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Advancing the Art of No-till in Australia
Author: Robert Ruwoldt
Date Created: November 27, 2008
Last Reviewed: November 27, 2008
Advancing the Art of No-Till in Australia – Crop Rotations and Soil Advancing the Art of No-Till in Australia – Equipment & Technology  Robert Ruwoldt - No-Till Farmer - Victoria, Australia Robert Ruwoldt is a past president of the Victorian (Australia) No-Till Farmers Association. Robert is one of Australia's best no-till farmers and a dynamic speaker. He started direct seeding his crops in 1983 and has continued to advance his system ever since then. Robert’s farm is now a fourth generation family farm and is situated in the middle of Victoria (Australia) and in the heart of the Wimmera farming region. The farm consists of 7000 acres of no-till crop land. Robert is lucky to have some of the best soils in Australia to farm, consisting of mainly heavy black clay soil types with good water holding capacity. Average rainfall is 16 inches a year of mainly winter rain fall with no reliable summer rain to count on. Robert grows wheat, barley, lentils, canola, beans and chickpeas in his diverse and continuous cropping rotation Click the pdf for the complete presentation