News from Macquarie 2100

GUEST SPEAKER, LEADING INDUSTRY EXPERT, MARK GLOVER, WILL OUTLINE HIS WORK SO FAR TO ESTABLISH A BIO-ENERGY HUB IN OUR REGION. COME AND LEARN SOME OF THE MANY POSSIBILITIES TO LAND HOLDERS AND COUNCILS IN A MARKET FOR WOODY WEEDS, CROP RESIDUE AND COMMUNITY WASTE, AND AT THE SAME TIME CREATE RENEWABLE ENERGY AND HIGHLY SORT-AFTER FERTILISERS. "Read More..."

HEADS UP  FOR HARD TIMES  "Read More..."

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A very successful information day was held at "Inverleigh" on Friday 6th June highlighting the many ecological and econimic benefits of maintaining diversity of soil biology and plant species in order to regenerate degraded farmland. Host, Col Hamilton showcased his experiences with the use of "covercropping" and "rotational grazing" to build his soil organic carbon content from 0.9 up to 1.9 withing a few years. This he believes demonstrates that he is on the right track to be able to reduce or even eliminate the use of synthetic fertilizer inputs altogether in the future, while maintaining or even increasing yields and quality. "Read More..."

 DIVERSITY IS KING  "Read More..."

Below is the the Macquarie 2100 submission to the federal government’s Agricultural White Paper. "Read More..."

WOW, What a day. "Read More..."

  “Thriving, NOT just Surviving” "Read More..."

Last Thursday Macquarie 2100 held their “Hand-over Lunch” meeting at Trangie. "Read More..."