Down Under Doesn’t Want to Be Left Behind When It Comes to
Biotechnology Jun 21, 2012 By Heather Baldock: Kimba, South
Australia Psalm 63 speaks of "a dry and thirsty land, where no
water is." It’s not quite that bad where we live, but it’s
close. We need to be very conservative with our water use. We
plan our entire livelihood and lifestyle around rainfall events.
My family farms on the Eyre Peninsula in the state of South
Australia on the continent of Australia. We "dry land" farm on
some of the driest agricultural land of the driest state on the
driest continent on the planet. Water is a precious resource. To
make it here, about halfway between Sydney and Perth, we have to
use water with care and efficiency. Drought is factored into our
risk management planning. Using no till farming is one tool we
are using effectively to help manage the risk while improving
our soil structure. Rainfall is not the only challenge but we
worry that it will worsen as the climate changes with models
predicting a hotter and dr