Around 2018 we realised that our farm was not responding to the traditional farming practices carried out on the New England Tablelands. Our paddocks were not responding to spraying out, planting the New England pasture mix and applying fertilizer. We started to investigate a different approach to improving the health of our soil and animals. We attended a number of field days, have undertaken online courses and endeavoured to increase our knowledge of soil health.
We now practice pasture cropping with multi species cover crops using minimal soil disturbance, little to no fertilizer and no pesticide. We use a weed wiper with minimal chemical to remove pin rush and use our cattle and bale grazing to reduce blady grass and improve soil health.
We have recently combined our sheep and cattle into the one mob and rotationally graze.
We are building our soil health and are encouraged by the improvement in our pasture each season.
