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Land Water and Wool Case Study: Benalla

Business approach reaps rewards for environment

Agricultural researcher Jim Moll has seen first-hand the benefits of woolgrowers taking a whole farm approach to agronomy, economics and the environment. Jim was responsible for crunching the economic numbers in Land, Water & Wool’s groundbreaking study of how to run stock more profitably while improving the environment in the hill country of central Victoria. Land, Water and Wool was a $20 million national program which aimed to boost the sustainability (more)...

A summary, in poster form, of all the 70 SGSL Producer sites in Western Australia

SGSL Producer Network WA

Sustainable Grazing on Saline Lands (SGSL) Producer Network was set up to help livestock producers better understand and manage their saline land through a range of activities. This book contains a complete summary, in poster form, of all 70 SGSL grower trials in WA. T hese posters were prepared and presented at the 2004 SGSL spring field days and represent each of the (more)...

The Economic Value of Improving Pasture Production on Saltland in Southern Australia

SGSL Economics Theme

This paper reports the findings of the Economics Theme. The main aims of the Economics Theme were: To provide assessments of the economic value of forage produce from salt-tolerant perennial pastures at each of the SGSL research sites; To identify the economic constraints to the adoption of saltland pastures; Understand the factors affecting the profitability of saltland pasture systems; Provide estimates of the value (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

Regional Approaches to Rangeland Planning

Rangeways: Community-based Planning for Ecologically Sustainable Land Use in the North East Goldfields of Western Australian

Final Report- Stocking Rate Decision Tools for Rangeland Pastoralists

Summarises the research findings of this project.

Final Report- Wool Producers with Remote Control

New Tools for Whole of Property Management

Summarises the research findings of this project.

The Issues: Native Pastures

We used to set-stock our native pastures. Grazing them for a short period and then resting them has rejuvenated the perennial component of our pastures. I can see that grazing management has the potential to double my stocking rates. We also get less bare ground and less erosion because we have better control of our stock. Bill Hoffman, Jamestown, SA Significant areas of the high to medium areas of Australia’s grazing land (more)...