About Us

 

South West Agronomy (SWA for short) began operating in 2011 based in Warrnambool in South West Victoria to provide farmers with an independent source of agronomy guidance for their farming business. The overall philosophy of the business is to provide individual growers and corporate farmers with agronomy support that is right for them, without bias of sales targets and other commercial distractions that can interfere with agronomy when supplied by store based sales agronomists.

 

While the name suggests that agronomy is the main focus of the SWA there are several aspects to what services are available;

 

• Pasture base planning

• Feed planning 

• Dairy system modelling

• Long term dairy soil nutrient monitoring and management

• Crop and pasture agronomy

• Integrated weed control programs

• Running field Agronomy trials and screening pasture genetics

• Fodder beet Agronomy, crop management and systems

• Precision seeding, Fodder Beet and other high value crops

• Inter row spraying of fodder beet

 

• Experienced pasture agronomist, working on projects Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia

  • Developing forage bases for dairy, beef & sheep and cropping systems

  • Specialty cropping systems, fodder beet, maize and sorghum

  • Summer cropping, forage rape, turnips and herbs

  • Pasture renovation programs

  • Weed control and herbicide use

  • Pasture management and grazing

• Soil fertility

  • Soil testing, interpretation and analysis

  • Dairy fertiliser programs

  • Monitoring and implementing long term strategies

  • Soil fertility capital improvement programs

  • Nitrogen strategies for dairy and other pasture systems

• Dairy consulting

  • Farm modelling with Udder 

  • Red sky business analysis