[Jedd]

If you haven't already, you may wish to review Joel Salatin's work - he's based in the US, does a combination of broadacre and intensive farming, and has written many books. Some could be described as popular, rather than text, book style - I'm sorry I can't provide specific examples that may be appropriate, as I've only read a couple of his books and seen some interviews. He gained a fair bit of fame from featuring in Michael Pollan's 'The Omnivore's Dilemma' a few years back.

Do you use / have you used a Yeomans' plough, and/or investigated keyline? These are well suited to broadacre remediation and improvement (compared to, say, the details around inner zone planning of permaculture). I've seen evidence of these techniques around the Hunter, near Yeomans' original property, and the methods tend to be highly regarded.

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>Keyline ploughs

I actually work as an engineer/designer for a small business based in Queensland who build ploughs, including non-inversion deep rippers (somewhat in competition with Yeoman). We have in the last ~8 months sold a heap of rippers into WA in partnership with a local manufacturer, targeting clay pan breakup, pH remediation, etc. with a lot of success. It's interesting the way deep tillage and other mechanical soil management ideas are experiencing something of a renaissance out west at the moment.