Oral Australian Summer Grains Conference 2013

Sorghums role in our farming operations. (205)

David Brownhill

6490 hectares on the Liverpool Plains, 60 kms west of Quirindi.

consisting of 3600 ha's dryland cropping, 1250 ha's irrigated cropping, 1640 ha's grazing

50 % summer cropping, with sorghum being main summer crop. Also grow corn and cotton. Wheat, barley , chickpeas in winter program. Controlled traffic since 2002, and an emphasis on no till. Focus on costs and a sound rotation have been the key to our business.