Episode 126: The Benefits of Pasture Cropping with Colin Seis

Regenerative Agriculture Podcast

AEA Marketing

Science, Natural Sciences, Earth Sciences

4.7 • 548 Ratings

🗓️ 25 July 2024

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

Colin Seis is a prominent figure in regenerative agriculture, renowned for his innovative pasture cropping solutions in Australia. His family's introduction to agriculture began when his four-times-great-grandparents were sent to Australia as convicts and eventually became successful farmers. Colin grew up on a farm held by his family for many generations in Australia, inheriting a wealth of agricultural knowledge from his father. However, after having witnessed the detrimental effects of conventional farming practices, he sought to find a better way. This led to the development of pasture cropping on the Seis operation, a method that integrates crops and pastures to restore and maintain soil health.

Today, Colin's 2,000-acre farm is a model of sustainable farming, carrying more sheep than ever before without relying on chemical fertilizers and pesticides, and boasting a diverse array of native grassland species.

In this episode, Colin and John discuss the:

Development and success of pasture cropping on his farm
Restoration of native grasslands
Improvement of farm profitability and sustainability
Critical role of grazing in balancing the carbon-to-nitrogen ratio
Management of rainfall and moisture Benefits of using native grasses

Additional Resources
To learn more about the Colin's farm, please visit: https://winona.net.au/

To get a copy of Colin's book, Custodians Of The Grasslands, please visit: https://winona.net.au/product/custodians-of-the-grasslands-author-colin-seis/

About John Kempf
John Kempf is the founder of Advancing Eco Agriculture (AEA). A top expert in biological and regenerative farming, John founded AEA in 2006 to help fellow farmers by providing the education, tools, and strategies that will have a global effect on the food supply and those who grow it.

Through intense study and the knowledge gleaned from many industry leaders, John is building a comprehensive systems-based approach to plant nutrition – a system solidly based on the sciences of plant physiology, mineral nutrition, and soil microbiology.

Support For This Show & Helping You Grow
Since 2006, AEA has been on a mission to help growers become more resilient, efficient, and profitable with regenerative agriculture.

AEA works directly with growers to apply its unique line of liquid mineral crop nutrition products and biological inoculants. Informed by cutting-edge plant and soil data-gathering techniques, AEA's science-based programs empower farm operations to meet the crop quality markers that matter the most.

AEA has created real and lasting change on millions of acres with its products and data-driven services by working hand-in-hand with growers to produce healthier soil, stronger crops, and higher profits.

Beyond working on the ground with growers, AEA leads in regenerative agriculture media and education, producing and distributing the popular and highly-regarded Regenerative Agriculture Podcast, inspiring webinars, and other educational content that serve as go-to resources for growers worldwide.

Learn more about AEA's regenerative programs and products: https://www.advancingecoag.com

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hi, friends, this is John. Welcome to the regenerative agriculture podcast where we have all kinds of fun conversations related to regenerating our ecosystems, regenerating our health, regenerating the financial success and the opportunities in our rural communities in our farmland.
0:18.0	I've been looking forward to this conversation today
0:21.7	for a long time.
0:23.4	Several months ago, more than several months ago,
0:25.3	probably almost a year ago, someone suggested that I should,
0:28.8	or I saw this announcement for this new book
0:31.6	called Custodians of the Grasslands.
0:34.6	And I knew Colin's name, I knew a bit of the work that he had been doing from other people.
0:41.3	But when I read the book for the first time a couple of months ago, it had been sitting on my
0:45.3	shelf for a while, the book is remarkably well written. You know, sometimes we read books
0:51.6	who have really great stories, but they're not very well written. And this is not
0:57.9	true for Colin's book. It's a book of an incredible story, but it's also written in a way that
1:04.7	really connects. So Colin Seis, welcome to the podcast. I'm so delighted to be able to speak with you. You have this
1:12.5	very well-written book, which is, I think, probably in the top two or three percent of agricultural
1:18.5	books that I've read in terms of the beauty of its story and its writing. For those people who
1:23.6	aren't familiar with your story, tell us a little bit about your journey and both
1:30.3	perhaps a bit of the work that you're doing today and then how you came to be doing the work that you're doing today.
1:35.3	My story, I guess, is a long one, especially how I wrote that book.
1:41.3	And it's related to my involvement in agriculture with agriculture in Australia.
1:49.1	And when I grew up with most of this knowledge being told to me by my father. So it wasn't
1:56.7	very difficult for me to write it, except the really early stuff and that was related to
2:04.1	our first or our family my family's introduction to agriculture in australia
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