Farming

Mastering vegetation management for both conservation and profit

The widespread adoption of agroforestry and native vegetation management is seen as a means of supporting agricultural productivity; increasing the resilience of farming businesses in the face of increasingly uncertain climate and market conditions; reducing the environmental impacts of agricultural management; and enhancing regional biodiversity, aesthetic and cultural values.

Signposts for Australian agriculture: the Australian dairy industry

This is an abreviated version of the Signposts report of the same title.

Signposts for Australian agriculture (Signposts) is a partnership between industry, government and research organisations. It provides access to economic, social and environmental

Making better fertiliser decisions for grazed pastures in Australia

Australian grazing industries are facing increasing challenges. There is continual pressure to increase efficiency and productivity, while at the same time there is mounting scrutiny of the impact of grazing systems on the environment. Most Australian soils are deficient in plant nutrients, and therefore fertiliser is a major input on farms, which underpins pasture, livestock and milk production. The benefits of fertilising pastures include increased (more)...

Signposts for Australian agriculture

Agriculture is under pressure to demonstrate its performance credentials - in particular its environmental credentials, and to inform the community about its management practices. The agricultural sector recognises that failure to respond to this pressure

Talking BiGG - stories from the Biodiversity in Grain & Graze (BiGG) Farmer Forum, January 2008, Hobart, Tasmania

“Talking BiGG - stories from the Biodiversity in Grain & Graze (BiGG) Farmer Forum, January 2008, Hobart, Tasmania” is an eighty minute audio CD developed from a series of interviews conducted at the BiGG Farmer Forum In Hobart, January 2008. The CD includes 13 individual tracks produced from interviews with the national Grain & Graze team, BiGG project (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)...

Review of farmer initiated innovative farming systems

Lyndfield Park: looking back, moving forward

A story of two crippling droughts, the sowing of many seeds and one farmer’s transformation.

It is a very personal story full of insight and wisdom. It is also a story of gut-busting hard work, and of the courage of one family’s convictions against…

Farmers applying seasonal climate forecasting for profitable sustainable resource use

Seasonal climate forecasts (SCFs) are being promoted as a technology to reduce uncertainty and aid rural industries to better respond to opportunities and risks in relation to production and natural resource management. While there have been recent advances in understanding and predicting climatic variations, much uncertainty remains about the usefulness of forecasting technologies in the management of typical broadacre farming systems in Australia. This project will draw on advances in (more)...