If you managed to catch ABC Landline yesterday, this encore podcast episode is for you! We are re-releasing our very first Farmers Helping Farmers podcast episode with former VicNoTill president and sixth generation Lockington farmer Grant Sims. This conversation with Dan Fox was recorded way back in 2022 is our most highly listened to episode...
The Masterclass still has limited places available. Secure your spot! In the wake of devastating summer fire and floods across Australia, farmers helping farmers group VicNoTill is bringing internationally acclaimed soil health educator Nicole Masters to Victoria next week. Masters, based in Montana, will lead more than 50 farmers from across Australia through a three-day...
In the latest edition of VicNoTill’s From The Ground Up member magazine which has just been sent out to all members, board member Don Piper gives us an insight into how he’s working through the rising fuel and fertiliser prices. These are the types of conversations our members are having every day, and all are...
BONUS EPISODE Farmers Helping Farmers, The Podcast is dropping into your ears with a paddock chat between VicNoTill president Michael Gooden and board member James Manning around how they’re managing budgets, future plans and other farm activities during the current fuel and fertiliser shortage. James manages ‘Northwood Park’ at Seymour for one of three farms...
Farmers Helping Farmers Podcast ENCORE alert Episode 35, April 2026: Life is full of challenges, especially in farming, and the global situation can be a heavy weight. It feels like the perfect time to re-release this Farmers Helping Farmers podcast episode with UK farmer Tim Parton. If you want to be inspired, Tim is your...
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...
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