Soils for Life

03/06/2026

Join our ‘Ask Me Anything’ webinars to connect with pasture and nutrition specialists, consultants and fellow dairy farmers in a relaxed online discussion.

The free online sessions run from 6-15 July.
🐮 Building Resilience Through Soil Health in Dairy Systems with Chris Eggert – Mon 6 July, 12pm AEST
🐮 Starting Out with Foliars and Managing Transitions with John Moor – Tues 7 July, 12pm AEST
🐮 Pasture Nutrition with Emily House – Mon 13 July, 12pm AEST
🐮 Multispecies Pastures: Establishment and Grazing with Jade Killoran – Wed 15 July, 12pm AEST

Register here 👉 https://loom.ly/yUeGr5k

We look forward to seeing you there!

This project is jointly funded through Soils for Life and the Australian Government through funding from the Climate-Smart Agriculture Program under the Natural Heritage Trust.

Australian Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Oxhill Organics Healthy Farming Systems Maffra & Districts Landcare Network Cradle Coast NRM Lower Blackwood Landcare South Gippsland Landcare Network Healthy Land & Water

02/06/2026

Upskill your systems thinking, facilitation, coaching, soil and pasture health, and more!

Shifting Gears in Dairy is a practical, peer-based online workshop series for ag extension officers, agronomists, Landcare and NRM officers, consultants and educators who support dairy farmers in building soil health and climate resilience.

Over five sessions, you'll build confidence, sharpen your toolkit, and explore what it takes to engage dairy farmers in meaningful, lasting change. Learn from experienced practitioners including David Hardwick, Les Robinson, Emily House, Tanya Massy, Tony Evans, and the Soils for Life team.

👉 Walk away with a new or improved workshop or program designed by you, for your dairy farming community.

📅 Kicks off Tuesday 9 June, 12–2pm AEST
🎟️ $50 all-inclusive
✏️ Register now via the link https://loom.ly/bSMWO3U

02/06/2026

What's happening in your interrows and around your tree rows could be quietly transforming your whole orchard system.

Our final Orchard Convo features agricultural ecologist Abigail Makim, who works with growers across macadamias, avocados, lychees, custard apples and blueberries. Come ready to discuss how interrow management and diverse vegetation can restore ecosystem services, support beneficial species and build long-term resilience on-farm.

Bring your questions on what to plant, management approaches and how to make it work in your system.

Thursday 4 June | 12pm AEST | Free registration via https://loom.ly/x34HMdM

This project is jointly funded through Soils for Life and the Australian Government through funding from the Climate-Smart Agriculture Program under the Natural Heritage Trust.

Australian Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
Gulf Savannah NRM
Soilcare Inc.
NRM South
Regen WA

01/06/2026

Grey mould. Brown rot. Root rot. If you grow tree crops, you know the damage diseases can do, and this online ‘ask me anything’ session explores biological solutions that are available.

Our third Orchard Convo features plant pathologist Dean Metcalf, founder of BioControl Australia, who has spent over 30 years developing biological control agents. Dean will discuss resilience in orchards and implementing biological controls, focusing on Phytophthora, and will also take your questions on managing other common fungal diseases like Botrytis, Monilinia, Sclerotinia and more.

Wednesday 3 June | 12pm AEST | Free registration via https://loom.ly/x34HMdM

This project is jointly funded through Soils for Life and the Australian Government through funding from the Climate-Smart Agriculture Program under the Natural Heritage Trust.

NRM South
Australian Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
Soilcare Inc.
Gulf Savannah NRM
Regen WA

27/05/2026

We've launched our new Practice Guide to Grazing for Soil and Landscape Regeneration! 🎉

The guide distils common principles and practices used by graziers seeking to build soil health and restore landscape function, and shares five examples of how these are being applied by graziers around the country.

It covers:
🌿 Benefits of regenerative grazing
🌿 Planning animal moves
🌿 Monitoring and adapting to changing conditions
🌿 Redesigning infrastructure
🌿 Rethinking livestock management
🌿 Increasing diversity and adjusting enterprise design

Check it out at: https://loom.ly/pkIxyHc

Many thanks to Twynam Investments for supporting the production of this guide, to the Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal and Hand Heart Pocket for supporting this event, to Judi Earl (Agricultural Information and Monitoring Services), Helen Lewis (Australian Holistic Management Cooperative), David McLean (RCS), Grahame Rees (KLR Marketing) and Brian Wehlburg (Inside Outside Management) for input and guidance, and to Ben Simpson, David and Ruth Read, David Curtis, Nick Austin and Rod and Katrina Butler for generously sharing their stories, knowledge, experience and data. Bellevue Dorpers FRRR Hand Heart Pocket Holistic Management Co-op RCS - Resource Consulting Services Inside Outside Management KLR Marketing

25/05/2026

Join us for our first Orchard Convo on Tuesday 26 May with farm planner Darren Doherty (Regrarians) and Campbell Mercer, owner operator of Manna Hill Estate.

Together they'll explore farm planning and management approaches that build landscape function and improve soil health. There'll be plenty of room for your questions.

👉 Free registration via https://loom.ly/2U6bDEQ

This project is jointly funded through Soils for Life and the Australian Government through funding from the Climate-Smart Agriculture Program under the Natural Heritage Trust. Australian Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

25/05/2026

Dairy Farmers in SW WA this one is for you!

🐄Dirt to Dairy - a new peer group opportunity!

There’s a quiet truth at the heart of every productive dairy system; good farming starts beneath your boots. 👢

In June, we're launching a Dairy Resilience Peer Group Program for South West dairy farmers who are ready to build stronger, more resilient farms from the ground up.

We’ll be bringing together two small groups of eight to ten farmers for a series of five in-person sessions, kicking off in June 2026 (with a second intake in March 2027).

If you want to be part of building a more resilient dairy future, get in touch!
https://lowerblackwood.com.au/projects/dairy-resilience/
for Life

22/05/2026

Beneficial insects are some of the hardest working members of your orchard, but do you know their life cycles and habitat needs well enough to keep them on the job?

Our second Orchard Convo features entomologist Paul Horne, founder of IPM Technologies and one of Australia's most experienced voices in integrated pest management (IPM), and Rebecca Addison, IPM consultant with a range of experience across crops and a soils-first approach to agronomy.

Paul and Rebecca will dig into the life cycles and management of beneficial insects in orchards, so bring your questions.

Thursday 28 May | 12pm AEST | Free registration via https://loom.ly/x34HMdM

This project is jointly funded through Soils for Life and the Australian Government through funding from the Climate-Smart Agriculture Program under the Natural Heritage Trust.

20/05/2026

Our Practice Guide to Grazing for Soil and Landscape Regeneration is here!

We launched the guide at Nick and Deanna Austin's farm Mundarlo, and their knowledge and experience is shared in their guide, along with four other diverse grazing operations around the country.

Huge thank you to Nick for hosting the day and sharing so generously, to Brian Wehlburg for providing such a clear introduction to key principles for regenerative grazing, including grazing planning and monitoring and managing for plant recovery.

Thanks also to our advisory panel who helped shape this guide, including Brian as well as Judi Earl (Agricultural Information and Monitoring Services), Helen Lewis (Australian Holistic Management Cooperative), David McLean (RCS), and Grahame Rees (KLR Marketing).

And deep appreciation to Twynam Investments who supported the production of the guide, and the Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal that supported the launch event.

Helen Lewis RCS - Resource Consulting Services Grahame Rees Inside Outside Management

19/05/2026

Fruit and nut producers in Far North QLD, this one's built for you.
The Tropical Roots Grower Program runs for 12 months and gets into the good stuff: soil health, crop nutrition, irrigation, diverse orchard management, and climate resilience.

🍋‍🟩10 sessions.
🥑Subsidised soil and plant testing.
🥭One-on-one consultant support.

Cost is $160 per farm for the whole program.

Facilitated by Will Higham (Farmacist) and organised in collaboration with Gulf Savannah NRM, the first session kicks off 2 June at Mareeba Leagues Club.

🔗 Register now or find out more at https://loom.ly/6LCBbn8

Farmacist Pty Ltd
Gulf Savannah NRM

This project is jointly funded through Soils for Life and the Australian Government through funding from the Climate-Smart Agriculture Program under the Natural Heritage Trust.




Terrain NRM Cape York Natural Resource Management