Broadacre: Wheat-Sheep

Farmers' use of sustainable management practices

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)...

Saltland solutions

Saltland Solutions is a practical guide to saltland managment based on the Saltland Genie website (www.saltlandgenie.com.au).

After a decade of minimal activity, the first few years of the 21st Cent

How to make money out of grass

These guidelines have been developed by the Mid North Grasslands Working Group which was established in 1999 to provide farmers with practical information and support on the management of native pastures for increased productivity and biodiversity.

The group of more than 300 farmers throughout the Northern Agricultural Districts of South Australia as well as government representatives and other interested people in the community.

Free food for thought

These notes bring together the latest results from the Grain & Graze Program on grazing winter crops. They combine experimental results, producer information and observations from areas across Australia and identify insights and consequences of grazing winter crops on mixed farms. The notes are not intended to report on all the information that exists on grazing winter crops but rather to support the events being conducted by Grain & (more)...

Grazing winter cereals in low rainfall regions

Managing complex systems

Grain & Graze aims to offer ideas and ways of thinking about complex issues. This report explores strategic matters of interest to mixed farmers, teasing out the options and exploring how they vary in different circumstances. It doesn’t seek to provide precise answers; it highlights issues and options to be considered and gives more insight into how they can be tackled by individuals seeking to develop solutions to their own unique set of circumstances. (more)...

Thinking BiGG - farming families tell their stories of biodiversity

Thinking BiGG - farming families tell their stories of biodiversity is a 40pp feature case studies booklet which comprises an introduction and seventeen case studies of farmers that have participated in the national Biodiversity in Grain & Graze (BiGG) project. The intent of the case study booklet is to capture the unique, individual experiences of a selection of BiGG collaborating farmers and how biodiversity relates to their farm production and (more)...

Final Report- Does grazing on perennial pastures on saline land affect farm salt and water balances?

Summarises the research findings of this project.

SGSL Biodiversity Theme

The complete analysis of the biodiversity data is made difficult by issues of scale. The SGSL Biodiversity Theme protocols were written to focus on measures of biodiversity at a plot scale. However, the way that salinity is manifested in the landscape means that salt-affected areas may or may not operate at a comparable scale. This is especially apparent in the NSW and VIC projects, where the strongly salt-affected areas (more)...

SGSL Grazing Theme

Summarises the research findings of this project.