Loved this video. I have worked in a Agricultural setting for the last 30 years and I agree we need to change how we treat the soil it's all about soil. Thanks Tim keep up the great work on these sorts of videos.
Congrats Chris - the way of the future. I was intrigued to hear that it's the old fashioned variants that do best on the regen platform. Sounds like a win-win to me.
Excellent video gents. Cutting costs whilst maintaining revenue and improving the soil and environment is a winner. Label wars like regen vs organic don't matter. Kudos.
Wonderful video Tim, I hope Chris starts doing conferences etc (if not already)- he is a bloody good communicator. The bit towards the end of this video is almost the most important - try something and observe, you need to figure out your own system over time.
Wow. This is farming just like my dad did in the 60’s. We need the ruminants to keep soil bio health…..about time politicians did a farm tour I’m thinking.
you proberly already doing this , but with less than 300 head stock , 2 or3 dragable sheds , you could control where the loafing areas are . getting the cow dung where you want it is the hardest part , we used to do this back in the late 80s- 90s , but we did not worry about feed quality , because we wanted a lot of our clovers to rot into the ground with the cow dung . and as you can guess typing not my best subject
Both of you are Aussie Legends And everyday you will experience negative people BECAUSE the human race hates change. And as for their opinions, there like bums! They all have one ☝️ All primary producers Should be working together anyways. Do another presentation showing the difference between regenerative & organic Tim Thompson 🍻🇦🇺👍
Great video. Every farm and every season is different. Best practice is to pivot. Listen to all comments and critically evaluate against your farms best practice & business criteria. Simple! Haha.
Another regen advocate here. Well impressed and have just discovered why big brand beer tastes likes p*ss and has a short shelf-life. Fair play to Chris, he's on the money
Great episode, thanks Fellas. Edit; it will be interesting what comes if RFK Jr goes after the monsanto and bayers of the world like he said he would. I know it's not Australia but as they say US sneazes we get a cold.
Thanks Tim, This farmer is doing what I have been saying for a long time. The only thing differently I would like to see is crimping the green manure crop and planting directly in to it.
Do the grain fields need to be as wide as they are? Could the watering system be less long with a water supply channel on each side of the paddock? Your cattle have dark coats, exposed to a lot of sun. They seem to be hanging around the tree lined fence lines manuring the fence areas mainly to get out of the sun. What about having a long strip of trees right in the middle of the paddock, like a long finger island with a road down the middle. It wouldn't remove a tremendous amount of crop land. It would naturally bring the cattle into the growing area without giving them heat stress. The trees could act as wind breaks and wildlife sanctuaries in a fire event.
Such an interesting and valid point. I've been thinking about doing something similar on my place. Not planting new shade trees as the old ones inevitably die out is a recipe for disaster, particularly if we get more hotter days.
Mate I love the hype for high tasting beer and all that. 🙂 but I'm average Joe and enjoy vb cans (30 can slabs from Dan Murphy) poured into schooner glasses pinched from the pub at home 👍😅
So this regenerative system is accessible if you have nearly 100 million dollars of assets and infrastructure gifted to you. It is probably less than 1% of the country where you will have thousands of acres of suitable non contaminated cropping country with irrigation for this financialy unviable system to work.
Unless you have access to Chris's business books, your comment is baseless. The farm was not uncontaminated. It was previously a traditional rice farm (In the story). The cost of inputs has been dramatically reduced. This makes the lower yielding higher value grain now grown more profitable per Ha. This has allowed financing of improved water structure. If you don't want to do this yourself, fine. If you don't understand why, fine. But be respectful of a farmer, who like every other farmer in the country has debt and battles weather to feed people. Disrespect is not tolerated on this channel. I am interested in all systems.
@FarmLearningTim I have a lot of respect for the farmer and have multiple sustainable farms in multiple countries. And have helped multiple people working towards moving in this direction. I purely noted that the system implemented is for large scale irritated country which we have little of and not accessible to 99.9% of people trying to implement it, and the content provided no context on how this would be achieved without inheriting multiple millions of dollars or assets at the minimum.
Maybe you missed the last section of the video. This is one example of how it’s done. Have a look at the Haggerty’s in WA (prospect pastoral)- growing top quality grain and wool with minimal inputs on marginal land - 1000s of acres. The principles of soil biology and diversity are the same regardless of the scale you are operating, with or without irrigation. Plenty of inspiration and ideas for everyone here.
That is the reason why farming has been corrupted into a manufacturing industry system. The people in population centres and government get their nose out of joint if someone inherits a value that they can’t grab a chunk of. So they tax farmers off the land and manage the land with corporations that can’t handle the site specific differences that exist on every plot of land.
now this is a farmer , he takes the time to know his customer and to work with them , so they both make a living
what a well spoken farmer
Mate it great to see what you are doing with your farm. Because it's the best way to go.❤
Loved this video.
I have worked in a Agricultural setting for the last 30 years and I agree we need to change how we treat the soil it's all about soil.
Thanks Tim keep up the great work on these sorts of videos.
Congrats Chris - the way of the future. I was intrigued to hear that it's the old fashioned variants that do best on the regen platform. Sounds like a win-win to me.
Great story from an inspirational farmer. Great stuff
Excellent video gents. Cutting costs whilst maintaining revenue and improving the soil and environment is a winner. Label wars like regen vs organic don't matter. Kudos.
Best bit is he is ready to pivot again, it is not set and forget!
😂😂😂 set and forget farmers wonder why they go broke😂😂
Or their earth dies!!!@@Ifyouarehurtnointentwasapplied
Love the sentiment in this video and the direction!
Wonderful video Tim, I hope Chris starts doing conferences etc (if not already)- he is a bloody good communicator. The bit towards the end of this video is almost the most important - try something and observe, you need to figure out your own system over time.
And get on to Vic No Till - if you are not on to them already - lots of people doing lots of interesting things. 👍
As soon as I heard him mention the brix levels I knew he knows 👍
I am a Wildflower member and also a hobby farmer. This was great to watch 😃
Excellent thanks Tim
Great video Tim, so good to see Australian farmers changing to Regen Ag and on a large scale, thanks for sharing
Awesome interview
Great looking farm 🇳🇿❤️
Wow. This is farming just like my dad did in the 60’s. We need the ruminants to keep soil bio health…..about time politicians did a farm tour I’m thinking.
Brilliant
you proberly already doing this , but with less than 300 head stock , 2 or3 dragable sheds , you could control where the loafing areas are .
getting the cow dung where you want it is the hardest part , we used to do this back in the late 80s- 90s , but we did not worry about feed quality , because we wanted a lot of our clovers to rot into the ground with the cow dung . and as you can guess typing not my best subject
Great interaction. Thanks mate
Good yarn there Tim. Cheers.
Both of you are Aussie Legends
And everyday you will experience negative people BECAUSE the human race hates change. And as for their opinions, there like bums! They all have one ☝️
All primary producers Should be working together anyways.
Do another presentation showing the difference between regenerative & organic Tim Thompson 🍻🇦🇺👍
Brilliant video, thanks 😊
Great video. Every farm and every season is different. Best practice is to pivot. Listen to all comments and critically evaluate against your farms best practice & business criteria. Simple! Haha.
Another regen advocate here. Well impressed and have just discovered why big brand beer tastes likes p*ss and has a short shelf-life. Fair play to Chris, he's on the money
Round up is really shit in beer
Great episode, thanks Fellas.
Edit; it will be interesting what comes if RFK Jr goes after the monsanto and bayers of the world like he said he would.
I know it's not Australia but as they say US sneazes we get a cold.
Telling image in video. irrigation booms. Looks like a resource being under utilised to me
As opposed to flooding?
Thanks Tim, This farmer is doing what I have been saying for a long time. The only thing differently I would like to see is crimping the green manure crop and planting directly in to it.
Great stuff
Would love to buy their wheat for my sourdough.
regen chap here - great work - all positive here.
Do the grain fields need to be as wide as they are? Could the watering system be less long with a water supply channel on each side of the paddock? Your cattle have dark coats, exposed to a lot of sun. They seem to be hanging around the tree lined fence lines manuring the fence areas mainly to get out of the sun. What about having a long strip of trees right in the middle of the paddock, like a long finger island with a road down the middle. It wouldn't remove a tremendous amount of crop land. It would naturally bring the cattle into the growing area without giving them heat stress. The trees could act as wind breaks and wildlife sanctuaries in a fire event.
Such an interesting and valid point. I've been thinking about doing something similar on my place. Not planting new shade trees as the old ones inevitably die out is a recipe for disaster, particularly if we get more hotter days.
Wow! Cropping every third year giving the soil a chance. All the cockys around here are hell bent on crops in every paddock every year.
Mate I love the hype for high tasting beer and all that. 🙂 but I'm average Joe and enjoy vb cans (30 can slabs from Dan Murphy) poured into schooner glasses pinched from the pub at home 👍😅
Make some of your own at home... Great hobby and cheap
what were the barley varieties exactly?
Schooner barley. Not sure of the other one
Sure I can grow grain without chemicals. But that will be going old school. Lots of cultivation to kill the weeds.
One cultivation every three years. Grazing in between. It's in the video.
Does it have to be cleaned for rye grass that much rye grass here wouldn’t be acceptable
Depends on the buyer and market. I chose a weedy patch to film. Not all like that
Ryegrass will clean out easy
Att Tim: Did you ask him "What happens if you lose that brewery"?
There’s a big demand for his grain. Not just one brewery mate
@@FarmLearningTim : He said it all went to them.
@@buildmotosykletist1987 watch Tuesday. He said that they use his grain exclusively
I'll buy it
Have just bought some Wildflower beer for Christmas - put your money where your mouth is!
Wildflower are incredible. It will change your life
No till done right does not use lots of chemicals. It's along the similar lines of what this farmer is doing
ok
Use quality CBV Brahmans for thrift and no shade needed.
Synergy. No chemical props.
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So this regenerative system is accessible if you have nearly 100 million dollars of assets and infrastructure gifted to you. It is probably less than 1% of the country where you will have thousands of acres of suitable non contaminated cropping country with irrigation for this financialy unviable system to work.
Unless you have access to Chris's business books, your comment is baseless. The farm was not uncontaminated. It was previously a traditional rice farm (In the story). The cost of inputs has been dramatically reduced. This makes the lower yielding higher value grain now grown more profitable per Ha. This has allowed financing of improved water structure. If you don't want to do this yourself, fine. If you don't understand why, fine. But be respectful of a farmer, who like every other farmer in the country has debt and battles weather to feed people. Disrespect is not tolerated on this channel. I am interested in all systems.
@FarmLearningTim I have a lot of respect for the farmer and have multiple sustainable farms in multiple countries. And have helped multiple people working towards moving in this direction. I purely noted that the system implemented is for large scale irritated country which we have little of and not accessible to 99.9% of people trying to implement it, and the content provided no context on how this would be achieved without inheriting multiple millions of dollars or assets at the minimum.
I think the message here is about the methods, not how wealthy you should be.
Maybe you missed the last section of the video. This is one example of how it’s done. Have a look at the Haggerty’s in WA (prospect pastoral)- growing top quality grain and wool with minimal inputs on marginal land - 1000s of acres. The principles of soil biology and diversity are the same regardless of the scale you are operating, with or without irrigation. Plenty of inspiration and ideas for everyone here.
That is the reason why farming has been corrupted into a manufacturing industry system. The people in population centres and government get their nose out of joint if someone inherits a value that they can’t grab a chunk of.
So they tax farmers off the land and manage the land with corporations that can’t handle the site specific differences that exist on every plot of land.