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The Glenelg Story presents strong arguments for conservative stocking, comprehensive ground cover, soil hydrology and available water, thus preserving soil and biodiversity. The result is a profitable and productive enterprise flourishing despite a 6 year-long drought.

On 7.9 ha of organic beef cattle breeding, backgrounding, and fattening, The Chambers family saw a 30% productivity increase with gross margins between $64-$113 per hectare, higher yields on revegetated brigalow paddocks than cleared paddocks, and increased water availability due to increased rainfall infiltration and reduced losses to evaporation all from their own innovations. From comprehensively monitoring and measuring time-controlled cell grazing, soil improvement using biodynamic methods, to all new organic management, the innovations commenced in 1993 are now returning bumper profits.

Soils For Life has worked tirelessly to uncover and promote the stories of farmer innovators across the country for almost a decade. Championing innovative case studies across Australia, Soil For Life is focussed on a future of healthy, regenerated soils and landscapes, nutritious and abundant food, productive and profitable food and fibre systems, and resilient and connected communities.

Read the Glenelg Story.