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Podcast: AgVic Talk
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Maintaining ground cover to secure sandy topsoil with Ron Hards
Category: Government & Organizations
Duration: 00:13:54
Publish Date: 2020-10-21 22:35:00
Description:
Imagine farming on some of the most fragile land in the State and being able to say, after the worst rainfall figures on record a mere 25% of your 250 mm average, that you harvested a viable crop from 50% of your farm seeded area.

This is the remarkable story of Ron and Nick Hards, who farm in the Millewa at Yurara in the Northwest corner of the State. The key to their success has been passionately protecting their topsoil.

For more information visit the Agriculture Victoria website:




For more information on farming in the Mallee visit the Mallee Sustainable Farming (MSF) website msfp.org.au/

For a fact sheet: Soils Ain’t Soils: The Mallee Experience visit msfp.org.au/815-2/

For a Stubble Guide for the Mallee visit msfp.org.au/publications/msf-stubble-guide/
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