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Great day on innovation in gully erosion control at Mt Forbes. Lots of discussion on the fundamentals plus the new weir prototype planned for this site @hlthylandwater

Last week, more than 30 landholders meet to hear from Graham Hand, an expert in improving soil health and cover cropping. Participants learnt about landscape function, animal based monitoring and new methods to improve the profitability of cattle enterprise. @AusLandcare

A great day of Stocktake to balance available pasture with animal demand in Esk yesterday. Landowners learnt about grasses ID, tree basal area, dry matter calculations, etc. This was delivered as part of the Grazing BMP program by DNRM.@hlthylandwater

Landholders working on property maps at the Kilcoy property mapping workshop, as part of the Grazing BMP program by DNRM. @hlthylandwater

Jason Callander (BiosecurityQld) and local landholders looking at Parthenium weed biocontrol activity at release site near Kilcoy.

Don't be a Jeff! This is a biosecurity awareness program from the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources. For more information visit agriculture.gov.au/biosecuri… youtu.be/X9BaHnWrv7k via @YouTube – at Sydney, New South Wales

Great interest from 30 landholders attending workshop at Perseverance on Saturday to learn about identifying, managing and monitoring desirable & undesirable pasture species to maintain land condition, soil health & productivity. @AusLandcare @hlthylandwater

Good crowd at the Canugura erosion and vegetation menagement workshop being delivered today. This follows on from a successful workshop in Boonah attended by 32 landholders – at Canungra, Queensland

Up to $5 million Environment Small Grants available to community, environment and other groups. Application close on 19 March 2018. For more information: nrm.gov.au/national-landcare…. @hlthylandwater nitter.gq/AusLandcare/status/968…

Great field day yesterday on pasture management organised by the Ravensbourne and District Landcare Group. Thank you to expert speaker Brian Johnson and to the generous landholders who invited the group to visit their property. @hlthylandwater

Are you doing enough to maintain healthy pastures & soils on your block?Tomorrow, the Ravensbourne and District Landcare Group is taking the community on a field day on two properties in Perseverance. See details below. @hlthylandwater

Great interest & discussion with 45 landholders at Woodford Lions session earlier this week, learning about managing Fireweed from Professor Brian Sindel (UNE). @hlthylandwater

Fighting Fireweeds - Tomorrow 6.30pm Woodford Bowls Club This is the opportunity to learn from expert Brian Sindel. @hlthylandwater

Great discussions at Perseverance Hall with local landholders learning how to better interpret soil tests and fertility requirements for profitable crop and pasture production. @hlthylandwater @RavensbourneLandcare

Is you Soil Healthy? Upcoming Soil health workshop at Perseverance Tuesday 23rd January. @hlthylandwater

Great to see kangaroo grass - one of the key 3P (Palatable, Productive, Perennial) indicator species - returning in a spelled riparian paddock at Fulham.

Healthy Land and Water attended the 14th Queensland Weed Symposium held in Port Douglas. Most relevant for SEQ agriculture was the ongoing search for biological control of weeds. This has to be the future to minimise our use of herbicides.

Over the last two days, produce growers have learnt about growing cheap, healthy produce using nature's free ecological services from Dr Wendy Seabook at the Learning from Nature series workshop

Last Grazing BMP workshop of the year at Kilcoy last Thursday. @GrazingBMP @hlthylandwater

Great interest and discussion at follow-up Grazing BMP workshop at Gatton yesterday covering Animal Production, Health & Welfare and People & Business.