Welcome to Morvenvale - a grain farm located between Walgett and Collarenebri on the North Western Plains of New South Wales, Australia.
Owned and operated by brothers, David and Peter Ricardo and families.
We are zero till farmers cropping around
5600 Ha (14000 acres) on
475mm (19 inch) annual rainfall.
We grow a mixture of crops in rotation.
Wheat, barley, chickpeas and fababeans are our
main crops with some canola too.
Our soils are susceptable to compaction.
3 metre tramlines and a no stock policy help.
Above all - we love our stubble.
Ground cover is king when it comes
to storing moisture and keeping it
as near to the surface as possible.
“We are Case nuts - not nut cases”
This page is a work in progress.
Check out our news page for info on the new WeedSeeker. More to follow…
4 responses so far ↓
1 Jock Cameron // Nov 25, 2007 at 3:33 pm
Very impressive page…..Great pics!
2 Glenn // Mar 17, 2008 at 11:48 pm
Hi David;
How are things with you? I heard you had a very dry year and now it has rained so you’ll be growing a good crop this year. what is your situation? Will you be planting many desi chickpeas? Of all the legume crops chickpeas will be the least favored as lentil and pea prices haveincreased much more than cp. We are very dry here but further north they are in good shape. We are having a good year with gross revenue up 60% and costs up only 15%(diesel and fert). we just got back from a month in Brazil and Argentina so need to buckle down and be ready to plant mid April.
Regards, Glenn
3 Christine Brain // May 22, 2008 at 12:43 pm
Dear David and Sue,
Thank you so much for sharing your great website with us. I hope you get lots of responses from people keen to learn from you and share your experiences. I read The Farmer’s Wife with a tear in my eye- how typical of farming people she is-resilient, strong and practical, with a sense of humour to boot. God bless you; may He send the rain you need when you need it.
Regards, Christine Brain
4 Ian Walthew // Jun 10, 2008 at 9:26 pm
Hi there,
Doing a little browsing on farm blogs, I came accross yours and greatly enjoyed it.
I thought you might be interested in a blog I run, called www.aplaceintheauvergne.blogspot.com Under the first photo post of every day are articles from the International Herald Tribune concerning agriculture, food, and water.
I’m also the author of a book called ‘A Place in My Country: In Search of a Rural Dream’ which might also interest you too. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Place-My-Country-Search-Rural/dp/0753823888/ref=pd_sbs_b_title_14
Good luck with your venture,
Kind regards,
Ian
www.ianwalthew.com
www.aplaceintheauvergne.blogspot.com
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