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Grain & Graze - Case Studies
A background about all the NAR demonstration farmers involved in the Grain and Graze project. (2.49MB pdf format)
A background about all MIG demonstration farmers involved in the Grain and Graze project. (1.1MB pdf format)
The deep white sands once very unproductive on 'Arena' have been transformed with the establishment of perennial pastures in the form of tagasaste and subtropical perennial grasses....(438KB pdf format)
All pasture types on 'Arena' including perennial grasses, tagasaste, annual pastures and crop stubbles all work together to provide year-round food supply....(678KB pdf format)
Alan and Joy Heitman with their family run their 2700ha sheep, cattle and cropping property 'Arena'. Located 20km south of Mingenew they have planted 360ha of tagasaste and sown 190ha of sub tropical perennial grasses....(556KB pdf format)
With the destocking of 'Bolinda' due to the drought, bluebush has flourished....(328KB pdf format)
Bluebush when grazed in conjunction with a stubble paddock provides a well balanced diet....(683KB pdf format)
Rob and Sally McTaggart with their sons Ben and Jamie run a cattle and cropping farm 5km north east of Mingenew. Purchased in 1990 after leaving their family station in the Murchison, they have found that 'Bolinda' is better suited to cattle than sheep...(1.12MB pdf format)
Supplementary feeding is generally avoided on their farm situated 5km north east of Mingenew due to their integration of bluebush and stubbles....(496KB pdf format)
Sub-tropical perennial grasses were seen as a way to increase productivity of poor soils as well as diverising the pasture mix....(557KB pdf format)
Annual pastures provide year-round feed supply with more in winter and spring than summer and autumn. Clover pastures do particularly well in winter and spring....(673KB pdf format)
Rob and Ros Gillam with their children Sally O'Brien and Andrew Gillam run a mixed farming enterprise 20km east of Dongara. They have sown 3 paddocks to sub tropical grasses on their poorer country to reduce the risk of wind erosion...(1.3MB pdf format)
Once a sheep and cropping enterprise this farm is now solely cattle. By planting perennial grasses and changing to cattle, Craig and Donelle have made their farm into a more thriving and environmentally sustainable business... (565KB pdf format)
Rotational grazing has better enable Craig to manage his perennial grasses. The perennial grasses on 'Avoca' are most productive in winter and spring. Tagasaste is the standout pasture type on 'Avoca' being consistent all year round...(692KB pdf format)
Craig and Donelle Forsyth no longer crop their 3600ha farm 'Avoca'. Instead they run only cattle in wagon-wheel cell grazing system. Currently they have a mixture of annual and perennial pastures, though they would eventually like to have their whole farm under sub tropical perennial grasses and perennial fodder shrubs....(645KB pdf format)
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