Farmers Helping Farmers
Farmers Helping Farmers: soil health, soil function and grassroots agriculture
Celebrating the people at the grassroots of agriculture who are doing things differently. Hosted by leading Australian farmers from VicNoTill, ‘Farmers Helping Farmers’ asks the tough questions and, most importantly, give the honest answers.
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- Update frequency
- every 30 days
- Average duration
- 49 minutes
- Episodes
- 29
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
ENCORE: WILL BIGNELL - The Tassie farmer who's packed four lifetimes into one
In this ENCORE episode you'll get an insight into what you can expect at the VicNoTill annual conference on September 2 and 3 at Moama, NSW when you meet our dinner guest speaker Will Bignell.
VicNoTi…
ANDREW DOECKE - Omnia, 'all things' that maximise and sustain soil productivity
NSW broadacre cropping farmer Dan Fox has a fascination for understanding the intricacies of how plants and soils function, and his conversation with Omnia research and development manager Andrew Doe…
JOHN KEMPF - Australian launch of new AI tool and a whole lot more
“If you have a decline in yield as a result of a transition to regenerative ag, it is not a result of regenerative ag, it is the result of poor agronomic management. Accepting a yield loss is a choic…
Encore: CALLUM LAWSON. Common sense farming - a profitable regenerative grazing system
Applications are open for the Integrity Soils CREATE program with Nicole Masters which is being run in Australia for the first time. The on-farm intensive for CREATE Australia will be on the Victoria…
NICOLE MASTERS - Creating a lasting legacy for soil health
Nicole, a global agro-ecologist, educator and systems thinker, has been working with VicNoTill to share knowledge about regenerative ag for more than a decade.
In this episode, current president Mich…
WILL BIGNELL - The Tassie farmer who's packed four lifetimes into one
Agricultural investment manager and VicNoTill board member Angus Ingram steps in as guest host for this fast-paced, action-packed interview with Tasmanian farmer and ag scientist Will Bignell. Angus …
STACEY CURCIO - We are what we eat eats, food starts in the soil
When farmers speak about diversity being one of the hallmarks of a resilient farming system, Stacey Curcio asks them to consider the diversity within their diets and the way they move to keep their b…
KEIRAN KNIGHT - stepping outside the lines and away from chemical-based farming
Fifth generation broadacre farmer and agronomist Keiran Knight grew up on an irrigation, cotton, sheep, cattle and cereal farm between Walgett and Narrabri in NSW. She married her next door neighbour…
ROB HETHERINGTON - Calcium, the king of all elements
In the FARMERS HELPING FARMERS PODCAST Episode 21, Dan Fox sits down with WA farmer Rob Hetherington who is seeing a lifetime of soil study come to fruition on the Lake King farm he runs with his wif…
NIC KENTISH - Soil and life lessons from the pioneers of the Kentish potato
Australian families have grown up eating their fair share of Kentish potatoes, but have we ever considered the story behind the pioneering family who brought this staple ingredient to our tables? Mic…
FARMERS HELPING FARMERS PODCAST - Dan Fox & Michael Gooden, VicNoTill President handover
VicNoTill is at the forefront of change in Australian agriculture, and for the past three years fifth generation Marrar farmer Dan Fox has been president of this farmers helping farmers organisation.…
MATTHEW EVANS - The reluctant celebrity farmer and chef using his fame to spread the word about healthy soils, healthy foods and healthy people
JOEL WILLIAMS - Food for thought and the latest science on building soil carbon in an Australian context
Joel Williams spent several days with VicNoTill at the 2024 Food for Thought conference in Wagga Wagga NSW. Tune into his insightful conversation with Riverina broadacre cropping farmer Dan Fox about…
JIM ALEXANDER - Taking the foot off the throat of soil biology
VicNoTill board member Michael Gooden visits Jim Alexander on the Cootamundra farm where he lives with his wife Em and two young daughters to talk about his switch from commercial scale broadacre agr…
ALLAN PARKER OAM - Resetting your brain to reset your farming future
This is a conversation for farmers not to be missed! Allan Parker OAM was a crowd favourite at VicNoTill's conference Transition23 and captured the attention of the whole room within 10 seconds of st…
CALLUM LAWSON - The power of opening your eyes and asking questions
When Victorian cattle farmer Callum Lawson went to a holistic grazing course, it turned the way he approached farming on its head. He came home from the first day feeling baffled about the way he was…
JAKE CHANDLER - Farming for the environment can be profitable
Young farmer Jake Chandler has always had a deep connection with all things agricultural, and has experienced the landscape from many perspectives. The son of an Ag teacher, he worked as a jackaroo i…
TRAN$ITION23 SERIES: MATT TONKIN - The road to regeneration
The road to regeneration with NSW farm manager and Sober in the Country Bush Tribe Member Matt Tonkin looks at how important it is for farmers to be profitable, not only in the financial sense but al…
PHIL PETERSON - Building carbon in soils Part 2
Join our host Dan Fox in Part 2 of an indepth conversation with Phil Peterson about rebuilding soil carbon on farms.
Dan has talked numerous times with Phil in the paddock, and wanted to capture som…
TRAN$ITION23 SERIES - NAKALA MADDOCK: A fascinating insight into worm farming
The worms at NutriSoil are treated like royalty, because they are the key to sustainability, healthy soils, plant, human and planet health.
Nakala Maddock is the chief executive officer of the Barand…