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A balanced view of the role trees play in grazing systems is required to improve landscape level management and planning. Producers are monitoring the value of retained native vegetation on their properties in terms of beneficial (pasture quality; micro-climate; cycling of water, carbon and nutrients; and biodiversity) and competitive effects (competition for water and nutrients). The work presented in this paper summarises the initial findings from two case study properties in the southern brigalow bioregion. The results demonstrate that retaining trees in what would be otherwise fully-cleared paddocks provides positive benefits to the production system and aids the conservation of elements of the endemic biodiversity.