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Land, Water and Wool Projects

Profitable, biodiverse wool production systems for the Northern Tablelands (NSW)

A significant number of the world’s premium fine woolgrowers operate on New South Wales’ Northern Tablelands, which covers 2.5 million hectares and carries four million sheep. Over 1000 woolgrowers operate in the region, with granite, trap and basalt soil types and predominantly summer rainfall.

SGSL Producer Network Projects (New South Wales)

The NSW Producer Network committee was chaired by John Powell and supported 26 grower sites. They were strongly focused in central NSW (where most salinity expression is evident) but extended from Inverell in the north to Albury in the south. The sites predominantly investigated the suite of saltland options available for the rehabilitation of saline land, and the associated establishment and management questions.

SGSL Producer Network Projects (South Australia)

The SA Producer Network committee was chaired by Dr Bruce Munday and supported 13 grower sites. The research funded through the SGSL Producer Network was relevant to each groups’ particular needs as well as being appropriate to their local conditions, knowledge and experience. Collectively, the SA project sites contributed not only to improving local knowledge and interest, but were part of a national network of (more)...

SGSL Producer Network Projects (Victoria & Tasmania)

The Victorian Producer Network committee was chaired by Christine Forster and supported 17 grower sites. A further two project sites were located in Tasmania and coordinated through the Victorian Producer Network committee.

SGSL Producer Network Projects (Western Australia)

There were 61 groups comprising 70 sites participating in the WA SGSL Producer Network from Geraldton in the north to Esperance in the south, with numerous on-farm research sites located throughout the northern, central and eastern wheatbelt and Great Southern regions. The WA Producer Network committee was chaired by Fionnuala Hannon.

Stocking rate decision tools for rangeland pastoralists

Stocking rate decisions are fundamental to pastoral management. While graziers factor in many environmental issues into their stocking rate decisions, few effectively incorporate all of the information that is either routinely collected on properties (e.g. rainfall, paddock grazing histories) or could be easily acquired (e.g. resource condition, seasonal climate forecasts). Stocking rate decision tools for rangeland pastoralists aimed to make this information more readily useable to assist (more)...

Sustainable sheep grazing systems for riparian landscapes

Tasmania has a reputation for producing some of the finest and cleanest wool in the world. Helping woolgrowers determine the best ways of integrating good riparian management into sustainable grazing systems was the focus of this project. It investigated the management of riparian pastures and native vegetation, and how different land use practices affect the health of rivers. The study was linked with the Land, Water & Wool Native Vegetation and Biodiversity project (more)...

Water, soil and salt movement from sustainable salt-tolerant pastures

The focus of the project Water, soil and salt movement from sustainable salt-tolerant pastures was on the movement of water soil, salt and nutrients from saline discharge sites to waterways, and the impact on these flows by productive saltland pastures. The main research sites were located near Young and Manildra in the Upper Lachlan catchment.

Wool producers with remote control: new tools for whole of property management

Pasture management in the pastoral zone is crucial to long-term sustainability of woolgrowing enterprises, but the large size of properties and scarcity of labour make it difficult for pastoralists to know the condition of the pasture base across the whole property. As well, like all agricultural producers, pastoralists are under increasing scrutiny to ‘prove’ whether they are managing their natural resources well. The ability of satellite imagery to provide frequent and whole-of-property (more)...