Building confidence in multispecies pastures, with Grant Williams
Grant Williams is a dairy farmer at Hallora in West Gippsland, Victoria, where he and his wife Leesa run Willora Farms - an almost 600-cow o...
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Working with biological control agents in perennial horticulture, with Dr Paul Horne
Dr Paul Horne is an award winning entomologist and founder of integrated pest management consultancy IPM Technologies. He began his career a...
Managing risk in grazing through safe-to-fail farm trials, with Graeme Hand
Graeme Hand is a holistic land management and grazing educator based near Bairnsdale, Victoria, where he has farmed for more than 35 years....
‘Intensification’ through biology, synergy and farming deeper and higher, with Gavin Fisher
Find out more and register for the special event to launch our Introductory Guide to Grazing for Soil and Landscape Health, on 20 May at Nic...
Tracking milk quality, profit and soil health: A five year regenerative trial.
What happens when a commercial dairy farm runs regenerative and conventional systems side-by-side, and measures the results? In this episode...
RAPID RESPONSE: Managing the nitrogen fertiliser crisis, with Joel Williams
Australia's fertiliser crisis has been building for weeks as a result of the conflict in the Middle East. Around 60 per cent of Australia's...
Studying regenerative agriculture at scale: The human experience behind the hard data, with Dr Jonathan Lundgren
Dr Jonathan Lundgren runs 1,000 Farms, the largest and most comprehensive study of regenerative agriculture anywhere in the world. Despite t...
Nature’s army: Using functional biodiversity for biocontrol in orchards, with Dr Mary Retallack
Dr Mary Retallack is an agricultural scientist, third-generation viticulturist and agroecologist who has spent more than three decades advan...
Milk, the original superfood, with Matthew Evans
Matthew Evans is a chef, farmer, author, food advocate and founder of Australia's Grounded Festival (coming up in April - tickets available...
A sneak peek at 'Soil - Rewilding the Underground'
Today, we’re bringing you something a little different. I’ve recently been involved in a new podcast series called 'Soil: Rewilding the Unde...
Navigating soil science, with Dr Susan Orgill
Dr Susan Orgill is Chief Scientist at Impact Ag Australia and a leading soil scientist with more than 20 years’ experience. She specialises...
Earning the right to reduce pesticides: Building plant resilience with Brad Campbell
Western Australian farmer Brad Campbell has spent years refining his mixed cropping system to build healthier, more resilient plants and red...
SHORT: From problem paddocks to healthy soils, multispecies with Grant Sims
This episode of the Soils for Life podcast is part of our series of mini-episodes with farmers profiled in our series of cropping practice g...
Encore: Weeds are telling us something, are we listening?
We recently attended Grounded in WA, and heard ecologist Dr David Watson's fascinating talk on the important role that mistletoe can play in...
SHORT: Moving to a low risk, low input system one step at a time, with Steven Ford
This episode of the Soils for Life podcast is part of our series of mini-episodes with farmers profiled in our series of cropping practice g...
“We are walking ecosystems”: Our symbiotic relationships with microbes, with Jake Robinson
Jake Robinson is a microbial ecologist and researcher whose career spans parasitology, symbiosis, and the study of invisible communities of...
SHORT: Getting foliars right, with Tom Robinson
This episode is part of a series of short conversations with the farmers profiled in our cropping practice guides. For Tom Robinson, foliar...
Navigating uncertainty: Practical paths to resilient farming systems, with Nicole Masters
Nicole Masters is an agroecologist, educator and author with decades of experience working alongside farmers and land managers across Austra...
SHORT: Feeding cane by building biology - Michael Waring on soil health and nitrogen cycling in the tropics
This is the first in a series of short episodes we’ll be releasing over the coming months featuring farmers profiled in our series of regene...
Letting the microbial superstars do the work, simple steps to build soil biology, with Dr Mary Cole
Dr Mary Cole has spent more than 40 years working with the microbial life that underpins healthy soil. In this episode, she shares what she'...