Pasti farm

This is a large mixed arable-beef farm where soil-health work combines organic and synthetic fertilisation, residue retention, cover crops, crop rotation improvement and the coexistence of tilled and no-till management. The site is useful to observe transitions in a large-scale commercial setting. The crops include soybean (food/feed), maize (mainly feed) and barley (food/feed), all in a livestock-linked context.

Carbon farming practices implemented

11 -  Manure incorporation into soil

15 - Cover cropping introduction or improvement

16 - Improved crop rotations

21 - Reduced soil disturbance (ranging from reduce/ minimum tillage to no-till in cropland)

Farm activities

Soil cultivation practices  

  • No- tillage vs ploughing
DIRECTO NO Seed Drill for Direct Drilling | BEDNAR FMT

Crops:  

Corn Maturity and Drydown – The Andersons
Maize

Exploring the Benefits of Hard vs Soft Wheat
Wheat

Soybean

Cover crop