Adding sheep to the mix reduced risk for Culcairn farmer

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July 19 2019 - 5:30am
Culcairn farmer, Murray Scholz, has a companion crop grazing strategy, using a mix of vetch, grazing wheat, tillage radish and purple top turnip.
Culcairn farmer, Murray Scholz, has a companion crop grazing strategy, using a mix of vetch, grazing wheat, tillage radish and purple top turnip.

For Culcairn farmer, Murray Scholz, the introduction of sheep to his cattle and cropping enterprise had clear risk management benefits - the one catch was how to ramp up dry matter production through winter to make it pay.

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Olivia Calver

Journalist

Journalist for The Land

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