MSF Farm Talk Podcast

A yarn with Robert Pocock, New Chair MSF.

MSF are thrilled to announce a new board of farmer directors. We caught up with our newly elected Chair, Robert Pocock in this episode.

We are taking EOI's for a Specialist Director and a NSW Farmer Director. Be sure to get in touch with us to find out more.

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We are extremely pleased to announce the appointment of Lachie Sutton to the recently re-created Executive Officer role at MSF!

Based in NSW, Lachie has extensive experience across a wide range of Agricultural commodities including sheep, wool, cattle, broad-acre and irrigated cropping as well as horticultural production. Lachie has spent his career in a wide variety of roles ranging from commodity marketing to asset management for some of the largest agricultural investors in Australia.

Read the full media release on MSF's newly appointed Executive Officer here: http://bit.ly/2MGkkci

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MSF FARM TALK IS BACK! In this very first episode for 2021, MSF's Program Manager, Tanja Morgan catches up with Meteorologist, Warwick Grace to chat about inversions.

Tanja and Warwick cover what inversions are, the science behind them and how the Riverland and Mallee Mesonet project is playing a crucial role in inversion research. Listen to the end for details on the up-and-coming MSF Riverland and Mallee Mesonet workshops: https://msfp.org.au/event/riverland-mallee-mesonet-workshops-sa/

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For more info on the Riverland and Mallee Mesonet Project, check out this episode from July 2020 https://msfp.org.au/podcast/ep1-msf-farm-talk-riverland-and-mallee-mesonet-project/

This project is led by the Ag Ex Alliance with funding from PIRSA’s Regional Growth Fund

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In the episode we caught up with MSF’s Program Manager, Tanja Morgan, and Rob Sonogan, AGRIvision, to chat Mallee Seeps in the Vic Mallee.

This mallee seeps project provides us with a fantastic opportunity to monitor trial performance over a longer period of time. Watch this space for more updates from consultants and farmers as we share our findings from the demo sites across the MSF region!

For more information please visit: www.malleeseeps.msfp.org.au

Join the discussion! We have a Facebook group to chat all things seeps: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1214821975547694 

This project is supported by Mallee Sustainable Farming, through funding from the Australian Government’s National Landcare Program and the Grains Research Development Corporation and the SA Murray-Darling Basin Natural Resources Management Board.

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This week we are joined on the MSF Farm Talk Podcast by the one and only, ‘No-Till-Bill.’

In this episode Bill Crabtree reveals some of his biggest lessons learned as a dryland farmer in the west.

Bill isn’t afraid to challenge the status quo as he shares his perspective on the fine line between making money and remaining sustainable.

We also cover:

• Bill’s experiences on successfully farming in low rainfall areas
• How termites have played a major role in his crop rotation
• Crop residues for improving soil structure
• Stubble retention and managing erosion

We also chat with Bill about his next mission in life - taking his Australian farming experience and approaches to Africa!

Big shout out to SAGIT for their Grower Group funding to help us develop this podcast.

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A CUPPA WITH DAVID EVANS FROM GRAIN GROWERS

In the latest MSF Farm Talk Podcast, we caught up with Grain Growers Limited's SA Regional Coordinator, David Evans, for a chat over a coffee by the Murray River in SA.
We are so grateful for Grain Growers who have once again come on board as a sponsor of MSF.

So, what did we cover in this episode?

• Exciting things that David is seeing farming system groups tackle.
• A run down on key policies that GrainGrowers are working on.
• How we can connect with our local GrainGrowers board members and representatives.
• GrainGrowers have partnered with Benestar® to bring farmers and their families a holistic and comprehensive health and wellbeing program. David filled us in on this awesome new program

+ much more!

Learn more about GRAIN GROWERS here: https://www.graingrowers.com.au/

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NEW PODCAST EPISODE – MANAGING SOIL ACIDITY WITH BRIAN HUGHES
In this episode we chat with special guest, Brian Hughes from Rural Solutions/PIRSA about Soil Acidity in the Mallee.

In this episode we ask Brian all about soil acidity here in the Mallee, including what Soil Acidity actually is and how it is affecting our mallee farming systems, along with ways that we can improve, manage and prevent this issue.

Resources mentioned in this episode:
Acid Soils SA website: https://acidsoilssa.com.au/
Additional Notes and Resources: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ohzsMDhCwpWYRqeELdgpp5CsAp6wigg4/view?usp=sharing

This video and associated podcast is supported by the Murraylands and Riverland Landcare Board through funding from the Australian Government’s National Landcare Program. #MSFFarmTalkPodcast #SoilAcidity

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Tegan Buckley, MSF Media and Communications Manager, caught up with MSF's current Chair, Daniel Linklater, during a social night out after an MSF Board Meeting at the Wentworth Bowling Club in NSW. Daniel provides an update on his current farming operation, his future goals and potential research priorities in his area of the Mallee.

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In this episode we caught up with Kenton Porker, Researcher at SARDI and MSF Specialist Director, at the Browns Well Crop Walk and Competition day to pick his brain on all the latest in Mallee research and more. We recorded this podcast from the Browns Well Footy Club Kids Room as part of our theme for podcast recording locations in October! We asked our Twitter followers to send in their questions for Kenton prior to the interview. Did your question get answered? Be sure to have a listen!

Resources mentioned: Lockdown Lowdown Video series, Innovative wheat trial.

Enjoy!

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Agriculture Victoria with support from the Mallee Catchment Management Authority (CMA), is monitoring wind erosion risk in the Victorian Mallee by assessing groundcover and land management throughout the year.  This will help build a picture as to how the region is maintaining ground cover and reducing the effects of wind erosion. 

Groundcover data is obtained through remote sensing (satellite imagery) technology and roadside surveys.  This combines new technology and is reinforced by existing tried and true methods.  Land Management Development Officer with Agriculture Victoria, Rachel Coombes, talks about the project and the results from the 2019 growing season in this podcast.

For more information on this project contact Rachel Coombes at [email protected]

This project is supported by the Mallee Catchment Management Authority, though funding from the Australian Government’s National Landcare Program.

Further reading: Using Technology to Monitor Wind Erosion and Land Management in the Victorian Mallee 

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