Our breeding herd
of black Angus cattle are fully fed on multi-species pastures which we look to
constantly improve.
Our focus has been on reducing synthetic inputs, and
maximising the health of our soil through regenerative farming methods, data
collection and monitoring to produce maximum production
above and below the ground, providing great live weights and animal health
gains.
Regenerative
Ag is a permissive journey, not a prescriptive method, meaning that we have the freedom
to try new things without the restrictions of some other styles of food
production.
Grazing
is at the forefront of our day to day management, promoting diversity and
choice for our cattle every day.
One
of our newest tools is a Soilkee Renovator which enables us to sow new seed
directly into our perennial pastures. This Builds species diversity and resilience
while regenerating the landscape and building soil carbon.
With the rising
costs of conventional agricultural inputs we have been searching for better
alternatives across our whole business.
By
utilising diverse multi-species pastures, plants will collaborate through
quorum sensing and fungal associations to share and release minerals and
nutrients into the soil. This, in turn, can provide a greater nutrient density to
the animals that graze them, resulting in all round gains and gives the soil a
greater chance of sequestering and building soil carbon at depth.
We have begun planting Australian native trees, mainly eucalypts, in lower production areas of the farm, and areas where we have removed grazing altogether.
We are planting them at wide spacings and plan to prune them each year removing lateral branches to push them high and promote diameter growth.
We plan for these to be harvested as high quality timber in the future for furniture and acoustic instruments. In the meantime the trees will create wind breaks and environmental habitat areas enhancing the whole farm as they grow.
In 1974 the Walter
family built a camp dorm facility near the homestead so that school children
from the Adelaide region could gain a better understanding of farm life under
the name Willow Creek Farm Camp.
Today we have partnered with Surf & Sun | Beyond the Classroom to expand and improve the facility and experiences into Willow Creek Adventure Camp. It is becoming a truly remarkable and unique place to visit. to expand and improve the facility and experiences into Willow Creek Adventure Camp. It is becoming a truly remarkable and unique place to visit.
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