Join us for a field day to launch our South Gippsland Dairy Resilience Initiative. The day is hosted by Waratah Bay dairy farmers Stuart Tracy and family, with multispecies specialist Jade Killoran. It’s a shared field day between South Gippsland Landcare Network and GippsDairy.

Stuart will share his experience of reworking how the farm manages its soil, pasture and inputs and seen major benefits.

The Tracy family run a 600-cow dairy is on 700 acres adjacent to Waratah Bay, and have been farming there since 1980.

The day will start nearby at Sandy Point Community Centre, where we’ll;

• hear from Stu Tracy about why they’ve made changes to their farming methods
• learn about the results of the previous demo site on the farm, and what the new demo site is looking at
• hear from Jade Killoran (Healthy Farming Systems) about the benefits of trialling multispecies pastures

Following a free lunch, we’ll visit the farm – this is your chance to see it firsthand, hear the story, and ask the Tracys about their experiences.

– Walk the paddocks and see the trial plots

– Hear directly from Stuart and Angus about the journey, the setbacks, and what’s next

– Hear from Jade Killoran on the science behind the results

The day will also kick off the new Dairy Resilience project which dairy farmers are invited to join by submitting an EOI: https://forms.gle/qB92xFZYgLHTRgxFA

For more info please email cassie@sgln.net.au, or 0448 739 559.

Lunch and refreshments provided.

Please notify us of any dietary requirements.

As this is a joint event with GippsDairy, participant info will be shared with GippsDairy.

The Dairy Resilience Project is supported by the Australian Government through funding from the Climate-Smart Agriculture Program under the Natural Heritage Trust. This project is proudly supported by South Gippsland Landcare Network and Soils for Life.