April 16, 2015
The Kingaroy Landcare Group will be holding a field walk later this month for farmers interested in improving pastures that have been sown on former cropping land.
Four years ago Booie farmers Neville and Narelle Jorgensen experimented with different ways to improve the infiltration of rainfall into the soil.
The three methods were: placing small check banks in between existing contour banks; ripping; and not disturbing the soil.
The field walk, which will examine the results of the work, will be held on Sunday, April 26, from 2:00pm to 4:00pm at the Jorgensens’ property on Jorgensens Road.
For more information, contact Ian Crosthwaite at BGA AgriServices on 0409-622-319.
Footnote: It’s ironic that this field walk is examining how to make better use of limited rainfall. The very first contour bank built in Queensland was in the South Burnett in 1936. And, according to the State Government, by 1989 about 90 per cent of all cultivations in the South Burnett had been contoured. The contour banks were built to minimise erosion caused by run-off from heavy summer rain.
