Nuffield Trip 2010

Tuesday, June 8, 2010

The sheep grazing the phalaris pasture had to be supplementary fed. You can see that it is pretty flogged out.

Posted by Rowan Paulet at 4:36 AM

Rowan Paulet: Rowan is a Gippsland producer and has been awarded the 2010 Nuffield Scholarship supported by the Grains Research and Development Corporation, to study the integration of livestock and cropping in high rainfall zones. Rowan co-manages a mixed family farm enterprise across 2200ha near Traralgon, with his partner Renee, parents Alan and Judy, and brother Tim and his wife Belinda. They run a 3000-head self-replacing fine wool Merino flock and prime lambs, 300 head beef herd and have a summer and winter cropping program, with some spray and flood irrigation. He plans to visit the United Kingdom, US, Canada and New Zealand to study how other countries have overcome issues related to cropping in high rainfall areas which are increasingly diversifying from grazing into mixed cropping and livestock systems.

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