The demise of the wool reserve price scheme in 1991/2, fluctuations in relative commodity prices and drought have placed pastoral producers under increasing pressure to adjust sheep enterprises in the face of declining farm cash income. Producers have shown considerable interest in alternative enterprises such as prime lamb production using terminal sires and introduction of new breeds such as the Dorper and Damara. Representative whole farm models were developed for the Upper Darling, the Murray-Darling and Far West regions in order to assess the profitability of a range of alternative enterprises including prime lambs from terminal sires, Merino wethers only, self replacing Merino ewes only, and self replacing Dorper and Damara enterprises. ...
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).
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