resilience

Resilience focus for Barossa conference

February 13, 2023

SOIL health is key to improving the resilience of grazing businesses, according to agroecologist and soil fertility specialist David Hardwick.

Mr Hardwick says more and more people are coming to realise the importance of soil function for sustainability and resilience to climate change.

Mr Hardwick, who will speak at the Barossa Improved Grazing Group’s Building Resilience Conference on Thursday, February 22, says top soil is the second most important asset in any farm business, second only to people.

Eden Valley farmers share bushfire learnings two years after fire

Eden Valley farmers share bushfire learnings two years after fire

February 13, 2023

Barossa livestock producers are hoping their bushfire experiences can help farmers affected by future fires.

The Barossa Improved Grazing Group (BIGG) have spent the past two years investigating the recovery of pastures after bushfire through grants from Natural Resources Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges and SA Murray Darling Basin.