vue - Better Productivity - how legumes boost agriculture returns

Better Productivity - how legumes boost agriculture returns Building carbon and nitrogen can come out of a bag or from legumes, a much cheaper option in grazing systems. The final video in the Better Soil Better Productivity series looks at the productivity benefits of putting legumes into the system. Offsetting pasture rundown, legumes increase soil nitrogen, pasture growth and cattle production. www.condaminealliance.com.au This video focuses on the productivity and modelling outcomes of the Condamine Alliance Action on the Ground project which has been trialling on farm practices to increase sequestration of carbon in the soil by enhancing biomass and/or productivity through the incorporation of perennial pastures in farming systems. Funded by the Australian Government, nine local trial sites were established in Chinchilla, Jandowae, Bell and Clifton districts. The trials explored a variety of soil types and land management practices on degraded cropping and grazing land. Concluding in 2015, Condamine Alliance was joined in the three year project by industry specialists in agronomy, land management, pasture management, climate science and local Landcare groups. Extremely dry conditions provided challenges for the project. However, interesting results were achieved with nutrient management and the sowing of grasses and legumes, including increased pasture growth and cattle liveweight gain.