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Season two of Digging Deeper begins with host Alister (Gippsland Ag Group) interviewing Simon Faulkiner of Murdeduke. Faulkiner describes his background across sheep, Angus cattle and soil health, and outlines Otway Pork’s outdoor breeding and eco-shelter finishing system that composts manure and returns nutrients to pastures and high-rainfall crops (canola, wheat, barley), including using dual-purpose cereals to graze excess biomass. He explains Western Victoria’s subsoil constraints (bleach/buckshot layers over hostile clay) and solutions including raised beds, controlled traffic, and subsoil amelioration by ripping and placing organic matter (with gypsum/lime as needed) at 20–30 cm, citing typical yield and dry-matter gains, payback expectations, and increased carbon at depth. Faulkiner discusses the Carbon Farming Outreach Program, practical carbon steps via “breed well and feed well,” MSA grading outcomes, net feed efficiency testing linked to methane, and the widespread success of Murdeduke’s Quarterback bull, before closing with reflections from a Zimbabwe trip about footprints and consequences.

00:00 Season Two Kickoff

00:44 Meet Simon Faulkiner

01:18 Sheep Roots and Angus

01:51 Otway Pork System

03:36 Nutrients and Crop Rotation

06:35 Soil Health Basics

07:47 Subsoil Constraints

08:56 Raised Beds Origins

10:34 Controlled Traffic Benefits

12:06 Subsoil Amelioration

14:29 Crops and Payback

19:29 Longevity and Carbon Gains

22:16 Carbon Farming Outreach

23:59 Breed Well Feed Well

25:45 Record MSA Results

26:34 How MSA Grading Works

28:01 Net Feed Efficiency Gains

29:34 Why Feedlots Pay Premiums

31:34 Breeding for Efficiency

33:33 Measuring Methane and Carbon

35:39 Quarterback Bull Spotlight

38:42 EBVs and Cattle Assessment

43:44 Farming Lessons for Bairnsdale

46:58 Starting Your Carbon Baseline

49:41 Zimbabwe Footprints Reflection