There are alternatives that give stronger, long term pasture growth, while addressing climatic conditions and climate change.
Sustainable, economic growth is only as good as the ground it is growing in.
"A soil carbon improvement of only 0.5% in the top 30cm of 2% of Australia's estimated 445 Million hectares of agricultural land would safely and permanently sequester the entire nation's annual emissions of carbon dioxide.
... It is also possible for humification to occur in annual cropping systems provided long fallows are avoided, soil is kept covered at all times and biology friendly fertilisers are used rather than products with anti-microbial effects.
... Read more at the Australian Farm Journal
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