Erica and Stuart Halliday ‘Ben Nevis’ Angus Stud Walcha NSW

For 5th generation beef cattle breeders, Erica and Stuart Halliday, it was the devastating drought and the depletion of their property’s topsoil that was the catalyst to switch their grazing management regime. With the support of their agronomist, the Halliday’s have switched across to no-till, multispecies annual and future perennial plantings and rotational grazing. And the results have been dramatic and include a significant improvement in the nutrient, organic matter and microbe load in their topsoils, a dramatic reduction in input costs and significant improvements in weight gain and reduction in metabolic and husbandry issues in their cattle. Their Halliday’s believe that by switching their grazing management regime they are building their business to be more drought resilient and through multispecies plantings and a change in grazing management, they are managing their cattle to sequester carbon and will be on track to be carbon neutral by 2030. For more information: MLA CN30 https://www.mla.com.au/cn30/ MLA Feedbase Hub https://www.mla.com.au/extension-trai... MLA Producer Adoption https://www.mla.com.au/research-and-d... Australian Beef Sustainability Framework https://www.sustainabieaustralianbeef... Landcare Australia https://landcareaustralia.org.au/land... NRM Regions Australia https://nrmregionsaustralia.com.au/