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**Pipindula** · 04-20-2012, 01:50 AM

Thing is, we cannot continue with the fossil fuelled tractors forever. We need an alternative.

No, but until we can find ways to do that it isn't a bad idea to use the fuel we do in the most efficient and productive way.

There's no use showing me flash linked movies. They won't play, they won't download.. Wasn't posting it just for your benefit

However I've been there done that. Planted a couple of thousand trees in a weekend and watched a bulldozer knock down more than a thousand an hour on the other side of the hill. The topic and gist of the video I linked I linked to was about planting a substantial area of farmland with a mix of native species in order to link two areas of land and provide a wildlife corridor. 30,000 plants involved, so a pretty large project.

In the OP jj posted was the following

'"There will be specific areas where there'll be high producing and highly responsive areas for crop production and animal production, together with areas where we've got biodiversity protection, carbon plantings and connectivity of corridors around the landscape."

I would contend that in certain circumstances it is beneficial for farmers to devote areas of land for the growing/protection of native habit, plants and wildlife for purely economical reasons with considering the environmental gains. Having diversity amongst native plants birds, insects and other critters offers can help keep pest species in check and this result in greater returns to the producer because more saleable crop can be harvested, whilst at the same time reducing input costs from things such as the purchase costs of pesticides and the labour involved in applying them.

Good thread this one, plenty of food for thought so far.

04-20-2012, 01:50 AM	#10
Pipindula Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 446 Senior Member	Thing is, we cannot continue with the fossil fuelled tractors forever. We need an alternative. No, but until we can find ways to do that it isn't a bad idea to use the fuel we do in the most efficient and productive way. There's no use showing me flash linked movies. They won't play, they won't download.. Wasn't posting it just for your benefit However I've been there done that. Planted a couple of thousand trees in a weekend and watched a bulldozer knock down more than a thousand an hour on the other side of the hill. The topic and gist of the video I linked I linked to was about planting a substantial area of farmland with a mix of native species in order to link two areas of land and provide a wildlife corridor. 30,000 plants involved, so a pretty large project. In the OP jj posted was the following '"There will be specific areas where there'll be high producing and highly responsive areas for crop production and animal production, together with areas where we've got biodiversity protection, carbon plantings and connectivity of corridors around the landscape." I would contend that in certain circumstances it is beneficial for farmers to devote areas of land for the growing/protection of native habit, plants and wildlife for purely economical reasons with considering the environmental gains. Having diversity amongst native plants birds, insects and other critters offers can help keep pest species in check and this result in greater returns to the producer because more saleable crop can be harvested, whilst at the same time reducing input costs from things such as the purchase costs of pesticides and the labour involved in applying them. Good thread this one, plenty of food for thought so far.
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