3 Early Signs You Might Be Heading Into a Feed Gap (And What to Watch For)
Feed gaps are one of the biggest challenges producers face and one of the hardest to manage once they’ve fully arrived. The reality is, feed...
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Peter Thompson and his wife Nicki run EchoCattle, a roughly 18,000 acre (~7000ha) property located 80km northeast of Roma, in southern central Queensland, Australia. They run a grass-fed beef operation and crop around 3,000 acres, depending on the season, with an additional 6,00 acres of wilderness country.
Peter recently had a chat with Sarah Nolet on her great Agtech..So What podcast on responding to climate risk.
The Thompson’s have been farming regeneratively long before it was a ‘thing’. In this episode, Peter shares his hard-earned insights about:
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Finding compromises that are truly win-win;
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Avoiding the temptation of silver bullet solutions;
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The long list of technologies they’ve adopted; and
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The importance of balance.
Peter has been using Cibo Labs 5-day pasture biomass imagery since mid-2019 to support their pasture budgeting. To quote Peter "It’s bloody wonderful stuff. We’ve only been using the imagery for 4 months…we’re already getting beneficial use out of it…". Listen to the full podcast here!
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