Katamatite, VIC March 2026 After a long and cool spring we finally got into summer around the end of December. It’s probably one of the coolest ones we have had, with a downright cold week at Christmas time, and it has made for incredibly good-quality pasture. Not too often do we see our longest days...
Violet Town, VIC March 2026 What were your summer harvest results? Things you learnt and will adapt for season ahead? Our wheat was better than expected, considering the season and GSR. We had some paddocks that really persisted well from late sowing as I held off waiting for rain. They had a tough time of...
With our Soil Health Bootcamp this Friday focused on practical, on-farm biofertiliser and biological fertility strategies, we’re continuing the conversation with a follow-up webinar. This session will build on those ideas – shifting into how farmers are thinking about nitrogen efficiency and foliar nutrition within these systems. Join David Hardwick (Soil Land Food), VicNoTill board...
Join VicNoTill and @Soil Land Food for a hands-on field day focused on building soil health from the ground up. This Essentials Bootcamp will give you practical skills and confidence to start implementing biological fertility strategies on your own farm. Hosted at ex-VicNoTill board member Tom Briggs property: What you’ll learn: Identifying key soil constraints...
Back by popular demand! Nicole Masters and Meagan Lannan return to Australia this autumn for another three-day Soil Health Masterclass, in partnership with Vic No Till, May 4-6 2026. This masterclass, at Allanvale Farm (Victoria), is an invitation to deepen your understanding of the relationships between soil, water, and biodiversity. You’ll gain clarity on your...
New release EPISODE 34 – FARMERS HELPING FARMERS Download on your favourite podcast app: Apple Spotify In 2017, a Sydney TedX crowd went wild when farmer turned agronomist Guy Webb stood on stage to pitch his idea for using fungus to capture carbon in the atmosphere and plant it back into the ground to combat...
VicNoTill is proud to re-release what was our second episode of Farmers Helping Farmers The Podcast for those who may have missed it! Dan Fox sat down with Graeme Sait during the 2022 annual conference Carbon Power to record what continues to be one of our most popular episodes On Why Nutrition Rules. Graeme knows...
Episode 32: Farmers Helping Farmers podcast Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify VicNoTill president Michael Gooden describes stepping into the paddocks of broadacre cropping farmer Brendan ‘Patto’ Pattison at Marrar NSW, as like stepping 10-15 years into the future and seeing what broadacre cropping systems have the potential to become. Michael sits in the...
Back in 2023, third generation Victorian farmer Tom Briggs candidly shared the things that went right, and wrong, when he returned home to his family farm with a head full of new ideas of how to shift into a more regenerative farming system. Since that time a large number of farmers have contacted VicNoTill to...
Episode 30 of the Farmers Helping Farmers podcast with Victorian farmer Don Piper is out now. Listen on your favourite podcast app! In this podcast episode, Angus Ingram catches up with Don Piper. Don is a mixed farmer from Violet Town in Victoria who is typical of farmers who want to create a more resilient...
Episode 28 of the Farmers Helping Farmers podcast is out now. Listen on your favourite podcast app! NSW broadacre cropping farmer Dan Fox has a fascination for understanding the intricacies of how plants and soils function, and his conversation with Omnia research and development manager Andrew Doecke takes him into some deep rabbit holes on...
Statement issued by the VicNoTill board, 19 July 2025 The Grains and Research Development Corporation (GRDC) plays a vital role in shaping the future of Australia’s grain industry. With nearly 24,000 levy-paying growers, it’s a powerful engine for research, development, and extension (RD&E). But here’s the thing: if we don’t speak up, we can’t expect our priorities...
FARMERS HELPING FARMERS Episode 27 – John Kempf “If you have a decline in yield as a result of a transition to regenerative ag, it is not a result of regenerative ag, it is the result of poor agronomic management. Accepting a yield loss is a choice. Don’t say it’s a result of regenerative ag...
The world’s premier regenerative agricultural event has invited VicNoTill – one of Australia’s longest-running farmer-based groups – to speak about how it’s changed the broadacre cropping and livestock landscape over the past two decades. VicNoTill, started by a small group of innovative grain growers in Western Victoria in 2002, will join other global pioneers in...
FARM TOUR + CONFERENCE September 2 & 3 Rich River Golf Club, Moama NSW VicNoTill farmers are passionate about better farming systems which connect soil, human, economic and environmental health. We know from experience that when it comes to growing more nutrient-rich food for today’s and future generations, you can’t be green if you’re in...
Join VicNoTill and Soil Land Food for a practical workshop dedicated to understanding and managing your soil’s health using Soil HASH Hosted at VicNoTill board member Tom Briggs property, you’ll learn: – What is soil health and why it is important to your farm business. – Soil health issues – compaction, pH, soil salinity, organic...
Episode 24 of Farmers Helping Farmers, the Podcast, is out now. Download on your favourite podcast app. Creating a lasting legacy for soil health Nicole, a global agro-ecologist, educator and systems thinker, has been working with VicNoTill to share knowledge about regenerative ag for more than a decade. In this Farmers Helping Farmers episode, current president...
VicNoTill is looking for new Australian farmers to help us lead our global network of like-minded farmers. VicNoTill’s goal is to advance regenerative, biological, nutrition-rich farming systems and share knowledge and expertise. We are seeking expressions of interest for a three-year term. EOI due before 1st September 2025 Submit your EOI by completing the below...
Episode 24 of Farmers Helping Farmers, the Podcast, is out now. Download on your favourite podcast app. The Tassie farmer who’s packed four lifetimes into one Agricultural investment manager and VicNoTill board member Angus Ingram steps in as guest host for this fast-paced, action-packed interview with Tasmanian farmer and ag scientist Will Bignell. Angus pulled...
Dig deeper than ever before into assessing soil productivity with progressive farmers and VicNoTill board members Callum Lawson, Avenel, and Angus Ingram, Kyabram & Tocumwal, along with leading soil advisors Ed Scott and Michael Eyres Wednesday 12 March Masterclass – Nagambie Rowing Club Facilitated by Ed Scott and Michael Eyres from Field Systems Australia Discover how...
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