Vocal Locals Helping to Break New Ground Part 1 FEAT. Jay Cummins & Tim Paschke

Episode 3 in our collaboration series focusing on precision ag and mental wellbeing in partnership with the Society of Precision Agriculture Australia and Mallee Sustainable Farming. Tim Paschke is a South Australian northern Mallee farmer based at Lowbank who farms in one of the most marginal rainfall zones for cropping in Australia, and for that matter the World. Tim is currently an ambassador and advocate for the Vocal Local project, an initiative of the ifarmwell program.ifarmwell is a free online tool kit to help farmers cope effectively with life’s challenges and get the most out of every day, regardless of the circumstances they face and has been designed based on what Australian farmers have said they want and what research shows will help.In this episode Tim joins MSF’s Jay Cummins to share his experiences in this project and about life farming on the edge. The Vocal Locals project is led by the University of South Australia, promoting the ifarmwell program with funding from the FRRR Future Drought Fund. If you've missed the episode 1 in this series, listen to it HEREIf you've missed the episode 2 in this series, listen to it HEREThis podcast has been made possible by SPAA with funding from the FRRR Future Drought Fund.“SPAA is Australasia’s leading independent advocate and facilitator for increased research, extension and adoption of precision agriculture, delivering industry wide value across different sectors.” SPAA would also like to acknowledge their principal sponsors: John Deere, CNHi, Manutec, and Elders.Support the show