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Grazing Systems and Spatial Uniformity
Author
Reid, D.J.
Hall, T.J.
McIvor, J.G.
Publisher
Australian Rangeland Society
Publication Year
2008
Body

A four-year, producer-inspired research project, jointly-funded by Queensland DPIF, CSIRO and MLA, is investigating different grazing systems across the northern beef industry. Nine commercial beef properties, each with two or three planned grazing systems (continuous, rotational, cell), were selected covering heavy (higher fertility) and light (lower fertility) soils in northern and southern Queensland. From three to eleven paddocks were selected on each property for soil and pasture measurements. A combined Botanal and LFA recording system based on quadrats located on a set sampling grid was used to assess pasture and soil surface condition following the growing season in 2006 and 2007. ...

Language
English
Resource Type
Text
Document Type
Conference Paper
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Anderson, L., van Klinken, R. D., and Shepherd, D. (2008). Aerially surveying Mesquite (Prosopis spp.) in the Pilbara. In: 'A Climate of Change in the Rangelands. Proceedings of the 15th Australian Rangeland Society Biennial Conference'. (Ed. D. Orr) 4 pages. (Australian Rangeland Society: Australia).
Conference Name
15th Biennial Conference of the Australian Rangeland Society, Charters Towers Queensland
Keywords
beef industry
Northern and Southern Queensland
spatial uniformity