Activity From The Pasture Diversity for Drought Defence Project

Colin Seis is a renowned regenerative agriculture expert who developed the Pasture Cropping concept with Darryl Cluff in 1993.

Colin and his son Nicholas, farm 'Winona', an 840 hectare farm in Gulgong, NSW. The property runs around four thousand, fine wool merino sheep which are managed holistically using ‘time control grazing’ methods. The Winona Merino Stud which consists of 500 stud ewes was founded in 1949 by Harry Seis.

Winona grows up to 500 acres of oats annually using the ‘pasture cropping’ technique. Native grass seed is an important ever growing enterprise for Winona. Native grass seed is now harvested annually from Winona native grassland.

In this webinar, Colin covers the importance of understanding and incorporating summer and winter active species in pastures for drought resilience, soil health and many other important benefits such as provision of habitat for local wildlife species. This session is part of the Perennial Pastures for Drought Defence Project which provides support tools for pasture selection, establishment and grazing management for drought resilience in low and medium rainfall areas.

We welcome anyone to join this project. We appreciate and thank Colin Seis for generously imparting his knowledge with us, and for his kind permission to record and share this video with the public.

For more information on the project, contact Rowena Danks rowena.danks@secondnature.org.au Join the project Facebook group www.facebook.com/groups/1685224948625401/ For more information on Colin and his work and to order his book 'Custodians of the Grasslands' visit https://winona.net.au

This activity is supported by the Australian Government's Future Drought Fund