Farmers all over Australia are facing similar difficulties including soil structure decline, soil acidification, lack of water holding capacity and soil erosion leading, to a severe loss in productivity and profitability - all direct consequences of traditional industrial agriculture practices.
Good soil health is about creating a robust, resilient soils that can withstand impacts, such as agriculture, without loss of fertility, structure and biological activity.
YLAD Living Soils' Rhonda Daley is urging farmers to attend the Future Gen Farming Seminar and Field Day on March 11 and 12, in Young to learn from industry authorities, both international and local.
"The seminar will detail how to understand all three aspects of the soil and how to advance overall farm fertility and productivity," Mrs Daley said.
"The seminar will be held at the Young Services Club on Wednesday March 11 in the morning and Thursday March 12 with the field day taking place on Wednesday afternoon followed by a casual dinner.
"This event is a combination of learning through seminar and then getting out into the paddock to regenerative farming in practice.
"The field day will take participants on a bus trip visiting the YLAD site to view Humus compost production and compost tea extraction using the Aeromaster PT-170 and Aeromaster TE500 extraction units.
"An example of how to set up a liquid injection system will be described and the benefits of placing humus, microbes, enzymes and minerals in the furrow explained.
"A soil pit will allow participants to get up close and personal with soil at depth, assessing the overall health of the soil, rooting depth and humus formation.
"After recent rains, it will be interesting to see how far the moisture has penetrated.
"The seminar topics are arranged to first look at how soil microbes influence soil structure and fertility.
"The Future Gen Farming Seminar and Field Day will present three years of Abare farming figures showing how biological farming is a profitable way to farm, not just from a dollar point of view but from a regeneration point of view."
- Visit: www.yladlivingsoils.com.au
