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Podcast Snippet: Farmers Doing it Differently - Animal Wisdom, Shepherding, & Wool with Nan Bray
In this episode we chat to Nan Bray of White Gum Wool, located in the highlands of Tasmania. Nan farms a flock of 600 Saxon Merino on 330ha of high country, and with occasional snow in winter, summers reaching up to 35C, and an average of only 550cm of rainfall, it can be challenging. Nan is no ordinary farmer however, about 15 years ago she decided to move away from conventional farming methods and make some radical changes to the way she does things. Her wool growing production system now relies on three main commitments: excellence in nutrition, a conservation land ethic, and thoughtful animal welfare. These commitments are expressed through cherishing the biodiversity of the landscape, a conservative stocking rate and shepherding to link the two.
Nan’s journey has not been without challenges, particularly when you want to do it differently - our conversation is a dive into Nan’s motivation, what she has done, and how she has managed to become a sought after supplier of ethical, sustainable & traceable superfine wool, not only supplying to fashion houses internationally, but also running her own yarn business and achieving almost unheard of prices in the process.
Listen to the full podcast here: lowerblackwood.libsyn.com/talkin-farmer-doing-it-differently-nutrition-shepherding-and-wool-with-nan-bray
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Plant Diversity and Livestock Health with Professor Fred Provenza
มุมมอง 318หลายเดือนก่อน
This Talkin' After Hours webinar discusses the impact of plant diversity on livestock health and the concept of nutritional wisdom in animals. It explores the role of flavor feedback relationships and transgenerational linkages in shaping food preferences and self-medication behaviors. The importance of plant diversity in improving soil health, enhancing livestock performance, and preventing di...
Podcast Snippet: Talkin Biochar with Professor Stephen Joseph
มุมมอง 562 หลายเดือนก่อน
In this Talking After Hours podcast Kate chats to Professor Stephen Joseph about biochar and its applications in renewable energy and agriculture. Biochar is the result of thermal decomposition of biomass in an oxygen-starved environment. It can be made from various feedstocks, including grasses, manures, and wood. Different biochars have different effects on soil and plant growth, and their ap...
Podcast Snippet: Talkin' Regenerative Chickens with Sam and Steph Hondema
มุมมอง 213 หลายเดือนก่อน
In this Talkin’ After Hours Podcast we chat to Sam & Steph Hondema of Rosas Ridge based near Margaret River in the South West of Western Australia. These first generation farmers have been building a successful pasture raised chicken enterprise since 2019, with a vision to supply superior meats, both in nutritional density and rich flavour to their customers table whilst at the same time improv...
Podcast Snippet: Leveraging Foliar Nutrition to Boost Fertility
มุมมอง 564 หลายเดือนก่อน
In this Talkin' After Hours Episode Jo & Kate chat once again to local agroecologist Mark Tupman from Productive Ecology. This time we explore how to get a better band for your buck by including foliar nutrition to complement your soil fertility program. Tune in to the full podcast here: lowerblackwood.libsyn.com/leveraging-foliar-nutrition-to-boost-fertility-with-mark-tupman
Efficient & Effective Foliar Nutrition
มุมมอง 2.1K5 หลายเดือนก่อน
The application of nutrients, or fertilisers, that plants require is an important component in primary production operations. For numerous reasons, crops or pastures, may not naturally get all the nutrients they need from the soil in order to perform well. The considered application of fertiliser is often necessary to meet the desired outcomes of enterprise programs. The price of fertilisers co...
Podcast Snippet - Talkin' Dung Beetles with Kathy Dawson & Kylie Cook
มุมมอง 486 หลายเดือนก่อน
In this months episode Jo & Kate chat to two southwest WA landcarers who have been very active in working with livestock farmers to get some very handy ecosystem engineers working on their farms - we are talking about Dung Beetles and our local experts are Kathy Dawson from Southern Forests Community Landcare based in Manjimup and Kylie Cook from Wilson Inlet Catchment Committee, based in Denma...
Podcast Snippet: Talkin' Plant Diversity & Animal Nutrition with Fred Provenza.
มุมมอง 666 หลายเดือนก่อน
In this podcast episode Jo & Kate chat to Fred Provenza, Professor Emeritus, Dept. Wildland Resources, Utah State University. For the past 30 years, Fred and his team have produced ground-breaking research that has laid the foundation for what is now known as behavior-based management of livestock, wildlife and landscapes. This research led to the creation in 2001 of a consortium of scientists ...
Podcast Snippet: Talkin' Soil Function & Fertility with Mark Tupman
มุมมอง 417 หลายเดือนก่อน
In this months podcast Jo & Kate chat with Mark Tupman from Productive Ecology on a topic that is absolutely fundamental to agriculture - that of soil function & fertility. In our conversation we delve into what is actually meant by soil function, why and how it is so critical to soil fertility, and what are the most effective strategies we can implement to build soil fertility. Tune in to the ...
Podcast Snippet: Talkin' Nitrogen with Joel Williams
มุมมอง 859 หลายเดือนก่อน
In this episode of Talkin’ After Hours Jo & Kate chat to Joel Williams on the hot topic of Nitrogen - how it works in the nutrient cycle and how can we best optimise its use - particularly in grazing systems. The podcast summarises much of the information presented in our earlier webinar with Joel on the same topic. Tune into the full podcast here: lowerblackwood.libsyn.com/talkin-nitrogen-with...
Developing Fertile & Functional Biological Systems - A webinar with Mark Tupman
มุมมอง 1.5K10 หลายเดือนก่อน
There are many examples of productive, resilient ecosystems, around the globe, growing healthily, on nothing but the inherent sunlight, air, water and earth. The deeper we look into it, the more we find out about the wonderful functions various species in living communities perform and the ways they can generate fertility. By utilising living organisms to do some of the work, particularly in an...
What you need to know about Nitrogen with Joel Williams
มุมมอง 4.7K11 หลายเดือนก่อน
Nitrogen is essential to all living things, it is a critical component of protein without which nothing can grow. It comes in many forms but it takes energy for plants to covert it from its inorganic forms of nitrate to ammonia, into organic forms of amino acids and proteins that plants can use. In addition to this extra energy requirement, inorganic forms of nitrogen are also subject to loss t...
Podcast Snippet: Talkin' Compost with MarkTupman
มุมมอง 65ปีที่แล้ว
In this episode Jo & Kate talk to Agroecologist Mark Tupman on all things composting for farms - what the options are, how to make them, and how to best utilise the compost on your farm. Listen to the full podcast here: lowerblackwood.libsyn.com/talkin-composting-for-farms-with-mark-tupman The podcast is supported though funding from Soil Wise. Soil Wise is funded by the National Landcare Progr...
Data Collection to Monitor Pasture Health and Productivity
มุมมอง 236ปีที่แล้ว
In this Talkin’ After Hours live webinar, we explore the different data that can be collected from multi-species pastures & crops to assess how they are performing in the key performance areas of; Soil Function and Fertility, Pasture Quality and Quantity, and Local Ecosystem Health. Presenter Mark Tupman from Productive Ecology will take you through a range of planning and practical activities ...
Podcast Snippet - Driving Plant Health through Nutrition with Grant Sims
มุมมอง 154ปีที่แล้ว
In this Talkin’ After Hours Podcast Jo & Kate chat once again to Victorian cropper, seed grower & beef farmer Grant Sims. Grant has driven farm health and productivity gains on his farm through adhering to a set of principles that have included the use of multi species cover crops, eliminating the use of 'icides' and largely replacing high input synthetic fertilisers with foliar fed biofertilis...
Podcast Snippet: Establishing Diverse Pastures - Challenges & Techniques
มุมมอง 34ปีที่แล้ว
Podcast Snippet: Establishing Diverse Pastures - Challenges & Techniques
Podcast Snippet - A Regenerative Journey with Blythe Calnan
มุมมอง 54ปีที่แล้ว
Podcast Snippet - A Regenerative Journey with Blythe Calnan
Podcast Snippet: Talkin' Horses, Pastures & Soil with Belinda Taylor
มุมมอง 39ปีที่แล้ว
Podcast Snippet: Talkin' Horses, Pastures & Soil with Belinda Taylor
Planning Your Grazing for the Growing Season with Dr Judi Earl
มุมมอง 341ปีที่แล้ว
Planning Your Grazing for the Growing Season with Dr Judi Earl
Establishing Multispecies and Perennial Pastures with Jade Killoran
มุมมอง 1.4Kปีที่แล้ว
Establishing Multispecies and Perennial Pastures with Jade Killoran
Podcast Snippet: Grazing to Regenerate Your Land with Dr Judi Earl
มุมมอง 68ปีที่แล้ว
Podcast Snippet: Grazing to Regenerate Your Land with Dr Judi Earl
Podcast Snippet - Talkin' Harnessing Nature to Manage Vineyard Pests
มุมมอง 61ปีที่แล้ว
Podcast Snippet - Talkin' Harnessing Nature to Manage Vineyard Pests
The Johnson Su Composting System & BEAM (Biologically Advanced Agricultural Management)
มุมมอง 24K2 ปีที่แล้ว
The Johnson Su Composting System & BEAM (Biologically Advanced Agricultural Management)
Calculating Pasture And Grazing To Build Soil & Profitability
มุมมอง 8182 ปีที่แล้ว
Calculating Pasture And Grazing To Build Soil & Profitability
A Healthy Ecosystems Approach to Efficient Weed Control
มุมมอง 4.3K2 ปีที่แล้ว
A Healthy Ecosystems Approach to Efficient Weed Control
Profit, Productivity, and NPK with Dr Christine Jones
มุมมอง 20K2 ปีที่แล้ว
Profit, Productivity, and NPK with Dr Christine Jones
COST EFFECTIVE DIY FARM MICROBIAL CULTURES
มุมมอง 5K2 ปีที่แล้ว
COST EFFECTIVE DIY FARM MICROBIAL CULTURES
Carbon Farming Unpacked - with Lachy Ritchie from the Carbon Farming Foundation
มุมมอง 4332 ปีที่แล้ว
Carbon Farming Unpacked - with Lachy Ritchie from the Carbon Farming Foundation
Building Soil Health Resilience through Plant Microbial Relationships
มุมมอง 1.5K2 ปีที่แล้ว
Building Soil Health Resilience through Plant Microbial Relationships
REBOOTING YOUR FARM LANDSCAPE - THE ESSENTIALS
มุมมอง 2182 ปีที่แล้ว
REBOOTING YOUR FARM LANDSCAPE - THE ESSENTIALS

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  • @infamouscrook
    @infamouscrook 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I acknowledge that the host is cringe af

  • @Forester-qs5mf
    @Forester-qs5mf หลายเดือนก่อน

    The Jena biodiversity experiment found best results with at least 4 different plant families in terms of rapidly improving soil health. In addition there are various plants such as buckwheat which have been shown to unlock soil P. The key is to increase the number of microbes capable of making P available by feeding them with the root exudates from plant diversity. Dr Christine Jones has an excellent presentation called the Phosphorus Paradox on TH-cam

  • @jimlewis1992
    @jimlewis1992 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    15:30 Seeds bring the plant microbiome with them

  • @irishfruitandberries9059
    @irishfruitandberries9059 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I live in Ireland and Christine is spot on about the nitrate issues in our water ways. Unfortunately not enough farmers have adopted this pro and Irelands largest lake turned to green algae sludge this year as a result

  • @oliverschultz4943
    @oliverschultz4943 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Incredible results from a prolific body of work!

  • @michelbisson6645
    @michelbisson6645 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    We are learning to use epiflurescence microscopy to and soon we hope to learn basic DNA sequencing with online course with matt powers he is very good, very exciting project

  • @michelbisson6645
    @michelbisson6645 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    We are approaching 500 bioreactors done since last October we have modified the design a little bit after the 100 first one, we need to replenish one third of the reactor every month now we refill it with kelp the biologic dynamic seem to increase after adding kelp mix first we added 40 lb of fresh kelp but rapidly switch to 20 lb.reactors eat like babies, we are planning to make 1000 reactors we add biochar as well and we use anecic worms not compost worms as they work vertically, huge difference we add basalt as well as manure we are reducing row manure now, by June we will focus on liquid cow manure, since May we work outside and letting reactors outside for summer exposed to elements, we learn everyday we always start with em1 and we water with worm casting tea

  • @DCR2301
    @DCR2301 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Crisp and clear explanation, thank you 🙏🙏👍👍👍🎉🎉

  • @kevinkelleher7868
    @kevinkelleher7868 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks so much for this information. Would it be possible to get a pdf of the recipes spoken about . Maybe you could put it in the description or can I email someone for them . Much appreciated 😊

    • @paulbraga4460
      @paulbraga4460 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      😇same question/request from me...mygreathanks and blessings

    • @lowerblackwoodlcdc
      @lowerblackwoodlcdc 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hi there, we put all our materials onto our online community & information hub - easy to join: lowerblackwood.com.au/talkin-after-hours/

  • @eddiebogan
    @eddiebogan 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    💕 "Promo SM"

  • @DocSiders
    @DocSiders 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Tillage on a grand scale began ~150 years ago. That: 1.) Liberated more CO2 from 1850 to 1950 than all the CO2 from Fossil Fuels. It also reduced the RAINWATER HOLDING CAPACITY from ~6" per hour to only 1/2" per hour. That makes croplands up to 8° warmer on hot days.... that's more warming (on a Continental Scale) than CO2 is capable of by itself (which is ~0.7° C). Soil Regeneration....FIXES BOTH the Rainwater Capture (and holding) problem AND the CO2 problem. It also preserves and BUILDS Topsoil.

  • @SethsuwaNaturals
    @SethsuwaNaturals 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great explanation

  • @offmyface1
    @offmyface1 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Very helpful thanks. Does anybody know if I can mix Calcium Nitrate and Citric Acid?

    • @lowerblackwoodlcdc
      @lowerblackwoodlcdc 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hi there, we usually use fulvic acid with calcium nitrate but our understanding is that you can. Very easy to do a jar test with this one to be absolutely sure.

  • @christopherburman3340
    @christopherburman3340 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Has anyone fertigated the extract?

  • @KimClark-1
    @KimClark-1 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Worth every minute! Would love for her to go on and on and on. Such a wealth of practical knowledge. Thank you Dr. Jones and your host.

  • @michaelwalsh9920
    @michaelwalsh9920 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    He looks like Mr. Beast let’s call him the Nitrogen Beast! 👍👍

  • @michaelwalsh9920
    @michaelwalsh9920 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great talk! Thx

  • @audreybarnes6527
    @audreybarnes6527 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    For the last 80 years or so, western farmers have been pumping our national resource of organic carbon into the atmosphere and now it's there available for anyone to capture. Any other country, friend or foe. There's gold in that their bio reactor, free land there for the taking.

  • @nickangelovski4358
    @nickangelovski4358 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    👍

  •  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    where can I find information about sap analyse by nutrients?

  • @robertreznik9330
    @robertreznik9330 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    If only we could find microbes that could make gold then we would just buy the food we need.

  • @peterhanes782
    @peterhanes782 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Better check out the soilfoodweb with Elaine Ingham for an explanation of the nitrogen cycle that doesn’t need fertilizers.

  • @RubberDuckStyle
    @RubberDuckStyle 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    👍👍👍👍👍👊

  • @RubberDuckStyle
    @RubberDuckStyle 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great stuff here 👍👍👍👍👍👊

  • @ploughboy6356
    @ploughboy6356 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    @Earl's Qu @1:30:00, I use an organic registered sulphur based fungicide & gypsum separately (calcium sulphate) without burn on vine leaves via foliar.

  • @thisiswherestoriesgrow
    @thisiswherestoriesgrow 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Such a clear and concise communicator.

  • @RubberDuckStyle
    @RubberDuckStyle 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    👍👍👍👍👍👊

  • @jimd1617
    @jimd1617 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    thank you!!

  • @ronin7358
    @ronin7358 ปีที่แล้ว

    P R O M O S M 💞

  • @pedrofigueroa6977
    @pedrofigueroa6977 ปีที่แล้ว

    Muy dog was barking because your cat was meowing! lol

  • @lalah3372
    @lalah3372 ปีที่แล้ว

    Oh my gosh this is such a great talk thank you so much. So clear and useful. I have been searching for the links between wild plants and their environment for years (mainly urban street plants) and it is research like this which is starting to shine a new light on a very important change we must make to our attitude to plants. Fantastic thank you. ❤

  • @markleininger95
    @markleininger95 ปีที่แล้ว

    "Especially the burning of 'fossil' fuels" is a boon to earth's plant life. Furthermore, it has nothing to do with imaginary "climate change caused by human activity." The control freaks have you conned.

  • @RubberDuckStyle
    @RubberDuckStyle ปีที่แล้ว

    👍👍👍👍👍👊

  • @RubberDuckStyle
    @RubberDuckStyle ปีที่แล้ว

    👍👍👍👍👍👊

  • @RubberDuckStyle
    @RubberDuckStyle ปีที่แล้ว

    👍👍👍👍👍👊

  • @dogrudiyosun
    @dogrudiyosun ปีที่แล้ว

    This is the pinnacle abstract presentation that gathers every legit knowledge we know today on soil health. This is like the strangest secret talk of earl nightingale. So I’ll listen to this many times in future to hammer it within my mind.👍🏻👌🏻🍀🧐🥸👏🏻🌞🍀❤️

  • @dogrudiyosun
    @dogrudiyosun ปีที่แล้ว

    “Is it functioning?”😊❤

  • @HoppinMeats
    @HoppinMeats ปีที่แล้ว

    If you're coming off of a chemical fertilizer system and want to transition to BEAM, is it optimal to cut chemical fertilizer cold turkey or do you have to wean the lands off of fertilizers slowly over a few years? Not sure if it's possible to contact Dr. Johnson directly or someone familiar with this method to find out how to implement this properly?

    • @ThePallidor
      @ThePallidor ปีที่แล้ว

      85% cut worked for corn without any significant loss of yield even the first year

  • @ferkozhaluva298
    @ferkozhaluva298 ปีที่แล้ว

    Please do some recommendations (checklist) to make these nice things applicable for Ukraine, thanks!

  • @tracktronics
    @tracktronics ปีที่แล้ว

    Some labels on the photos would have helped. I know Jade described the difference in the audio, but visually having labels would help to easily compare and understand.

  • @inigomontoya8943
    @inigomontoya8943 ปีที่แล้ว

    The more we can get eco types into this the better. The ecosystem building potential is incredible.

  • @nicolasbertin8552
    @nicolasbertin8552 ปีที่แล้ว

    One thing that I would love to see is to compare biomass productivity between a man sown cover crop, and just letting nature do its thing. Because now in France, some farm actually let their soil grow what nature grows during periods where they're not growing anything, and they report they have even more biomass than with multi family cover crops. Because, as we know, soil has millions of native seeds in it, that only wait for the right conditions to germinate. If you soil is compacted, eroded, poor, water logged, only a few species that tolerate these conditions will grow, and the next year, after that issue is fixed by those plants, it'll be more diverse. And so on. Plus since those are native species, they grow faster and give more biomass. And it doesn't cost you a thing. Has Jena done that comparison or are they planning to do it ? It's nothing more than fallow land, but over 6 months. Centuries ago, farmers would till a field to weed it and release nutrients, do one crop, then leave that field as fallow land for 2 to 3 years so it would recover. They KNEW the soil needed to recover.

  • @donlourie769
    @donlourie769 ปีที่แล้ว

    How can I get a copy of the prints?

  • @pegschaafsma7951
    @pegschaafsma7951 ปีที่แล้ว

    great talk, I have Canada Thistle growing at the start of a septic drain field, so I will be trying this as soon as our snow melts.

  • @dewinovianty8107
    @dewinovianty8107 ปีที่แล้ว

    😮 I was confused, John Kempf said that one important part of regenerative agriculture is to do seed treatment by covering the seeds with a variety of complete microbiologies, for example from compost tea or leaf mold soil or from the forest floor or Johnson su bio reactor etc., but Dr. Jones said since sprout seed only uses its default microbiology...

    • @misacarter5128
      @misacarter5128 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes Christine likes biostimulants on seeds - you can hear this on some of her other talks.

  • @ArthurDentZaphodBeeb
    @ArthurDentZaphodBeeb ปีที่แล้ว

    Ia it possible to get the printed information that accompanied this presentation?

  • @ArthurDentZaphodBeeb
    @ArthurDentZaphodBeeb ปีที่แล้ว

    Since Bill Gates is the largest private landowner in the country, surprised the Gates Foundation isn't strongly supportive. Gates is known for deep-dives into the science behind his philanthropy, so it makes me wonder what he sees (or doesn't see) that keeps him from funding Johnson's research.

    • @trenomas1
      @trenomas1 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's not as profitable as the intellectual capital of seed genetic engineering and chemical formulations. Look up what he's doing around the world. He's a just leaning in to the old system.

  • @winstonsmith935
    @winstonsmith935 ปีที่แล้ว

    Greenhouse growers emulate past CO2 levels for plant growth. They inject CO2 at a level of 1,100 ppm into the greenhouse. The planet was at its greenest at around 2,000ppm CO2. Go check out the PaleoClimate records. I have proven the Bio Reactor works at a small scale for a 1/2 acre home garden. Yields have increased immensely.

  • @bobthrasher8226
    @bobthrasher8226 ปีที่แล้ว

    I wonder what would happen if you harvest seeds and replant where they were harvested? The combination of the epigenetics captured in harvested seed with enhanced soil biology might be of value. .

  • @frshortop
    @frshortop ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you Mark. So many questions answered. I have been producing batches of Johnson Su fungal dominant compost with deciduous leaves for 5 seasons. You have helped me to understand the staying power of the finished product if it is not used immediately ... "90% of microbes are dormant".