Skip to Navigation
Home ›

Increase production

Thumbnail cover image

Making more from your native pastures

This factsheet provides information for woolgrowers on native vegetation, how it can enhance wool production. Outlines the objectives and aims of the sub-program, however this factsheet has now been superseded by the brochure on [_Productive resource mana

Biodiversity conservation integrated into sustainable grazing systems (Tasmania)

The Midlands is well known for producing some of the world’s most prestigious wool. Not so well known is the fact that the wool-producing enterprises in the region are substantially based on native vegetation that can be of high conservation significance. The Tasmanian regional project, Biodiversity conservation integrated into sustainable grazing systems, looked at how woolgrowers currently manage their native vegetation for production purposes on-farm. The project aimed to take a (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)...