4 & 5 June 2014 – Grazing management and pasture cropping

Posted on 29 May, 2014 by Connecting Country

The North Central CMA has organised two information days on ‘Grazing management and pasture cropping’ in the Maryborough area (Bowenvale Hall) and St Arnaud (Paradise Hall) on 4^th and 5^th of June respectively.

Colin Seis and Graeme Hand are the presenters. They will focus on regenerative agricultural methods including:

Improve soil health at a profit
Lowering seasonal and market risk
Address the cause of weeds
Address the cause of perennial pasture decline

The presenters

From 1992 until present, Colin Seis has been developing “pasture cropping”, a technique of sowing cereal crops directly into native perennial pastures. The approach combines grazing and cropping into a single land use method where each one benefits the other economically and environmentally. (Over 1500 farmers are already using the technique in Australia and it is also being adopted in the northern hemisphere.)

As well as managing “Winona”, Colin has been running a farm consultancy business advising landholders on Pasture Cropping, native grass management, grazing management and land management. During the last 15 years Colin has spoken at many workshops and seminars around Australia and internationally on the practical aspects of the system.

In 2005 Colin won the Central West Conservation Farmer of the year award and in 2007 won the inaugural “Carbon farmer of the year” award in NSW.

You can see Colin’s story online at here. Colin also features as one of the 19 case studies of innovative farm landscape management conducted by Soils for Life in 2012 (visit the Soils for Life website and case studies).

Graeme Hand is a Holistic Management Certified Educator. Graeme was taught by Alan Savory (see Savory website for more). Graeme learnt much through observing and through his own experience on his farm and other people’s farms.

Graeme is an engaging speaker and well-known expert on establishing profitable farming systems through the adoption of regenerative practices. This is a great opportunity for landholders to gain an overview on profitable, regenerative management practices aimed at improving the health of your stock, pastures and land while increasing profit and managing your workload.

Places are strictly limited. To secure a place please RSVP to the North Central CMA before Tuesday 3 June by phone (03) 5448 7124 or email info@nccma.vic.gov.au A flyer on the event can be downloaded here.