Sustainable farming practicies in the Mid-Loddon sub-catchement

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Faced with climate variability and declining land quality, farmers are looking for alternative environmental management models to ensure the sustainability of their enterprises. The application of biological soil health principles is considered a possible input into any new management regime.

Recent surveys of landowner attitudes to environmental management across several agricultural sectors show that any initiatives must satisfy the join criteria of effectiveness and cost-efficiency in terms of production and profitability.

We wanted to know whether incorporating biological soil health practices into our farming systems would satisfy these criteria on a local scale.