Country Today - October 9th
from Country Today Hosted by ACE Radio
The hosts of Chatsworth House field day, Sarah and Tom Whinney have only been on the property for 6 years and have taken the grazing property down the regenerative farming path with some very impressive results. The dinner speaker was the inspirational former soil scientist, Antarctic adventurer and author, Tim Jarvis. He spoke to Libby Price about how he views leadership. Organic fruit grower Jade Miles was given the brief to be the provocateur, to stimulate the farmers to rethink their life priorities. Learning how farmers can translate complex soil science into simple, practical steps to improve plant performance and nutrient efficiency. Michael Gooden was very skeptical about regenerative agriculture and how it would work in a cattle grazing business. But years later he's a convert. Banks are starting to develop metrics to put a dollar value on farmer's natural capital. International soil specialist Joel Williams. Grant Sims of Downunder Ag spoke about companion planting in cropping boosting soil productivity. Hamilton farmer Jonathon Jenkins has done a PhD on farm emissions.
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