Effluent proves its worth on South Coast

By Stephen Burns
September 1 2019 - 8:00am
Different focus: Milking 1200 cows, Todd Whyman has been utilising the available on farm effluent during the past five years as an alternate source of nutrients. Photo: supplied
Different focus: Milking 1200 cows, Todd Whyman has been utilising the available on farm effluent during the past five years as an alternate source of nutrients. Photo: supplied

We had got to the point where we were no longer getting the response to urea we once had

- Todd Whyman

Changing the direction of fertiliser inputs during the past five years on the family dairy farm near Bega, Todd Whyman and his parents-in-law Ken and Judy Kimber have noted a remarkable response to their use of farm effluent and other organic applications rather than the traditional rates of urea applied.

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