Primary Industries

Mulga as a feed source

The brochure called ‘Mulga as a feed source’ has been developed from existing Department of Primary Industries & Fisheries Queensland web pages, printed materials, and scientific and extension experience, to facilitate discussion on the role of mulga in feed budgets. It canvasses a range of relevant topics including: * Mulga feeding in your drought management strategy * Mulga as a fodder source * Fodder value * Costs and (more)...

How to manage gullies and in-stream wetlands on-farm

The Rivers & Water Quality sub-program has developed two new fact sheets to provide valuable information about gullies and in-stream wetlands, and the best ways to manage them on-farm. Managing gullies on wool-producing farms. This fact sheet from the Land, Water & Wool Program summarises information about gullies, their prevention and management. The gully project was established in 2003 in the Yass region of New (more)...

Wool Production & Biodiversity Testimonials

Discover how seven woolgrower families on the Northern Tablelands have managed their farms for profitable, biodiverse wool production. The Testimonials provide a range of examples of how woolgrowers, old and young, are managing their farms and achieving positive financial and environmental outcomes. The properties span large and small farms, intensively developed as well as native country, a range of soil types and different approaches to grazing management, and country between Walcha and (more)...

Successfully Managing for Profit and Sustainability in the Pastoral Zone

A passion for operating successful, profitable and environmentally sympathetic wool-based businesses in the pastoral zone typifies five woolgrower families profiled in the latest Land, Water & Wool Insights publication. Covering one-fifth of Australia’s continent, pastoral zone properties are bigger, dryer and more reliant on native vegetation systems than any other group of woolgrowers in Australia. The Managing Pastoral Country Sub-program has (more)...