropping Colin was the winner of the 2014 Bob Hawke Landcare Award and the 2007 Carbon Farmer of the Year Award. The Weekly Times (Jan 2015) suggested Colin is a visionary and one of the most influential farmers in the world. Come and find out WHY? The workshop includes a farm walk to look at a nearby pasture cropping demonstration site. A system of ‘multi species pasture cropping’ is now being developed with the aim of further improving forage quality and soil health even more than single species pasture cropping. Date: Wednesday 25 March 2015, 9am - 3pm Venue: Nareen Hall (see map overleaf) Cost: Free. Morning tea & lunch provided RSVP: Bookings are essential before Mon 23 March For RSVP or more information contact: Sally Cunningham (DEDJTR Hamilton) Ph. (03) 5573 0728 Mobile 0437 810 244 Email: [email protected] This event is supported by the Glenelg Hopkins CMA, through funding from the Australian Government and the DEDJTR Land Health Program. Pasture Cropping Workshop Wed 25 March 2015 Workshop location: Nareen Hall on Coleraine – Mooree Rd https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-37.477288,141.3872003,10z © The State of Victoria Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia licence. You are free to re-use the work under that licence, on the condition that you credit the State of Victoria as author. The licence does not apply to any images, photographs or branding, including the Victorian Coat of Arms, the Victorian Government logo and the Department of Environment and Primary Industries logo. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/deed.en Accessibility If you would like to receive this publication in an alternative format, please telephone the Customer Service Centre 136 186, email [email protected] via the National Relay Service on 133 677 www.relayservice.com.au. This document is also available on the internet at www.economicdevelopment.vic.gov.au Disclaimer This publication may be of assistance to you but the State of Victoria and its employees do not guarantee that the publication is without flaw of any kind or is wholly appropriate for your particular purposes and therefore disclaims all liability for any error, loss or other consequence which may arise from you relying on any information in this publication.
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