Livestock

Managing stock

The Australian Pork Industry: Understanding climate change impacts

This fact sheet discusses climate change and the associated impacts and opportunities for the Australian pork industry. It also includes a glossary of climate change-specific terminology.

Climate Change Update: On-farm bioenergy in the Pork Industry

This is a fact sheet discussing opportunities for the Australian pork industry in relation to bioenergy production.

Climate change impacts on Australia’s rangeland livestock carrying capacity: A review of challenges

This report reviews the current state of knowledge in terms of assessing the impacts of climate change on livestock carrying capacity (LCC) in Australian rangelands, particularly concentrating on northern Australia. The report is based on two previous publications (McKeon 2006, McKeon et al. 2009) and documents the importance of livestock carrying capacity as a driver of rangeland productivity and resource condition. We reviewed calculation procedures using climate (more)...

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

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)...

Rangelands 2008 - taking the pulse

This report, Rangelands 2008 - taking the pulse, is the first time that disparate datasets have been brought together at a national and regional scale to report change in Australia’s rangelands. The rangelands cover some 81 per cent of Australia and are p

DroughtPlan

This publication is based on DroughtPlan Working Paper 10, ‘Droughtplan—Building on Participation: developing, with graziers, profitable and sustainable strategies to manage for rainfall variability’ by Stafford Smith, D.M., Clewett, J.F., Moore, A.D., McKeon, G.M., Clark, R. and many project participants. 1996, 143pp: The final report to LWRRDC, the Meat Research Corporation and the International Wool Secretariat for R&D project ( (more)...

The Impact of Grazing Management on Native Grasses of Non-Arable Pastures in the Mid-North South Australia

Summarises the research findings of this project.

Mulga as a feed source

This simple, easy to read, fact-based information brochure provides information on utilising Mulga during drought. States the benefits and cots of using Mulga as a feed source, and using Mulga during drought management.