Restoring the Ludlow across generations
There would be only a handful of local families that could say they have been farming the same land for 123 years! The Carter family from Tutunup have that claim to fame with ancestors, Timothy and Martha Carter taking up the lease of 3000 acres back in 1899. The farm is still a family affair […]
Collaborative approach to fertiliser trials
Four years of trials have found that national phosphorus recommendations are relevant for soils in South West Western Australia. This means that South West WA farmers can have confidence in applying the recommendations of their soil test results to apply only the fertiliser needed for plant growth. While this often means that less phosphorus fertiliser […]
Soil testing success
Farmers from across the Geographe catchment joined experts from Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) and local agronomists to learn more about nutrient management on their farms this week. The farmers have been participants in the Geographe Soil Testing Program, providing access to whole farm soil testing and lab analysis, nutrient mapping, […]
Accu-Spread Demonstration Day
Farmers across the Geographe catchment are invited to come along to GeoCatch’s Accu-Spread demonstration day on 9 March 2023 to learn how efficiently their fertiliser spreading equipment is operating and gain a better understanding of ways to improve their accuracy. A highly-variable fertiliser spread pattern has implications on pasture production, environment and economics, with some […]
Heavenly Hectares Workshop
Need a helping hand to manage your block more sustainably? Join over 15,000 hobby farmers and small landholders who have experienced Heavenly Hectares! This high-profile, award-winning project is for rural and semi-rural small-block landholders. Small landholders have a fantastic opportunity to learn more about managing small blocks and sustainable management practices. Well-known sustainability personality Chris […]
Geographe Soil Testing Program
The latest round of the Geographe catchment soil testing program is now well underway, with soil testing being undertaken across 39 farms covering over 7200ha of farmland. As global fertiliser prices continue to increase, the program is critical not only in reducing nutrient input into our waterways, but also for farmers trying to save on […]
GeoCatch recognises achievements of rural community and launches new initiative, ‘Geographe Farmers Protecting Geographe Bay’
Farmers from across the catchment were celebrated at GeoCatch’s annual Farmer Sundowner at Geographe Bay Yacht Club. The blue water of Geographe Bay was the perfect backdrop for farmers and partners from industry and government to reflect on the collaborative efforts over the past 12 months. In attendance was Vasse Taskforce Chair Hon Jackie Jarvis […]
Dairy farmers benchmarked against new code of practice
The latest review of dairy effluent management on South West farms by Western Dairy has shown considerable improvement in the areas of storing and reusing effluent since the last review in 2016. The review provided the opportunity to revisit benchmarking of effluent management across Healthy Estuaries WA catchments following upgrade work completed under the Dairycare […]
Nutrient best management practices guideline Guidance For beef, sheep and dairy grazing enterprises in south-west Western Australia
New guidelines to assist farmers and reduce environmental impacts Best practice guidelines to assist South-West grazing farmers with on-farm management of nutrients New guidelines will help farmers maximise stock productivity, while reducing nutrient runoff and environmental impacts on our local waterways Guidelines part of the McGowan Government’s $25 million Healthy Estuaries WA and Revitalising Geographe […]
July Grazing Matcher farmer meeting
The sun was out for the July Grazing Matcher meeting at the Payne Farm in Metricup last week. A healthy discussion on the influence of soil type and residual phosphorus in south-west soils was led by Joel Hall, from Department of Water & Environmental Regulation. The group had lots of interesting questions about how fertilising can […]
