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Quickchecks

Healthy Land… Healthy Wool Growing Business – Natural resource monitoring tools for woolgrowers

J WIlliams

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Quickchecks is an NRM Monitoring tool for woolgrowers. It is designed to be used as part of a facilitated group, or by individual producers. It can also be of value to farmers with other enterprises. The manual contains six NRM modules that can be selected for monitoring:

  1. GRAZING PADDOCKS – this module looks at 16 key measures of pasture health and is a practical way to measure and compare different paddocks.
  2. SOIL HEALTH – 12 measures of soil health including chemical, biological and structural aspects are examined in this module.
  3. WOODY VEGETATION – this module looks at 11 measures of the health of woody vegetation and can be used on both existing and revegetated areas.
  4. WATERCOURSE AREAS – 4 key measures of watercourse health are examined in this module which are useful for stream and creek regeneration works.
  5. BIRDS – bird counts in targeted areas are covered in this module, which can be a useful way to track population changes over time.
  6. PADDOCK PRODUCTION – this module measures carrying capacity over the year in DSE days/ha and DSE days/ha/100 mm rain. This allows you to relate paddock production to issues such as ground cover and soil health.
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You can order Quickchecks in hard copy, by contacting Canprint and quoting the number PX061206.

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Author(s):
J WIlliams
PublishedMarch 2007
Product Type: 
Guides and Manuals
Product Format: 
Brochure
Publisher: 
Land Water and Wool

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id: 145 / created: 10 October, 2007 / last updated: 17 August, 2009