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Soils and pasture project ramps up
The Healthy Soils, Productive Pastures project led by Greater Sydney Local Land Services has kicked off its second year in style, with a series of new workshops planned to showcase progress to date.
Launched in September 2019 in front of a crowd of more than 80 people at the Greater Sydney Local Land Services Demonstration Farm in Richmond, the project focusses on all aspects of best practice pasture and soil management specifically tailored to the Sydney basin landscape.
Project officer Linda Hanlon said despite COVID-19, a lot had been achieved since the launch.
“Having engaged an agronomist, prepped our paddocks, conducted initial soil tests and sowed our seeds, we now have two very flush looking paddocks of different trial pasture crops complete with a newly introduced herd of 10 sheep,” she said.