Direct Seeding Systems in Australia Direct Seeding Systems in Australia Allen Postlethwaite Zero till grain grower, Member of Wimmera Conservation Farming Assoc. Victoria, Australia Direct seeding and intensive cropping is a farming system requiring intensive management. It has the potential to greatly increase production and profitability with less cost to the environment. Direct seeding and intensive cropping provide solutions to economic and environmental problems. The benefits reach far beyond the farm gate.
Most farmers lack the management skills to fully implement such a system with out advice.
Quality advice is difficult to find. Farm profile Our farm of 1834 ha, is in the Wimmera region of Victoria at 36.5 o latitude and 143 o longitude. The area is slightly undulating. Soils range from self mulching grey clays with a pH of 8.5 to hard setting red duplex soils with a pH 6. Both soil types are sodic.