December 2009

2009 has seen biological farming, humus compost, innovative management systems and carbon trading come to the fore and attract huge interest as solutions to our agricultural problems ...

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Issue 13, December 2008

Merry Christmas to everyone and a happy 2009. Thankyou very much for your support and business during 2008. It was certinanley a year of change and uncertainty within the conventional fertiliser inustry as well as the world economy...

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Issue 12, Winter 2008

It seems that the years just fly by faster and faster, sometimes this is a good thing when affected by droughts and rising prices, harvest comes around quicker.
2008 started out with a little more promise and recent rains give us hope that this will be a better year. With widespread rising fertiliser prices, many farmers have turned to Ylad Living Soils for advice about sowing blends and pasture fertilisation...

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Issue 10, Summer 2006

Once again I am writing this article while we are in the grips of the worst drought in 1000 years. I congratulate each and every one of you for your efforts of partaking in biological (regenerative) farming as a way of promoting healthier soils, plants & animals. Andre Leu, Chairman of the Organic Federation of Australia points out that Australia has a history of long periods of dry times and illustrates that only by increasing soil organic carbon with a stable humus product such as compost will we be able to survive in these trying times...

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Issue 9, Winter 2006

It always seems that whenever I go to write a newsletter we are in drought, it is getting very monotonous. Winter breaks seem like something we are going to have to get used to. Well done to all our customers who planned early and ordered sowing blends...

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