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AHR at the National Horticulture Convention and Field Day

AHR staff were thrilled to be part of the National Horticulture Convention on the Gold Coast last week. The popular stand featured both the Soil Wealth and Integrated Crop Protection projects, where 100s of fact sheets, UBSs, Pest and Disease …

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Ed Fagan

Cover crops improve your bottom line: Soil Wealth Farm Walk, Cowra NSW

Visit Mulyan Farms (Ed and James Fagan) and see summer cover crops (tillage radish, sorghum and legumes and mixtures) on the farm.  Ed Fagan and the Soil Wealth team will discuss how to manage cover crops in your farming systems; …

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A disease-free product is easier to market, and one which brings a premium price to the grower. The difference is significant between healthy leeks grown in healthy soil following a biofumigant cover crop (at left) and (at right) a less-than-optimum result – control crop of leeks where no cover crop was grown.

Soil diseases in vegetables under attack in new project

Link to ABC Rural story and interview Soil-borne diseases are a major threat to vegetable produce in intensive cropping systems, costing Australia’s $4 billion vegetable industry around $120 million per annum, while management has become more difficult with fewer chemical …

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Ed Fagan

Exciting NEWS! AHR partner grower Ed Fagan wins NSW Farmer of the year!

  Congratulations to Ed Fagan, Cowra NSW on winning NSW Farmer of the year! Mike Titley was at NSW Parliment House today  with Ed and his family to celebrate the good news. Good on you Ed and James! Visit the …

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Rob Hinrichsen Soil Wealth

Soil guru shows how it’s done at National Horticulture Convention

Soil guru shows how it’s done at National Horticulture Convention. See the Weekly Times article about the Kalfresh Soil Wealth site. http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/agribusiness/horticulture/soil-guru-shows-how-its-done-at-national-horticulture-convention/story-fnker6g8-1227422212518 …

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