MSF Farm Talk Podcast

Mallee Farming AgVic Series Season 2: Livestock and Land Management 

Daniel Schuppan, Livestock Consultant with Nutrien Ag Solutions joins Drew Radford to discuss Grazing Cereals. 

Handy resources for further reading:

Rules of thumb for grazing cereals – GRDC: https://grdc.com.au/resources-and-publications/groundcover/gc109/rules-of-thumb-for-grazing-cereals

There is a range of information and resources on the Grain and Graze website: http://www.grainandgraze3.com.au/

Find more information on the various producer demonstration sites around Victoria (current and past projects) which include some grazing studies: http://agriculture.vic.gov.au/agriculture/livestock/on-farm-demonstrations

Mallee Sustainable Farming in collaboration with Agriculture Victoria proudly developed the Mallee Farming AgVic series. This series was produced to assist farmers experiencing drought and dry seasonal conditions. The development of the episodes included in the Mallee Farming AgVic series was funded through the Victorian Government’s 2019-20 Drought Support Package. For more information please visit: www.agriculture.vic.gov.au/dryseasons 

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Looking after your most important farm asset podcast series

MSF are proudly partnering with the National Centre for Farmer Health on this Podcast Series! If you haven’t already listened to Episode 1, about health planning, then be sure to go check that episode out right after you finish listening to this one!

Tegan Buckley (Mallee Sustainable Farming) chats with Dr Richard Lunz about all thing’s zoonosis with a particular focus on Q Fever.

Richard is a South African trained doctor with experience in science/research/education and holds postgraduate degrees in Primary Care/Public Health/Occ Med/Aviation/Safety and risk. Richard is based out of the Hamilton Medical Clinic in Victoria and a valued team member of the National Centre for Farmers Health.

HANDY RESOURCES:

Find your Vaccinator Centre:

https://www.qfever.org/findvaccinator

Farmer Health Safety Centre Q Fever:

https://www.farmerhealth.org.au/page/safety-centre/q-fever

Q Fever in GP - Podcast Episode:

https://www.healthed.com.au/podcasts/q-fever-in-gp-recognition-treatment-and-prevention/

Update on Q Fever in Australia:

https://www.healthed.com.au/clinical_articles/update-on-q-fever-in-australia/

Offer Q Fever Vaccine to all rural Australians:

https://www.healthed.com.au/clinical_articles/offer-q-fever-vaccine-to-all-rural-australians/

Wake up to the facts on Q Fever:

https://www.healthed.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/SEQ00025-Reformat-HCP-A5-brochure_FA.pdf

www.farmerhealth.org.au

www.msfp.org.au/podcast

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TARGET 50 Podcast Series - decision making to keep ground cover in the system! Episode One: Maintaining ground cover with livestock.

Guest Speaker: Daniel Schuppan, Livestock Consultant, Nutrien Ag Solutions.

Wondering how to prevent your livestock camping on sand hills? How to maximise grazing on stubbles without the blowouts?

When to pull the trigger on stubble and pasture grazing?

When do we know when it's time to move stock into containment (without making the decision too late)?

Daniel shares his expertise on all of the above (and more!) in this episode.

*Remember, the information provided in this episode is intended as a guide only. We recommend you chat with your own professional livestock consultant for advice tailored to your own situation.

We thank our Target 50 project partners, Agriculture Victoria for your support.

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LOOKING AFTER YOUR MOST IMPORTANT FARM ASSET SERIES
We have teamed up with the National Centre for Farmer Health on this MSF Farm Talk Podcast series!

The National Centre for Farmer Health aims to improve the health, wellbeing and safety of farmers, their families and communities across Australia.
Learn more about where to start when it comes to personal health planning and what types of screening and vaccinations are important for farmers in this first episode. #FarmerHealth #MSFFarmTalkPodcast

Handy Resources: 

• https://www.farmerhealth.org.au/page/health-centre/mens-health
• https://www.cancer.org.au/about-cancer/early-detection/early-detection-factsheets/
• https://www.sunsmart.com.au/downloads/resources/brochures/farmers-brochure.pdf
• http://www.cancerscreening.gov.au/
• https://fh.welysn.com/

For more health information, please visit: www.farmerhealth.org.au

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Dr Rick Llewellyn (CSIRO & MSF Director) joins Tegan Buckley (MSF) in this episode to discuss the economics of deep ripping including discussion around the benefits, risks, ROI and more when it comes to deep ripping sandy soils. Enjoy!  

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Dr Rick Llewellyn (CSIRO) chats with Tegan Buckley (Mallee Sustainable Farming) about an exciting new project that MSF is involved in! New project called 'Area Wide Management for cropping systems weeds, investigating the weed management, social and economic opportunity’ aims to take a new approach to weed management. Listen to the episode to learn more about how we can tackle weeds together!

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Chris Hunt, Millewa Farmer and MSF Board Member, chats with Drew Radford about robust farming plans and how he adapted his farming practices to overcome the driest conditions on record last year. Chris talks about his planning philosophy from seeding, weed management and rotation, livestock and his golden farming rules. For more information visit: www.msfp.org.au/podcast

Mallee Sustainable Farming in collaboration with Agriculture Victoria proudly developed the Mallee Farming AgVic series. This series was produced to assist farmers experiencing drought and dry seasonal conditions. The development of the episodes included in the Mallee Farming AgVic series was funded by the Agriculture Victoria Drought Program. For more information please visit: www.agriculture.vic.gov.au/dryseasons

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Dr Rick Llewellyn from CSIRO joins Drew Radford to explain the economic value of soil testing for growers to increase profit margins and fill in the gaps when it comes to soil health and decision making. In this episode, Dr Llewellyn outlines GRDC’s project, ‘Soil and plant testing for profitable fertiliser use,’ the value of soil testing programs, why testing is used the way it is and how farmers can profit from getting soil testing done.

For more information visit ( www.msfp.org.au/podcast ). 

Mallee Sustainable Farming in collaboration with Agriculture Victoria proudly developed the Mallee Farming AgVic series. This series was produced to assist farmers experiencing drought and dry seasonal conditions. The development of the episodes included in the Mallee Farming AgVic series was funded by the Agriculture Victoria Drought Program. For more information please visit: www.agriculture.vic.gov.au/dryseasons

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Rob Norton from Norton Agronomy joins Drew Radford to discuss the nutrition status of soils following successive dry years and rehabilitating soils that have experienced wind erosion. Rob outlines weed control decisions, planning ahead, minimising stress, gathering information to make critical decisions plus much more.

Mallee Sustainable Farming in collaboration with Agriculture Victoria proudly developed the Mallee Farming AgVic series. This series was produced to assist farmers experiencing drought and dry seasonal conditions. The development of the episodes included in the Mallee Farming AgVic series was funded by the Agriculture Victoria Drought Program. For more information please visit: www.agriculture.vic.gov.au/dryseasons

For more information visit: www.msfp.org.au/podcast 

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Dr Sean Mason from Agronomy Solutions joins Drew Radford to outline GRDC’s massive ‘Soil and plant testing for profitable fertiliser use’ project. Growers are concerned about where soil nutrients have ended up post wind erosion damage in the Mallee. In partnership with Frontier Farming Systems, soil testing was conducted in the Mallee with findings including low organic carbon levels in sands and reduced mineralisation. Tune into this episode for all the details from Dr Sean Mason.

For more information visit ( www.msfp.org.au/podcast ). 

Mallee Sustainable Farming in collaboration with Agriculture Victoria proudly developed the Mallee Farming AgVic series. This series was produced to assist farmers experiencing drought and dry seasonal conditions. The development of the episodes included in the Mallee Farming AgVic series was funded by the Agriculture Victoria Drought Program. For more information please visit: www.agriculture.vic.gov.au/dryseasons

Support the show: https://msfp.org.au/about/membership/

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.