Soils For Life

From feeding animals to feeding biology: Learning to graze differently with David and Ruth Read

About the podcast David and Ruth Read own and manage Woodcote, a 470 hectare beef cattle trading farm located in East Gippsland, Victoria.  In this episode, we talk abo

Feeding the soil first: Hugh and Katie Finlay on diversity at every level

Hugh and Katie Finlay manage a 30 hectare farm in Central Victoria, including a commercial stone fruit orchard and fruit tree nursery. The farm also includes a range of s

Creating diversity above and below the ground: Murray Gomm on cover crops in orchards and vineyards

Murray Gomm is a regenerative farmer and winemaker based near Albany in Western Australia. With his partner Pamela Lincoln, he runs Oranje Tractor Farm, a small organic v

The power of pasture analysis, with Emily House

Emily House began her career as a geologist before an unlikely path led her into ruminant nutrition. After moving to New Zealand, she started working with two vets who wa

Regenerative grazing and the key insights of Holistic Management, with Brian Wehlburg

Brian Wehlburg is one of Australia’s most highly regarded Holistic Management educators and a board member of Holistic Management International and the Australian Holisti

Building confidence in multispecies pastures, with Grant Williams

Grant Williams is a dairy farmer at Hallora in West Gippsland, Victoria, where he and his wife Leesa run Willora Farms - an almost 600-cow operation across 430 hectares.

Working with biological control agents in perennial horticulture, with Dr Paul Horne

Dr Paul Horne is an award winning entomologist and founder of integrated pest management consultancy IPM Technologies. He began his career at the Victorian Department of

Managing risk in grazing through safe-to-fail farm trials, with Graeme Hand

Graeme Hand is a holistic land management and grazing educator based near Bairnsdale, Victoria, where he has farmed for more than 35 years. He came to the land via an unl

‘Intensification’ through biology, synergy and farming deeper and higher, with Gavin Fisher

Find out more and register for the special event to launch our Introductory Guide to Grazing for Soil and Landscape Health, on 20 May at Nick Austin’s farm in Mundarlo, N

Tracking milk quality, profit and soil health: A five year regenerative trial.

What happens when a commercial dairy farm runs regenerative and conventional systems side-by-side, and measures the results? In this episode, Clare Buchanan from Align F

RAPID RESPONSE: Managing the nitrogen fertiliser crisis, with Joel Williams

Australia's fertiliser crisis has been building for weeks as a result of the conflict in the Middle East. Around 60 per cent of Australia's urea imports travel through th

Studying regenerative agriculture at scale: The human experience behind the hard data, with Dr Jonathan Lundgren

Dr Jonathan Lundgren runs 1,000 Farms, the largest and most comprehensive study of regenerative agriculture anywhere in the world. Despite the name, the program now inclu

Nature’s army: Using functional biodiversity for biocontrol in orchards, with Dr Mary Retallack

Dr Mary Retallack is an agricultural scientist, third-generation viticulturist and agroecologist who has spent more than three decades advancing environmental stewardship

Milk, the original superfood, with Matthew Evans

Matthew Evans is a chef, farmer, author, food advocate and founder of Australia's Grounded Festival (coming up in April - tickets available at groundedaustralia.com.au).

A sneak peek at 'Soil - Rewilding the Underground'

Today, we’re bringing you something a little different. I’ve recently been involved in a new podcast series called 'Soil: Rewilding the Underground'. It does a fantastic

Navigating soil science, with Dr Susan Orgill

Dr Susan Orgill is Chief Scientist at Impact Ag Australia and a leading soil scientist with more than 20 years’ experience. She specialises in soil health, carbon farming

Earning the right to reduce pesticides: Building plant resilience with Brad Campbell

Western Australian farmer Brad Campbell has spent years refining his mixed cropping system to build healthier, more resilient plants and reduce reliance on synthetic inpu

SHORT: From problem paddocks to healthy soils, multispecies with Grant Sims

This episode of the Soils for Life podcast is part of our series of mini-episodes with farmers profiled in our series of cropping practice guides. In this short episode,

Encore: Weeds are telling us something, are we listening?

We recently attended Grounded in WA, and heard ecologist Dr David Watson's fascinating talk on the important role that mistletoe can play in farm ecosystem. It made us th

SHORT: Moving to a low risk, low input system one step at a time, with Steven Ford

This episode of the Soils for Life podcast is part of our series of mini-episodes with farmers profiled in our series of cropping practice guides. In this episode we tal