Sustainable Agriculture
Soil health, pastures and regenerative farming: fact sheets, case studies, videos and podcasts.
New landholders
Soil Health & Multispecies Pasture Factsheets
Various downloadable factsheets developed between 2022 and 2024. Hardcopies available on request.
Results of multispecies/conventional demonstration site (opens in a new tab)
Presentation of results by farmer and multispecies advisor
SGLN’s Enhancing Soil Biology Project (opens in a new tab)
Actions you can take to Improve Soil Biology (opens in a new tab)
Tools for Monitoring Soil Health on Farm (opens in a new tab)
Growing Multispecies Pastures (opens in a new tab)
Identifying Common Multispecies Pasture Species (opens in a new tab)
Managing Soil on my Property (opens in a new tab)
Managing Soil in dry conditions with Declan McDonald (opens in a new tab)
Common Ground Factsheet Series
I Bought a Property – Now What? (opens in a new tab)
Managing a Small Beef Herd (opens in a new tab)
Owning a Small Sheep Enterprise (opens in a new tab)
Animal Welfare Basics (opens in a new tab)
Water for Livestock (opens in a new tab)
Pastures – Carrying Capacity (opens in a new tab)
Pasture Management on Equine Properties (opens in a new tab)
Sustainable Management for Equine Properties (opens in a new tab)
Multispecies Pastures Videos
Regenerative Agriculture Video Series – Declan McDonald
Eight-part series investigating the key principles of Regenerative Agriculture across Gippsland and the Mornington Peninsula.
Soil Biology Videos
Farmers sharing their learnings from the Enhancing Soil Biology project
Farmers sharing what they’re doing on farm after the Enhancing Soil Biology project
Dr Mary Cole on how to get your soil microbiology right, and the benefits of doing this
Dr Mary Cole on the soil food web, mycorrhizal fungi and how healthy soil biology reduces weeds
Dung Beetle Specialist – Dr Russ Barrow Interview Series
How dung beetles help waterways and improve pasture production (opens in a new tab)
How farmers can protect dung beetles (opens in a new tab)
Use of drenches, aiming for beetle coverage year round
Which dung beetle species occur in our area (opens in a new tab)
How to find out which beetles are on your property
Cassie speaking about dung beetles on ABC Gippsland