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John and Robyn produce ultrafine wool on ‘Talaheni’, a 245-hectare property in Yass Valley. When they brought the property about 30 years ago it was suffering from severe dryland
salinity, soil acidity and associated vegetation decline. They have worked steadily since to overcome the problems and ultimately achieve increased production benefits. Their approach has been outlined in the following document from the Proceedings of the 22nd Annual Conference of the Grassland Society of NSW © 2007 Grassland Society of NSW Inc.:
Achieving production and environmental benefits in a challenging landscape
They have gained various awards in this endeavour including:
2009 NSW Conservation Farmer of the Year
Climate Champion
And his work has been featured in Climag Edition 21(September 2011) (see page 2) published by the Grains Research and Development Corporation.
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