Invites for the Spring Seasonal Outlook on Monday October 26 will be in your inboxes today. We are very excited to announce our speakers: John Francis from Holmes Sackett in Wagga and Matt Lieschke from South East LLS. John will be presenting on the probable feed surplus going forward and options available to producers. The […]
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Regenerative Agriculture Quantifying the Cost
We have sourced a report titled ‘Regenerative Agriculture – Quantifying the Cost’ from John Francis, Director of Holmes Sackett an agricultural consultancy business based in Wagga Wagga. We thank John and Holmes Sackett for allowing us to distribute this report to the TFS membership. A link to the report and the Holmes Sackett website is […]
Noteworthy News
TFS welcomes new members – in conjunction with the current membership renewals we have welcomed some new members into the TFS community. We warmly welcome – Brian Lowe and Michael Lowe from Crookwell, Will Picker and Murray Gregory from Bigga, Jack Earl and Richard Bell from Taralga, James Frost from Bannister, Steve Anderson from Quialigo […]
Sulfur in Agriculture and Fertiliser S Efficiency
TFS members were fortunate to have the opportunity to hear Professor Graeme Blair from the University of New England speak as part of the recent Healthy Soils workshop. Professor Blair’s in-depth presentation on sulfur use in agriculture and its relationship with fertiliser and it’s efficiency, was well received by members. We learnt that one of […]
Lameness in Sheep
Due to the current conditions within the TFS area some producers are seeing an increase in numbers of lame sheep. A timely reminder from LLS on this topic arrived in the TFS inbox recently and it reported that they have not only had reports of foot abscesses in adult sheep but also in weaner lambs. […]
The What, Why and How of Biosecurity
Our Graham Centre friends, Marta Hernandez-Jover and Jennifer Manyweathers will be presenting a half hour webinar on all things biosecurity on the 6th of August from 6pm. Below is the link to the webinar registration: Graham Centre Biosecurity Webinar Registration The aim of the webinar is to provide an overview of what the laws about […]
Beetles with Benefits
Two team members from the Dung Beetles Ecosystem Engineers team, Dr Russ Barrow and Mr Graeme Heath attended a recent TFS workshop. Their presentation gave us a run down on the history of dung beetles in Australia, their importance and ways that TFS members can become involved in dung beetle monitoring on farm. The presentation […]
New Farming Forecaster Intro and User Guide Available Now
Attached under our top resources section are two documents designed to explain Farming Forecaster further. The Introduction to Farming Forecaster gives you a brief overview of the tool and explains the four main sections and where they can be accessed. The Technical User Guide attached, specifically covers the pasture forecast and seasonal rainfall forecast sections. […]
Dung Beetles and their Benefits!
You might be surprised by some of the benefits of having dung beetles on your farm – the obvious ones being improving your soil and pasture health, reducing nutrient run off into waterways and decreasing the spread of disease and insects (this includes bush flies) but did you know they can help with carbon sequestration […]
Brr its cold in here! The Effects of Temperature on Pasture Production
On Wednesday June 3rd Dr Jim Virgona of Graminus Consulting will be delivering a webinar on the effects of cold temperatures on pasture production as part of the MLA’s Productivity & Profitability webinar series. The webinar is scheduled to start at 8pm. Topics to be covered include: When is cold temperature the limiting factor? How […]