{"id":17831,"date":"2018-11-21T06:28:39","date_gmt":"2018-11-21T06:28:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/?p=17831"},"modified":"2018-11-21T12:04:32","modified_gmt":"2018-11-21T12:04:32","slug":"p-r-e-d-a-t-o-r-n-u-r-s-e-r-y-p-a-r-t-o-f-falkiners-award-finalist-farming-approach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/living\/p-r-e-d-a-t-o-r-n-u-r-s-e-r-y-p-a-r-t-o-f-falkiners-award-finalist-farming-approach\/","title":{"rendered":"P r e d a t o r n u r s e r y p a r t o f Falkiner\u2019s award-finalist farming approach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Growing up on a station in\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Deniliquin, in the Riverina region of\u00a0<\/strong><strong>New South Wales, Simon Falkiner\u00a0<\/strong><strong>has always loved the land.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Now 50-plus years later, the Freshwater Creek farmer was a top-three finalist in this year\u2019s Bob Hawke National Landcare Awards.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Falkiner was nominated by colleagues for the award presented every two years; honouring those with a remarkable commitment to caring for the land; champions better practices; and shares knowledge with others so that they too can prosper.<\/p>\n<p>Simon, a fourth-generation farmer runs a 600-acre mixed enterprise farm that produces meat merinos, cereals and oilseed crops; while prioritising farming techniques that preserve the lands biodiversity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve always been a farmer. I finished school, went jackarooing for a year and moved down here in 1970 where I complete a Farm Management Diploma at Marcus Oldham,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Simon\u2019s focus on maintaining soil health and his integrated pest and grazing management has made him a leading advocate for best-practice Landcare; his farm has hosted longterm trials testing everything from soil acidification and biology to pasture cover and cropping.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to clothe and feed the world and agriculture is at the centre of that.<\/p>\n<p>One of the appeals to me is the diverse nature of farming and what it leads to. There\u2019s something for everyone in agriculture.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the beginning Simon\u2019s farming philosophy was based solely around production.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I started, production was at the forefront of my decisions \u2013 producing as much as you could for as little cost as possible. Now when I look at how I produce things, I look at the consequences of that production system.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI ask, \u2018Am I polluting the waterways?\u2019, \u2018Am I polluting the environment?\u2019, \u2018Am I improving the soil?\u2019 and that\u2019s what drives my decisions now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf I can find a soft way of achieving production goals then I\u2019ll do that. I utilise integrated pest management on our farm, we have a predator nursery. It sounds like science fiction, but it\u2019s native grassland designed to house an army of natural predators (spiders, wasps).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen insect pests fly in the cavalry are already here to attack them. We haven\u2019t had to use pesticide for over 10 years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Marcus Oldham students regularly visit his farm to learn about the various techniques implemented in order to reduce the carbon footprint and impact on the environment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy mindset change was triggered by a concern about the reliance on chemicals of farming systems. Whether it be livestock or cropping, chemicals have become the cornerstone of our production systems.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI always felt there was a better way, once you start ameliorating the subsoil, putting in predator nurseries etc, you realise there are natural ways to overcome the challenges to agriculture in high rainfall zones.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis award was a great recognition, not only for myself, but for the Corangamite region and what we are doing here. It showed we are right up there in Australia with innovative farming practices.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Growing up on a station in\u00a0Deniliquin, in the Riverina region of\u00a0New South Wales, Simon Falkiner\u00a0has always loved the land. Now 50-plus years later, the Freshwater Creek farmer was a top-three finalist in this year\u2019s Bob Hawke National Landcare Awards. 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