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Topoclimate is the world's most successful Land Resources Management
system used by over 5,000 farmers throughout Australia and New Zealand to
substantially increase profitability and productivity using the techniques now
shown in FARMING SMARTER .
Here are some examples of how Topoclimate has changed farms
and the lives of farmers:
• In
southwest Western Australia, a sheep farmer radically changes his farming
systems and adds $200,000 to his farming profit. Click here
for more details of how he did this.
• In
Southland, New Zealand, a farming couple diversify into a new flower crop on
their struggling sheep farm and generate an additional $100,000 per hectare
from their property. Click here to read their story.
• A
farming couple on the Dorrigo Plateau in northern NSW completes a Farm plan
that adds $200,000 to the sale price of their farm. Learn how you could also
add value to your farm by clicking here
• A
horticultural Farming company near Grafton in northern NSW identifies the right
places on its property to grow each of its boutique fruit crops and produces
42% more fruit per tree than the Australian averages for its red-fleshed
grapefruit crop. Read their story here
• A
Blue Mountains (Sydney) couple add value to their $10,000 lavender crop to
produce and market a unique line of lavender products valued at well over
$100,000. Read about how to add value to your crops here
• Merino
sheep farmers in the high country of New Zealand’s South Island work
together to produce and market their ultrafine merino wool at prices well above
returns from auction for this class of wool. Read about this good example of
community co-operation here
• The
Regional community in New Zealand invests in a $4.3 M farm scale programme mapping
soils and microclimates over the 820,000 ha of farmland in its region and ends
up creating over 3000 additional jobs from improved productivity,
diversification into new crops and more sustainable farming of the land. Read
about the highly successful Topoclimate South Project in Southland here
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A beekeeper in the Woodlands area of Southland
finds he can generate an additional 25% honey from his beehives by using land
resource information to identify better harvest sites. Read his story here
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New Zealanders and Americans farm
smarter by co-operating to control the world market in a new high-value oil
crop. Read about their story here
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A Southland wheat farmer improves the
profitability of his wheat crop by FARMING SMARTER and using information
on his soils to pick the best areas of his farm to crop. Read all about it here.
What did all of these achievements have in common?
They all used better quality information on their land
resources to change their farming systems. They all used the principles of
Measuring, Mixing and Marketing contained in the TOPOCLIMATE FARM PLANNING
PROCESS. This unique process is now available on the Internet so that you can
learn about and apply it to your own farm.