The Director of INTA Anguil research station, Jesus Fernandez took me for a
farm tour of the 6000ha property. This area has been using No Till for
25 years. When they were about 10 years into it they suddenly began having problems
with large flocks of Pigeons and Starlings. The birds were able to find a great
food source in the stubbles and bred rapidly so that the flocks number in the
thousands. This has become a real issue across La Pampa with the birds
devouring large quantities of ripening crops.
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| A flock of Starlings |
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| Jesus Fernandez inspecting the grain in a Sunflower head |
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The Research facility also had a 150 head sheep dairy, these sheep are a dual purpose breed
They are a cross between Corredale and Fresian. |
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| Standing in a field of corn |
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| A common site near every major intersection is teams of contractors ready for the summercrop harvest |
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