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Development of Wool Industry River Management Guides for the High Rainfall and Sheep and Wheat zones of Australia

This project has resulted in the two Land, Water & Wool River Management guides – one for woolgrowers in the high rainfall zone and the other for those in the sheep wheat zone. They were developed as a resource to assist the wool industry and woolgrowers improve the productive use and environmental management of creeks, streams and associated riparian lands. The first step to developing the guides was to work with woolgrowers to identify the management issues (more)...

Sustainable sheep grazing systems for riparian landscapes

Tasmania has a reputation for producing some of the finest and cleanest wool in the world. Helping woolgrowers determine the best ways of integrating good riparian management into sustainable grazing systems was the focus of this project. It investigated the management of riparian pastures and native vegetation, and how different land use practices affect the health of rivers. The study was linked with the Land, Water & Wool Native Vegetation and Biodiversity project (more)...

Optimising wool production and profitability in the Mid-North riparian areas

This project measured the effectiveness of alternative stock management and other rehabilitation methods that aim to improve pasture and wool quality from riparian areas. It quantified as far as possible the costs and benefits of these methods, and provided practical guidance to woolgrowers on how to implement them to improve both production and environmental management.

Mitchell grass death in Queensland: extent, economic impact and potential for recovery

Mitchell grass is an important economic resource for graziers in western Queensland. Mitchell grasslands have seen a marked decline in condition across large areas. Queensland Department of Primary Industries & Fisheries (DPI&F) researcher David Phelps and colleagues are working with Queensland graziers to assess the extent and economic impact of Mitchell grass dieback and to devise recovery strategies. Funding for the research is joint (more)...

Stocking rate decision tools for rangeland pastoralists

Stocking rate decisions are fundamental to pastoral management. While graziers factor in many environmental issues into their stocking rate decisions, few effectively incorporate all of the information that is either routinely collected on properties (e.g. rainfall, paddock grazing histories) or could be easily acquired (e.g. resource condition, seasonal climate forecasts). Stocking rate decision tools for rangeland pastoralists aimed to make this information more readily useable to assist (more)...

Better farm management with Quickchecks

Want a quick an easy way to measure what is going well on your land to clearly identify any issues that may need action? Quickchecks - a useful new guide for woolgrowers, will provide you with the tools to measure the health of your pastures (including ground cover), soils, woody vegetation, farm watercourses, paddock production levels and birds. Quickchecks will assist you to: * Track the changes which occur over time on your land * Improve land health from (more)...

Woolgrowers embrace green and gold

The findings from a five-year, $40 million research project in the Australian wool industry show woolgrowers see a green future for their golden fleece. Land, Water & Wool, a collaboration between Australian Wool Innovation and Land & Water Australia, was the wool industry’s biggest ever research project into natural resource management. The program’s final report released this week, titled Managing for Sustainable (more)...

How to manage gullies and in-stream wetlands on-farm

The Rivers & Water Quality sub-program has developed two new fact sheets to provide valuable information about gullies and in-stream wetlands, and the best ways to manage them on-farm. Managing gullies on wool-producing farms. This fact sheet from the Land, Water & Wool Program summarises information about gullies, their prevention and management. The gully project was established in 2003 in the Yass region of New (more)...

Wool Production & Biodiversity Testimonials

Discover how seven woolgrower families on the Northern Tablelands have managed their farms for profitable, biodiverse wool production. The Testimonials provide a range of examples of how woolgrowers, old and young, are managing their farms and achieving positive financial and environmental outcomes. The properties span large and small farms, intensively developed as well as native country, a range of soil types and different approaches to grazing management, and country between Walcha and (more)...

Successfully Managing for Profit and Sustainability in the Pastoral Zone

A passion for operating successful, profitable and environmentally sympathetic wool-based businesses in the pastoral zone typifies five woolgrower families profiled in the latest Land, Water & Wool Insights publication. Covering one-fifth of Australia’s continent, pastoral zone properties are bigger, dryer and more reliant on native vegetation systems than any other group of woolgrowers in Australia. The Managing Pastoral Country Sub-program has (more)...