Author Archives: Michael Burlace

Animal tractor

If you find Inter-row weeds are hard to control OR Animals offer benefits but can cause problems — such as in vegetable gardens OR Orchard pests or ground covers get out of control OR There is more work than you … Continue reading

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Animals as tools

If you find Your soil is capped or crusted OR Livestock spread seeds OR Pastures get rank and new growth is shaded out OR There is more work than you seem to have time for Then, Give some of the … Continue reading

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Minimal overgrazing

If you find Overgrazing happens one plant at a time OR Some animals return to regraze the same plant, almost the moment a new leaf appears ( such as a sheep, rabbit, horse or kangaroo) OR Any ground that is … Continue reading

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Living haystack

If you find Keeping animals alive on bought fodder means “buying the animal twice” OR Fodder conservation takes time, effort and money OR Fodder conservation contributes to soil acidity while robbing the soil of fertility OR Input costs cut into … Continue reading

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Enterprise model

If you find Starting from scratch with no blueprint to follow can be difficult or confusing OR You want to bypass any avoidable mistakes and snags as you develop a new enterprise Then, The easiest and most effective way to … Continue reading

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Strip grazing

If you find Livestock are selective and will graze what they want and leave what they don’t want OR Weeds build up in pastures OR It is important to keep livestock nutrition high, such as in dairying OR It is … Continue reading

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Plowback

If you find Your soil is becoming harder OR Yields decline OR Seedling establishment rates have dropped OR Reed-like weeds grow in areas that are not waterlogged Then, Plowback can really improve your soil’s Biological fertility. It does this by … Continue reading

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Fodder shed

If you find There are times when green feed is short OR A shortfall in green feed at times limits production or profitability OR Seasonal weather and growth patterns leave hungry gaps in the feed year Then, You might be … Continue reading

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Rest

If you find It is time for a rethink and a bit of space OR Taking any sort of break or rest seems impossible OR It’s hard to farm when you have flogged your soil or yourself near to death … Continue reading

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Short hard graze

If you find Livestock are selective and will graze what they want and leave what they don’t want OR Weeds build up in pastures Then, A Short hard graze with High stock density allows a paddock to be grazed flat … Continue reading

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