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Land Water and Wool Case Study: Rick Robertson, Bairnsdale

Saltbush a saviour by the sea

An East Gippsland farm three kilometers inland from the coast isn’t a place one would normally expect to find a paddock of Old Man saltbush, but that doesn’t worry Rick Robertson. Rick is just pleased to have found the solution to a perennial shortage of summer and autumn feed for his 7000 Merino sheep. Eight years of tough seasons meant things had to change on the 1000 hectare fine wool Merino stud, ‘Gracemere’, that Rick and Jenny Robertson and their three daughters (more)...

Land Water and Wool Case Studies: Chris Walton, Yealering

Salt trial reaps rewards in Great Southern

FOR 25 years, Chris Walton has tried almost everything to control salinity on his Yealering farm in WA’s Upper Great Southern region. He reached a critical point in the mid-1990s when, alarmed by the worsening problem, he spent $100,000 in three years on salinity. “I reckon about a third of it was wrong,” Mr Walton said. “We have to find better solutions that are accurate because no-one can (more)...

Old Man Salt Bush

Central West/Lachlan Fact Sheet 4

Gary and Kerry Butcher - Pithara

Northern Agricultural Region Case Study

Saltland Pastures for South Australia

A do-it-yourself manual for the selection, establishment, management and evaluation of saltland pasture systems

After looking through this manual, landholders should be able to: Better understand the potential of saltland pastures. Characterise their saltland. Recognise suitable pasture plants for different classes of saltland. Appreciate other site factors that influence production and profitability. Access tried and tested establishment and management techniques. Use tools for evaluating (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 (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 (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.

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.

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Insights

Case Studies on how woolgrowers are successfully managing native vegetation and biodiversity for profit and sustainability

Detailed profile of 10 woolgrowers from around South East Australia who are sustainably and profitably managing native vegetation as part of their commercial farming enterprises.