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Increasing the adoption of sustainable farm practices through validating, demonstrating and extending knowledge
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Photo: Brome grass in an emerging crop. Photo: Mallee Sustainable Farming
The Mallee Catchment Management Authority (CMA) is delivering the ‘Increasing the adoption of sustainable farm practices through validating, demonstrating and extending knowledge’ program as a component of the larger Australian Government funded ‘Safeguarding the Mallee land resource to secure healthy productive and resilient landscapes’ program.
The aim of the increasing the adoption of sustainable farm practices program is to establish 14 innovative trials within the dryland agricultural area of the Mallee CMA region and to undertake landholder engagement to improve sustainable natural resource management.
The Mallee CMA and stakeholders have identified three priorities for this program:
- Increasing and maintaining the longevity of minimum till systems – focusing on issues including weed and disease control, stubble management, break crops and resistance to chemicals;
- Dealing with poor productivity and groundcover on sandy soils; and
- Better integration of livestock into cropping systems, including alternative pastures and summer grazing.
This program will also be delivered in three priority areas of the Mallee, roughly representing the northern, central and southern regions of the Mallee.
Northern Mallee - Mallee Sustainable Farming (MSF) will deliver the northern project. This component will focus on demonstrating the benefits of break crops in the northern Mallee no-till cropping systems, focusing on priorities one and three above.
Central Mallee – MSF will deliver the central project. This component will focus on sustainable brome grass management options for no-till farmers in the central Mallee region, focusing on priorities one and two above
Southern Mallee – Dodgshun Medlin Agricultural services will deliver the southern project. This project focuses on control options for weeds that pose the greatest threat to continued viability of no till cropping rotations in the southern Mallee, predominantly ryegrass and wild radish.
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Mallee Farmer Newsletter
Edition 7 - August 2014
Thank you to everyone who contributed to the sixth edition of the Mallee Farmer released in March this year. Feedback received was very positive, with articles considered topical, relevant and timely.
As The Mallee Farmer is published twice a year (March and August), now is the time to consider articles you may wish to submit to us for inclusion in edition seven, which will be launched at the Mallee Machinery Field Days in August 2014.
The key timelines for this next edition are as follows;
- Article topics with a brief description, due 26 May 2014
- Full articles, 13 June 2014.
Many thanks in advance of receiving your ideas for edition seven of the Mallee Farmer.
Article topics can be emailed to Glen Sutherland at glen.sutherland@depi.vic.gov.au
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