A recent national project collaborated with pastoralists and extension personnel around Australia to examine the financial implications of different approaches to coping with drought. This process assisted the development of decision support tools to improve pastoralists' selfreliance in the face of climatic variability. Here we examine two aspects of tactical stock management, showing that small differences in tactics for reducing stocking pressure in drought can have big financial ramifications, and that economic and environmental priorities may conflict when rebuilding after drought.
September 24-27, 1996
Port Augusta, South Australia
ISSN 1323-6660
Full-text publications from the Australian Rangelands Society (ARS) Biennial Conference Proceedings (1997-), Rangeland Journal (ARS/CSIRO; 1976-), plus videos and other resources about the rangelands of Australia.