How can managing hill country be more profitable?

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Woolgrowers with hill country can improve profits by 10% and avoid bare hills, erosion and weed problems in winter. Research commissioned by Land, Water & Wool has identified three different strategies for achieving whole farm profitability while ensuring the condition of native vegetation on hill country wool growing properties is improved. This Extension Note is based on the major findings from
this research.

Hill country is classified as anything with a greater than 3% slope.

The research identified the following strategies for managing hill country:

Strategy 1: Deferred grazing
Strategy 2: Intensive rotational grazing of productive paddocks
Strategy 3: Targeting soil nutrient defi ciencies