Water Spreading Banks - Martin explains - Regenerative Farming a Farming Revolution in Australia
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- Опубліковано 21 сер 2023
- While we were on Darren Mudford's farm, we drove to the paddock that had been bare ground back in 2016. Darren built an exclusion fence and water spreading banks to regenerate this paddock.
Martin explains how these banks work on contour and why the banks are flipped from bottom to top of the ditch. These were all created using a grader.
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Great work being done with water management, where once it was just over grazing, floods, and drought.
....and if all the surrounding farms applied this method what a transformation it'd be
Great stuff
Great video, and yep Yeomans being applied. The great terrace builders and gardeners of Yemen might be inspirational too. Love to see you present a full yeomans keyline property and see how they have gotten on.
There’s been a couple of Yeoman’s requests. I’ll see if Ken Yeoman (PA’s son) would be interested in making a video.
Awesome progress.
very good, when I see this land I remember my country (Somalia) specially north Somalia there are more trees (shrubs) same as those grow in your country, I see the one that has a yellow flower we call (sactar)=satar. It has a good smell which means I am right, it is the one that grows in my country. excellent video and informative explanation about soil and water conservation. thank you
Welcome to Australia. Good people are always welcome here.
Great video.
The yellow plant, in time will it pushed out by other grasses!!
The tall thistles, Will they get eaten by the cattle??
Excellent work done here .
Fire is coming this summer all over Australia. After the growth of the wettest 50 years the grass has dried and will burn. Create your fire breaks now or it will all be lost within 6 months.
Yeoman's being applied, good to see. Knowing the expected rain patterns and the slope of the land would help determine how many transverse ditches would be needed.
Lovely talk. Would have been lovely to see an overhead view or diagram.
Yes absolutely agree.
Maybe grow treated oak and fruit trees. Drill in some higher growing grass species to shade out the weeds as well as deep rooting Nitrogen fixing species? You have the water and the experts available to give you advise.
It is an exciting time in Australian Agriculture.
Great content who was the master surveyor who designed this and is there other examples of this water spreading technique
Martin will get back to you soon.
Ray Thompson did the setup and surveying
@@martinwilliams5226 is ray Thompson with landcare or lls how do we contact him regards rob
Weeds are good, just need to identify what the next stage of succession is for the ecosystem and give nature a kick in the right direction. Animal pressure is your friend.
And if your uphill neighbours also created ditches on their land, perhaps you would no longer have much water runoff to utilise?
This would depend on their management techniques too. As Martin says, “it’s never just one thing, always a combination of things”
The secret is to increase carbon in the soil so it acts as a big sponge. Sponges release moisture slowly but surely. These banks slow runoff when the soil is not infiltrating water quick enough.
In theory once the diverse range of roots have kick started the carbon, nitrogen and water cycles the soil will continue to regenerate on its own.
I’ve been told at 4% of carbon, this happens and a farmer’s profit doubles. This was straight from a dairy farmers mouth.
Fantastic question thank you.
Google map at the start showing area the property is be good. What soil & environment? @8:00 No before pics? Guess he has geo maps
I suppose you could say this is the before pics. I have the opportunity to go back and film and will will include soil type and aerial shots.
Thanks for positive feedback. 💚
Should've just drawn a picture quite honestly
Thanks for your positive feedback.
You should be congratulated- great work and explanation. I liked the interspersal of the bank walls to let water in. It is a bit like arterial roads coming into the motorway.
@adamotoole I hadn’t thought of it like that. Great imagery to construct ideas.
@@adamotoole just worked out how to directly reply to you 🙄
Let the beavers do their job: creating meadowland.
Australia doesn't have beavers.
Swales in other languages and philosophies