8812+Project+plan

=Introduction: = My project will attempt to follow on my 8802 project on soil and farm managment.

Using the  information  provided

I intend to try and come up with an integrated management portfolio for managing the industry (dairy farming) through an integrated approach. All the environmental pressures are mounting, increased pressure on food and impacts on [|water] ways and soils need integrated approaches. Involvement in management on all levels ensures that at least resources are not wasted. I am not sure where this will go either... But hopefully it will be an interesting experiment.

To do this I intend on looking at the various forms of resource tools and aplications

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[|Sustainability Monitor.]

=Issues: =

Crown land ownership not related to federal, sustainable management protocol. Freehold and leasehold land not related to sustainable management protocol.

The use of online

=Correspondence: =

Hi Sarah, You have actually raised a really good question, and to tell you the truth I am in the process of trying to work out, Dairy farming is one of the most intensive practices in terms of damage to soil. Especially in Australia where the soil is so low in nutrients and requires so many inputs. But your's is a good question because it involves the notion of soil sustainability (i am presuming), whereby a soil can be managed in such a way to minimise overall loss to the surrounding environment yet at the same time be profitable. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,Times,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px;">This is difficult to understand. A healthy soil isn't the same as a productive one. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,Times,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px;">This is due to many factors, but the price of milk is probably the most important one for the farmers. These people are generally concerned for the environment, and their surrounding environment too. Having said this the farmers are generally trying to maximise productivity so they can earn more money and the environment is what they exploit to earn their money. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,Times,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px;">So I guess in summary to your question, yes there is a way to manage soil without damaging it, however humans like earning profit at the expense of other environmental variables like, soil, [|water], wind, light etc. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,Times,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px;">If there was a way to test the health of the soil and then somehow we were able to legislate against the decline of soil health then the answer would be yes, because then the farmers would have less say about productivity and would just be producing their product.