00:00At Mara, Brenton Patterson has been trialling intercropping for the last few years to work out what varieties and mixes
00:08work best.
00:10He finds a market before he grows anything, with this year including a canola and vetch crop, which he said
00:16he has found worked well.
00:18Another in the rotation this season is wheat grown with beans, which Mr Patterson said was testing higher in nutrients
00:26compared to the conventionally grown wheat nearby.
00:28Mr Patterson said the intercropping was about nitrogen cycling and improving soil microbes, with legacy impacts expected.
