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Understanding the relationship between fire and the Mitchell grasslands has been overlooked in the past due to a view that “the Mitchell grasslands are too valuable as a pasture to be burnt” (Thackway et al. 2007). However, more recently observations of Mitchell grassland recovery after wildfires by station managers and naturalists have stimulated curiosity into whether seasonal fire is needed to maintain the Mitchell grasslands of the Barkly Tablelands in good condition. Scanlan (1980) found that burning under low soil moisture conditions followed by low rainfall was detrimental to the pasture condition of Mitchell grasslands. Phelps and Bates (1996) demonstrated the use of spring fire as tool for managing the undesirable Aristida latifolia (Feathertop Wiregrass) in Mitchell grasslands of the intensively sheep grazed areas of Queensland. The aim of this trial was to better understand the importance of seasonal prescribed burning as a Mitchell grasslands management tool under continuous grazing and its effect on cattle production on the Barkly Tablelands. ...