Livestock

Signposts for Australian agriculture: the Australian dairy industry

carmelewing — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:08:32 +1000

Rangelands 2008 - taking the pulse

carmelewing — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:54:05 +1000

The Impact of Grazing Management on Native Grasses of Non-Arable Pastures in the Mid-North South Australia

Mon, 19 Nov 2007 15:15:40 +1100

Mulga as a feed source

Thu, 11 Oct 2007 10:44:13 +1000

Insights Case Studies on how farmers are successfully managing pastoral country for profit and sustainability

Thu, 11 Oct 2007 10:29:58 +1000

Knowing El Nino: The Influences of Climate Perception of Land Management Decisions in Western NSW and QLD

Mon, 08 Oct 2007 17:15:29 +1000

Profitable and sustainable grazing on saline land in WA

Mon, 08 Oct 2007 15:45:58 +1000

Managing native pastures for improved animal production and biodiversity

Mon, 08 Oct 2007 15:00:44 +1000

Managing gully erosion in the NSW Tablelands to improve water quality and maintain productive wool pastures

Mon, 08 Oct 2007 14:07:31 +1000

Informing the decisions of pastoral woolgrowers for country and profit

Mon, 08 Oct 2007 11:18:38 +1000

Better farm management with Quickchecks

Fri, 29 Jun 2007 00:29:00 +1000

Want a quick an easy way to measure what is going well on your land to clearly identify any issues that may need action?

Quickchecks - a useful new guide for woolgrowers, will provide you with the tools to measure the health of your pastures (including ground cover), soils, woody vegetation, farm watercourses, paddock production levels and birds.

Quickchecks will assist you to:

* Track the changes which occur over time on your land
* Improve land health from whatever the starting point
* Use this valuable information as part of normal decision making to improve business performance

Mulga as a feed source

Wed, 31 Jan 2007 10:55:36 +1100

The brochure called ‘Mulga as a feed source’ has been developed from existing Department of Primary Industries & Fisheries Queensland web pages, printed materials, and scientific and extension experience, to facilitate discussion on the role of mulga in feed budgets.

It canvasses a range of relevant topics including:

* Mulga feeding in your drought management strategy
* Mulga as a fodder source
* Fodder value
* Costs and benefits of feeding mulga
* Mulga or pasture?

[Mulga as a Feed Source](index.php?q=node/211) brochure

This project was funded by Land, Water & Wool. For more information, contact the researcher, Dr Terry Beutel, Department of Primary Industries & Fisheries, Rockhampton, Queensland.

How to manage gullies and in-stream wetlands on-farm

Mon, 30 Oct 2006 11:12:36 +1100

The Rivers & Water Quality sub-program has developed two new fact sheets to provide valuable information about gullies and in-stream wetlands, and the best ways to manage them on-farm.

* Managing gullies on wool-producing farms.

This fact sheet from the Land, Water & Wool Program summarises information about gullies, their prevention and management.

The gully project was established in 2003 in the Yass region of New South Wales with the specific aim of testing and demonstrating options for gully management that growers can consider. The fact sheet discusses the conditions under which particular management strategies work best so that growers can choose the approach that will work best on their farm.

Wool Production & Biodiversity Testimonials

Mon, 30 Oct 2006 11:05:23 +1100

Discover how seven woolgrower families on the Northern Tablelands have managed their farms for profitable, biodiverse wool production.

The Testimonials provide a range of examples of how woolgrowers, old and young, are managing their farms and achieving positive financial and environmental outcomes. The properties span large and small farms, intensively developed as well as native country, a range of soil types and different approaches to grazing management, and country between Walcha and Guyra both east and west of the New England Highway.

Taken together, the Testimonials describe a large number of successful innovations that have worked for these families and which other woolgrowers can consider for implementation on their own farms.

Successfully Managing for Profit and Sustainability in the Pastoral Zone

Sun, 29 Oct 2006 11:33:24 +1100

A passion for operating successful, profitable and environmentally sympathetic wool-based businesses in the pastoral zone typifies five woolgrower families profiled in the latest Land, Water & Wool Insights publication.

Covering one-fifth of Australia’s continent, pastoral zone properties are bigger, dryer and more reliant on native vegetation systems than any other group of woolgrowers in Australia.

The Managing Pastoral Country Sub-program has worked with woolgrowers to identify how pastoral country can be better managed to address key environmental issues while maintaining productivity.