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...
We are what we eat eats – food starts in the soil Episode 23 of Farmers Helping Farmers, the Podcast, is out now. Download on your favourite podcast app. When farmers speak about diversity being one of the hallmarks of a resilient farming system, Stacey Curcio asks them to consider the diversity within their diets...
BONUS Farmers Helping Farmers podcast episode out now! Michael Gooden catches up with farmer and agronomist Keiran Knight in Episode 22. Stepping outside the lines and away from chemical-based farming Fifth generation broadacre farmer and agronomist Keiran Knight grew on an irrigation, cotton, sheep, cattle and cereal farm between Walgett and Narrabri in NSW. She...
In the FARMERS HELPING FARMERS PODCAST Episode 21, Dan Fox sits down with WA farmer Rob Hetherington who is seeing a lifetime of soil study come to fruition on his Lake King farm he runs with his wife Judi and son Daniel, Kate and family. DOWNLOAD on your favourite podcast APP This is a fascinating...
Soil and life lessons from the pioneers of the Kentish potato. LISTEN on your favourite podcast app. Australian families have grown up eating their fair share of Kentish potatoes, but have we ever considered the story behind the pioneering family who brought this staple ingredient to our tables? Michael Gooden sits down with third generation...
Subscribe to Farmers Helping Farmers on your favourite podcast APP. VicNoTill is at the forefront of change in Australian agriculture, and for the past three years fifth generation Marrar farmer Dan Fox has been president of this farmers helping farmers organisation. Dan sits down with new president Michael Gooden to share how leading change in...
Fifth generation Riverina farmer Michael Gooden is stepping into the president’s role of one of Australia’s leading farmer-driven groups during a time of considerable change and enthusiasm for improved food quality on a large scale. VicNoTill appointed Michael in the role during its annual general meeting. He replaces Dan Fox, who has been president for...
MATTHEW EVANS – The reluctant celebrity farmer and chef using his fame to spread the word about healthy soils, healthy foods and healthy people. Subscribe to Farmers Helping Farmers on your favourite podcast APP. VicNoTill farmers were rapt to welcome food writer, farmer, television broadcaster and chef Matthew Evans to the Food for Thought Conference...
JOEL WILLIAMS – Food for thought and the latest science on building soil carbon in an Australian context Farmers Helping Farmers Dan Fox caught up with Joel Williams during our Food for Thought conference in Wagga Wagga to talk about the latest science and the on-ground change that is happening thanks to farmers like those...
The latest episode of VicNoTill’s Farmers Helping Farmers podcast is out now with farmer Jim Alexander – Taking the foot off the throat of soil biology Subscribe and listen on your favourite podcast app including Spotify and Apple Podcasts. VicNoTill board member Michael Gooden visits Jim Alexander on the Cootamundra farm where he lives with his wife Em...
A new VicNoTill Farmers Helping Farmers Podcast episode has just dropped with Allan Parker, OAM – Resetting your brain to reset your farming future Subscribe and listen on your favourite podcast app including Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Episode 15 is a conversation for farmers not to be missed and we’re excited to launch it on...
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