Grazing specialist returns to show how
GRAZING practices guru Dick Richardson is returning to the Far North next month.
Through his Grazing Naturally workshops landholders can learn about flexible paddock-grazing practices and improving soil health.
Having previously hosted Mr Richardson in April, Jen Mackenzie of Terrain Natural Resource Management (NRM) said the organisation wanted to bring him back for a series of free workshops for landholders who had missed out and those who wanted to build on what they had learnt.
Tablelands farmer and regenerative agricultural specialist Adam Collins will also be on hand at Woodleigh Station to talk about weeds as indicators of soil health.
“Dick will spend more time out in the paddock this time and on helping people to adopt natural grazing methods on their own properties,’’ Ms Mackenzie said.
“He’ll demonstrate paddock-grazing patterns using up to six paddocks … and use different grazing pressures for different paddocks on a caseby-case basis.”
Mr Richardson will run two workshops at Woodleigh Station on the Tablelands from September 18-19 and two in Ingham from September 20-21.
The free workshops are part of a $3 million Herbert River Gully and Grazing program to improve water quality in the Herbert catchment, funded by the Australian Government through its Reef Trust Phase IV program and delivered by Terrain NRM.