Hosted by Quorum Sense’s ‘Catch the Rain’ project
FREE to attend
Registration required.
Click here to register for ‘Catch the Rain’ webinar series - ‘Diverse Pastures’ (hosted on Zoom)
Join webinar host Sam Lang (Quorum Sense, Foothills Farming) and guest farmers Rhys Roberts (Align Farms), Miah Smith (Wilith Farm) and Dean Martin (Glenlands Farm) as they explore how farmers are successfully incorporating diverse pastures into their farm systems.
‘Diverse pastures are generally considered to be pastures with at least 5 species, including multiple grasses, clovers and at least one herb. High diversity pastures in New Zealand may contain 30+ species across the five plant families, with most farmers sowing 10+ perennial species’ - Quorum Sense Toolbox - What are diverse pastures?
Topics covered will include:
Benefits, risks and limitations of diverse pastures
Selecting species and seeding rates
Establishment options
How to manage diverse pastures to get the most out of them
Q&A
This webinar is funded by Beef + Lamb New Zealand as part of the ‘Catch the Rain’ project - anyone is welcome to attend.
About ‘Catch the Rain’
Catch the Rain is a farmer-driven education, research and innovation project focused on improving rainfall infiltration and soil moisture retention on non-irrigated pastoral farms. Is it funded by Beef + Lamb New Zealand and led by Quorum Sense.
There are 40 farmers participating from Southland to the Manawatu that are developing, implementing and monitoring on-farm trials. Many of these trials are focused on testing different grazing techniques. For more about Catch the Rain visit www.quorumsense.org.nz/catch-the-rain-project.