The 2015 Australian Farmer of the Year Grant Sims explained how concentrating on soil health improved his farming business to Tasmanian farmers at the Soil First Business of Soil seminar at Perth on Thursday.
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US farmers and agricultural educators Rick Beiber and Bud Davis also spoke at the event, Soil First president David Roberts-Thomson said.
“Tasmania’s agricultural produce is fundamentally linked to how farmers understand and manage their soil. With improved practices, we can enhance our soil and grow healthier plants and animals,” Mr Roberts-Thomson said.
“I’m not sure if many people have any idea how important qualities like soil biology are to the quality of the food they eat,” he said.
The seminar covered cropping, low disturbance seeding, retaining crop residues, introducing diversity, integrated grazing, rotation, science and new technologies, such as the Rainfall Simulator.