Pasture Recovery Workshop - Raglan Hall

Next date: Wednesday, 12 February 2025 | 02:00 PM to 06:30 PM

Pyrenees Shire Council in partnership with Perennial Pasture Systems are proud to host this event to assist farmers impacted by recent floods, fires and drought.
Key topics:

• The current situation.
• What condition is my pasture in and assessing the damage.
• Should I destock.
• When and what to invest in to recover or develop my pasture.
• Learnings from past experience.

Keynote speaker Lisa Warn
When: Wednesday 12 February, 2 pm
Where: Raglan Hall
Free BBQ dinner provided from 5:45pm

Lisa Warn - Developing a pasture recovery plan

Issues/topics to be covered:

• For fire affected properties how hot was the fire, how badly was the pasture damaged and what to look for
• Impacts drought has on pasture
• Pasture measurement
• Donated hay. Nutritional value and risk of weed seeds
• Destocking strategies
• Strategies to repair bare ground and mitigate future fire and flood events

Interval (15 minutes)

Tom Silcock, case study farmer – Decisions, actions and reflections following past fire events (20 minutes)

• Developing and implementing a recovery plan
• What did I do that’s different,
• Actions I have taken, what did and what didn’t work, would I do things differently in future
• Looking after yourself

Rob Shae – The role of chicory and the PPS group (30 minutes)

• As a mitigation tool
• Factors to consider, e.g. soil types, fertility levels, climate etc.
• How PPS supports its members to grow good pastures

Panel Session (15 - 20 minutes)

Q&A for each of the panel members

Ballarat Community Health (5 minutes)

Five minutes on support available and availability for free health checks once this session wraps up

Pyrenees Shire Recovery Team (5 minutes)

Quick intro on support available from this team, who we are and what we do

 

When

Location

Raglan Hall, 4 Codrington St, Raglan, 3373, View Map