New weed control strategy puts seeds business back on track
Case study: Andrew and Deanna Shepherd
Location: Kybybolite, South Australia
Soils: Light duplex soils — poorly draining soils prone to waterlogging during winter
Enterprises: Mixed farming — including clover seed and hay production, lucerne and vegetable seeds, wheat, barley and hay.
A combination of new herbicide technology, hay crops, grazing management and burning paddocks only when necessary has seen South East grower Andrew Shepherd secure the future of his family’s fourth-generation pasture seed business.
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