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Broadacre: High Rainfall

Farmers' use of sustainable management practices

ABARE report for the National Land and Water Resources Audit

This report presents the results from a survey of Australian broadacre farmers’ use of sustainable land management practices. The National Land and Water Resources Audit (NLWRA) commissioned ABARE to design and conduct a national survey to collect data on farmers’ adoption of specified natural resource management and business management practices. An understanding of land managers’ willingness and capacity to adopt (more)...

Grazing winter cereals in high rainfall regions

This is a ready reckoner to assist farmers in matching stocking rate to the feed availability. It describes a new way of providing a food supply that was not utilised previously without comprimising the cereal output.

Long term sustainability of precision irrigation

This project aims to assess soil structural decline under precision irrigation and to suggest management strategies to avoid it. The work so far has largely been confined to drip-irrigated vineyards in the Barossa Valley.

Productive native pastures in the high and medium rainfall zones

Native pastures are a valuable resource on many wool growing properties. This guide provides case studies about how wool growers are improving their productivity through the sustaina

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Barking up the Right Tree

This brochure provides information for Victorian woolgrowers with hill country, however is still valuable to anyone interested in management options for meeting biodiversity and production outcomes in a whole farm context. Covers topics of deferred graz

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Saltland Pastures in Australia: A Practical Guide

Second Edition

Dr Ed Barrett-Lennard is Australia’s foremost authority on saltland pastures and winner of the National Dryland Salinity Program’s 2002 W.E. Wood award for excellence in salinity research. This book brings together information on saline land and saltland pastures. Chapters include: Farmers voices; Salinity and saltland options; Factors affecting plant growth; pasture plants; Establishing saltland pastures; Grazing value; Productivity of saltland pastures; and (more)...

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

Motivation and awareness presented through case studies of the benefits of establishing saltland pastures.

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The SGSL Producer Network in New South Wales

Network projects in NSW along with the SGSL sub-program has provided information to woolproducers about possible soluation to salinity and saltland management, as the result of large-scale research. Provides contacts and further resources.

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SGSL Producer Network in Western Australia

A factsheet providing information to woolgrowers in Western Australia on the Sustainable Grazing on Saline Lands project. Includes information about the benefits of grazing on saline land, especially in WA. The WA Producer Network and LWW have provided

Sustainable Grazing on Saline Lands - projects and products

Brief snapshot of projects and the SGSL Producer Network nationally. Provides background information about the SGSL Producer Network and the projects they have conducted. States the aims and desired outcomes of the project.