by Bev | Apr 15, 2023 | Regenerative farming
Soil carbons are measured using 600mm cores. Each core is then divided into 100mm segments down the core.
by Bev | Apr 7, 2023 | Regenerative farming
Each month plots are harvested at either 8 or 20 cm. The amount of forage harvested is recorded and then a subsample is dried so that we can calculate dry matter production. Seasonally we also collect a sample for Brix and chemical composition
by Bev | Mar 31, 2023 | Regenerative farming
Water infiltration rates are measured by adding a known amount of water and timing how long it takes for the water to disappear. This is repeated three times. We do these measures on a range of studies.
by Bev | Mar 27, 2023 | Regenerative farming
It is a 295 ha property with an average annual rainfall of around 750mm. Daily rainfall data has been collected since 1904 and pasture production has been measured by harvesting in the same paddocks on a monthly basis since 1999. The farm is generally summer dry...
by Bev | Feb 17, 2023 | Regenerative farming
In autumn 2022, we set up three farmlets- one with a diverse species mix (diverse), one with a chicory/plantain/clover mix (herb) and one with a ryegrass/clover (conventional) mix. We collected baseline data on soil carbon, fertility, visual soil assessments and water...
