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"He began adopting regenerative practices in 1999, increasing the amount of native vegetation and tree coverage on his property from just 3 per cent to 20 per cent. "He believes trees and native grasses are fundamentally important to farming because they capture carbon from the atmosphere and their deep-rooted systems recycle nutrients from the soil. "The other key change he made was to switch from a "set stocking" rate to planning grazing according to what the landscape could support. "He has a mob of more than 300 cattle, many with calves at foot, and he grazes them in small areas, leaving most of the farm free of animals so it can recover. "We've got over 100 paddocks and [the cattle] are gradually moving around the place through all those paddocks. "If conditions are dry he destocks. "I guess in the past, we were trying to run fixed enterprises in an incredibly variable climate and you can do that, but a lot of the time you're going to be spending a lot of money [on feed]," Mr Marsh said. "I started fencing off one paddock on our property and the grasses came back. Even with the minimal amount of rain that we've had it was really encouraging," Ms Kimpton said." Full: *https://tinyurl.com/yxfrl3zt <https://tinyurl.com/yxfrl3zt>* _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: https://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
