Organic effort pays premium

Alisha Fogden
November 27 2016 - 7:30am
FAMILY AFFAIR: Mallee farmers Josh and Peri McIntosh (back) with their Border Park Organics Hereford beef herd and their seven children - (middle) Eliana, 14, Aleida, 10, Elias, 8, Abran, 12, (front) Aurelia, 2, Malachi, 4, and Gilead, 6.
FAMILY AFFAIR: Mallee farmers Josh and Peri McIntosh (back) with their Border Park Organics Hereford beef herd and their seven children - (middle) Eliana, 14, Aleida, 10, Elias, 8, Abran, 12, (front) Aurelia, 2, Malachi, 4, and Gilead, 6.

LIVESTOCK plays an integral role in the McIntosh family’s organic mixed farm in the Mallee, particularly for weed control and nutrient cycling in cropping paddocks.

Alisha Fogden

Alisha Fogden

senior journalist, cropping editor at Stock Journal

Journalist at Australian Community Media newspapers since 2007.

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